Report to the Congress on candidate sites for expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to one billion barrels
This report has been prepared in response to the Senate Report No. 101-534 accompanying the bill which was enacted as the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1991. Senate Report 101-534 requested the Department of Energy to initiate construction planning for an expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to one billion barrels and to report to the Committees on Appropriations by March 15, 1991, regarding recommended storage sites, the proposed method of storage, a conceptual plan for storage and distribution facilities, and preliminary construction cost estimates. The Department of Energy's 1989 Report to the Congress entitled Report to Congress on Expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to One Billion Barrels provides a background and point of departure for this report. An analysis of expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been directed toward the expected US petroleum market and likely crude oil distribution systems in the Year 2000. The projections in this report do not assume implementation of the National Energy Strategy (NES). The Department has initiated an environmental review process in accordance with NEPA and completed an analysis of the 1976 Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and its 1979 Supplement which addressed expansion of the Reserve to one billion barrels. The analysis concludes that another supplement to the Reserve's Programmatic EIS likely will not be required to support its expansion to one billion barrels. The appropriate site-specific NEPA document will be prepared. 72 refs., 27 figs., 7 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Strategic Petroleum Reserve
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5690273
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/FE-0221P; ON: DE91013172
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CAPACITY
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPANSION
FORECASTING
OIL SPILLS
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
STORAGE FACILITIES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
SUPPLY AND DEMAND