Logistics of the US strategic petroleum reserve in the world petroleum market, 1990-2000

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6084908

The committee found that the current SPR can significantly mitigate the effects of an oil embargo or other supply disruption, depending on its length and severity, through the 1980s. It also found that the United States has sufficient domestic refining capacity to process crude oil from both the reserve and from other domestic sources through 1990. It questioned the ability of the reserve to distribute crude oil by overland routes since two of the three pipeline systems intended for such use have been converted to natural gas. The study found that the SPR sites will lack the capacity to deliver crude oil to barges, tankers, or pipelines at the designed rate of 4.5 million barrels per day (MMB/D) for the completed 750-MMB reserve. The report also pointed to a possible future shortage of US-owned tankers and barges to carry SPR crude oil. Given its analysis of trends in energy demand, production, and transportation, the committee concludes that the reserve will probably be unable to meet a supply disruption in the 1990s without some major modification in its distribution capability and planned mix of refined petroleum products and crude oil.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Engineering Board
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-84EP31046
• OSTI ID: 6084908
• Report Number(s): DOE/EP/31046-T1; ON: DE86008551
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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