The Government of India, through Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL) has set up Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) at which of the following locations with a capacity of 5.33 MMT?
(A) Padur
(B) Digboi
(C) Mangaluru
(D) Visakhapatnam
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (C) and (D) only
The Government of India, through the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL), established the first phase of Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) with a total capacity of 5.33 MMT at three specific locations.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (Phase I) Locations:
The 5.33 MMT capacity is distributed across these three underground rock cavern facilities:
- (D) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: Capacity of 1.33 MMT
- (C) Mangaluru, Karnataka: Capacity of 1.5 MMT
- (A) Padur, Karnataka: Capacity of 2.5 MMT
Why Digboi is excluded:
- (B) Digboi: This is located in Assam and is famous for being India's oldest oil field and the site of Asia's first oil refinery (started in 1901). While historically significant for oil production, it is not part of the ISPRL's Strategic Petroleum Reserve network.