
Mint Explainer | India is building new strategic petroleum reserves: Here is why
India currently has SPRs totalling 5.33 mmt at Visakhapatnam (1.33 mmt), Mangaluru (1.5 mmt) and Padur (2.5 mmt) that were built by state-run Engineers India Ltd. Expansion plans in phase II include a 4 mmt reserve at Chandikhol in Odisha. In addition, …