Two oil strategic reserves to be promoted this year

According to Xinhua news agency in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Zhenhai District adjacent to the East China Sea in an open land, the Zhenhai National Oil Reserve Base is located, not too many people know.　　Yesterday, a line of Chinese and foreign journalists nearly 50 people drove into the base, which is the first official reception of China's oil reserve base to visit Chinese and foreign news media. In order to safeguard national energy security and Perfect petroleum reserve System, China began to build oil reserve base since 2003.　　The Zhenhai base is the first project to be delivered in China's Strategic Petroleum Reserve Base, built in October 2006 and stocked with crude oil. The most striking of the base is 52 white storage tanks. These giant cylinders, up to 80 meters in diameter and 22 meters high, each can hold 100,000 cubic meters of crude oil. The total storage capacity of the entire base is 5.2 million cubic metres.　　From the base of the 10-storey lookout to the periphery, the matrix of the tank is arranged neatly in 1.12 square kilometers of land, exceptionally large and spectacular.　　In the afternoon, the reporter also came to the Zhoushan Shan Island in Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan National Petroleum Reserve Base, where the total size is second only to the Zhenhai base, there are 50 storage tanks, built on the mountain, adjacent to Jianghai, the total capacity of 5 million cubic meters. In addition to Zhenhai and Zhoushan base, included in the National Strategic Petroleum Reserve phase of the planning of Huangdao, Dalian two projects. At the end of 2008, four bases had been basically built and put into use. It is also understood that this year the country will promote the two oil strategic reserves. At present, Zhenhai, Zhoushan Two base of the basic full storage operation. Beside the Zhoushan National Petroleum Reserve Base, the commercial oil reserves of the Sino-China group are also under construction, and the reserves will be nearly 2 million cubic meters after the completion of the two period next year.