Managing
strategic oil reserves
Key figures 2018
Oil products around the world

- 33% of worldwide energy demand is supplied by oil products
- 94% of energy demand in the transportation sector is from oil products
- 32% of worldwide oil production comes from the Middle East (21% for North America)
- 47% of the world’s oil reserves are in the Middle East (14% for North America)
- 8 French refineries process the oil products needed in France, using crude oil - nearly all imported
SAGESS at-a-glance
- 89 storage facilities around the country (80 above ground storage terminals, 8 refineries and 1 underground storage site)
- 88% of SAGESS assets financed at year-end 2018 by bonds
- 13.9 million tonnes of reserves
History of SAGESS stocks
In the past 20 years, SAGESS stocks have multiplied by approximately seven, and have almost doubled over the past ten years.

Useful links
Documents
SAGESS 2025 Corporate brochure
(5.57 MB)