日本政府今日起开始释放国家石油储备

Group 1 - The Japanese government has begun releasing its national oil reserves starting from 11 AM local time on the 26th at the "Kikuma National Oil Reserve Base" in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture [1][3] - The release of oil reserves will occur at nine bases across Japan throughout March, with two additional bases added in April, totaling 11 bases [3] - The total amount of oil expected to be released is approximately 8.5 million kiloliters, which is equivalent to about one month of Japan's domestic oil consumption [3] Group 2 - The oil reserves will be sold to the four major oil wholesale companies at a price of approximately 540 billion yen, which they will process into gasoline and other refined products for market distribution [3] - This release will be the largest scale in history, including both national and private reserves [3] - Additionally, the Japanese government plans to collaborate with oil-producing countries to release "joint reserves" stored domestically, which will amount to approximately five days' worth of consumption [3]