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StrategicPetroleumReserve_2005[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>The SPR was created by Congress in 1975 to provide an emergency supply of crude oil in case of a major supply disruption. The crude oil is stored in underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana, some of which are deep enough to hold Chicago's Sears Tower building with room to spare.";

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StrategicPetroleumReserve_2005[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Current inventory:</b> 700.3 million barrels<br><b>Storage capacity:</b> 727 million barrels<br><b>Current days of oil imports:</b> 59 days<br><b>Maximum drawdown:</b> 4.4 million bpd for 90 days<br><b>Time for oil to enter U.S market:</b> 13 days from presidential decision";

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StrategicPetroleumReserve_2005[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Sept./Nov. 2004:</b> 5.4 million barrels of sweet crude to Astra Oil, ConocoPhillips, Placid Refining Co., Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Premcor Inc. due to supply disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico caused by Hurricane Ivan.<br><b>Oct. 2002:</b> 296,000 barrels to Shell Pipeline Co. to secure Capline storage tanks in advance of Hurricane Lili.<br><b>Sept./Oct. 2000:</b> 30 million barrels in response to concern over low distillate levels in Northeast.<br><b>July/August 2000:</b> 2.8 million barrels of crude oil for first year tank storage and stocks for 2 million barrel Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.<br><b>June 2000:</b> 500,000 barrels each to CITGO and Conoco, due to blocked shipping channel. The refiners borrowed the crude oil to avoid having to temporarily shut down.<br><b>August 1998:</b> 11 million barrels of lower quality Maya crude to PEMEX for 8.5 million of higher quality crude, which is more suitable for U.S. refineries.<br><b>April/May 1996:</b> 900,000 barrels to ARCO to resolve company&#146;s pipeline blockage problem.";

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