Talk:Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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[edit] Al Gore and the SPR
Somebody told me that the Stretegic Petroleum Reserve was deliberately opened up to both pay the deficit and increase popularity for then-Vice President Al Gore for the upcoming Presidential election, but from the facts it looks like it wasn't open for that long. Can someone explain this? --Tokachu 21:13, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Should the name of this article be changed
Since several countries either have or are creating their own SPR, should the name of this article be changed to reflect that this is referring to only the US SPR? And should another article be created to refer to all SPRs, not just the US one?Publicus 15:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
- As new strategic petroleum reserves are created, we should leave this article as it is and have a disambiguation tag at the top that says this article refers to the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve. For other countries, see List of strategic petroleum reserves. Other countries could then be listed like strategic petroleum reserve of China etc. MPS 15:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Good solution MPS, can you add the tag you mentioned? I would but not sure how to do that. I have however created the article you suggested, global strategic petroleum reserves to cover all those other reserves not mentioned in this article.Publicus 17:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] the largest or the second largest?
From the page:
| “ | The US SPR is either the largest or second largest emergency supply in the world with the current capacity to hold up to 727 million barrels (116 million m³) of crude oil. | ” |
Which SPR is the US SPR contending with?
According to Global strategic petroleum reserves, it's the largest reported. China is building one that's supposed to be larger, but the operative word there is building. As such, it doesn't seem like China's should count. So if there's an SPR which might be bigger than the USs, which one is it? TerraFrost 20:16, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- Never mind. I just saw this snippet from the previously linked to article:
| “ | Interestingly, Japan does not report an actual number of their reserves (millions of barrels) just the amount of consuming days covered by the SPR. Therefore, these reserves could surpass the US SPR, since at current consumption rates 171 days of oil for Japan would consist of roughly 980 million barrels. | ” |
TerraFrost 20:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I updated Japan's SPR size, in 2003 it was reported to be 579 million barrels, so the US SPR is the largest. Intro changed to reflect this. Publicus 14:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
..should be the name of this article. It could also use some more historical context; from reading the article you'd think George Bush invented it, built it, and filled it with his own blood, sweat and tears. Barely mentions Clinton's tapping the reserves during the Iraq War, for example. IMO it reads like a Bush advertisement. 76.89.26.83 22:00, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Some edits were done to correct this impression. As far as US SPR for the name, possible but right now not necessary since this is the largest SPR right now. Publicus 20:38, 21 February 2008 (UTC) OK —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.80.210.91 (talk) 23:43, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Impact of storing oil in Salt Mines
I would like to understand what is the impact of storing this oil in salt mines. Does it increase refining costs, or does refining already removes salts efficiently? Also, how is light and heavy oil stored separately?? SystemBuilder (talk) 18:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bogus Supply Stats
re: According to the World Factbook[5], the United States imports a net 12 million barrels (1,900,000 m³) of oil a day (MMbd), so the SPR holds about a 58-day supply. However, the maximum total withdrawal capability from the SPR is only 4.4 million barrels (700,000 m³) per day, making it a 160 + day supply.
The supply stats have nothing to do with net import numbers. The SPR ostensibly would be tapped in the event of an external supply disruption. The number of days supply has to be stated in terms of *the anticipated national oil consumption rate* in the event of a significant external supply disruption.
Also, if the SPR really does have a maximum 4.4 M bpd withdrawal rate, that does mean that the SPR is automatically a "160 day supply". That means it is a source that would be exhausted after 160 days at the max withdrawal rate. If the US's daily needs in the event of a big external supply disruption are higher than 4.4 M bpd, and the SPR drawdowns can be augmented by some other source, then the SPR is not a sole supply; as the "160 day suppply" number erroneously implies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.253.4.21 (talk) 19:51, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Facilities
Why are the dimensions of these Unites States storage facilities given in meters? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.70.120 (talk) 18:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
