The idea, generally speaking, isn't to provide all the country's oil for a period of a time. In fact, there's only pumping capacity to remove about 5m barrels/

The idea, generally speaking, isn't to provide all the country's oil for a period of a time. In fact, there's only pumping capacity to remove about 5m barrels/day from the reserve. The point of the reserve is to be used with smaller withdrawals to stabilize the system over time or provide a buffer in case of short term disruption.