<DrumBeat: September 2, 2008 The Oil Drum Post-Gustav Landfall Resource/Open Thread>

19 comments on Gustav and the Louisana Offshore Oil Port -- What do we need to know?

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DaveMart on September 2, 2008 - 5:37am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Check out the hurricane thread yesterday, which links to a site where the SPR locations are listed and have pictures - I believe there are 4 of them.

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AlanfromBigEasy on September 2, 2008 - 9:20am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

A fifth SPR (smaller than the others) is under construction in Mississippi.

In addition, there is a 2 million barrel heating oil reserve in the Northeast (2 or 3 locations).

Alan

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tonyw on September 2, 2008 - 11:17am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Why have they put all 4/5 in the south east near the hurricane zone? Surely it would make sense to have something on the west coast? (but not in an earthquake zone:-)

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Chuck Fry on September 2, 2008 - 12:55pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The entire West Coast is an earthquake zone.

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westexas on September 2, 2008 - 9:40pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Well, if you could find a salt dome on the West Coast, the DOE might be interested.

http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/09/02/2008-09-02T220626...
Citgo asks for oil from emergency US oil reserve
09.02.08, 6:06 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Citgo Petroleum Corp, owned by the Venezuelan state oil company, is the only oil company so far to ask for emergency crude oil from the U.S. emergency petroleum stockpile in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.

Citgo asked for 250,000 barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for its refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The refinery's crude oil supply was disrupted when the Calacasieu Ship channel was closed. The channel was reopened Tuesday but was restricted to ships with a draft of 16 feet or less.

"The request is currently being reviewed," an energy department spokeswoman said. "Once the request is approved they will go into negotiations to deliver and ultimately replace the oil."

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