China Increasing Oil Stock

As part of China's third phase strategic oil reserves, the country has announced that it will buildup its reserve capacity as commented by China's National Energy Administration Head, Zhang Guobao. China is planning to be in the league of international standard of developed countries of at least 90 days of oil rerserve.

Given China's hunger for oil, this would be a huge requirement and work will be starting on 5.4 million cubic meter oil reserve in Karamay City for a gross combined storage for the country amounting to 26.8 million cubic meters.