U. S. is building its own emergency oil storage plan

Journal Article · Tue Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1978 · Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5066554

The goal of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) program is to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain sites and facilities to store 250 million bbl of crude oil by 1979. By the end of 1980, 500 million bbl are to be stored; by 1985, up to 1 billion bbl. On 1/1/78, SPR had 7.2 million bbl underground, 3.4 million bbl at West Hackberry, La., 2.9 million bbl at Bryan Mound, Tex., and 0.9 million bbl at Bayou Choctaw, La. About 2.3 million bbl were in transit to sites, under SPR control, providing a total of 9.5 million bbl. The sites are adding oil at 100,000 bbl/day.

• OSTI ID: 5066554
• Journal Information: Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States), Journal Name: Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States) Vol. 357:3; ISSN HYPRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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024000* -- Petroleum-- Storage-- (-1989)
CAPACITY
CONSTRUCTION
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FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
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PLANNING
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SITE SELECTION
STORAGE
STORAGE FACILITIES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE