PETROLEUM STORAGE & TRANSPORTATION. VOLUME IV--PETROLEUM INVENTORIES AND STORAGE

In February 1987, the Secretary of Energy requested the National Petroleum Council (NPC) to determine the capacities of the nation's petroleum and gas storage and transportation facilities as part of the federal government's overall review of emergency preparedness planning. In addition to updating similar studies conducted in 1979 and 1984, the NPC was requested to place more emphasis on describing the dynamics and interrelationships of the petroleum and natural gas delivery systems. The results of the NPC study are presented in this comprehensive report, "Petroleum Storage & Transportation," which is being issued in five volumes. This volume, Volume IV--Petroleum Inventories and Storage, analyzes inventories and storage capacities for crude oil and the principal petroleum products in the: primary distribution system -- refineries, pipelines, and terminals; secondary distribution system -- bulk plants and retail motor fuel outlets; and tertiary storage segment -- consumers/end-users. The objective of this volume was to determine the amount of petroleum that could be available in an emergency, estimate new minimum operating inventory levels for the primary system, and determine the amount of petroleum storage capacity in the United States. Additionally, the impact of petroleum futures and foreward markets and the SPR on inventories were examined. Inventories and storage capacities in the primary distribution system and part of the secondary distribution system were determined by survey. The tertiary segment was divided into seven sections -- agricultural, commercial, electric utilities, industrial, military/government, residential, and transportation -- and estimates of inventories and storage capacity were made using available public data. The inventory and storage capacity estimates are compared to the NPC's 1983 estimates. The changes along with the reasons for the changes were used to describe the forces that shape inventory and storage management.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume I--Executive Summary, Volume II--System Dynamics, Volume III--Natural Gas Transportation, and Volume V--Petroleum Liquids Transportation.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Petroleum Council

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  Washington, DC  United States  20006
• Publication Date: 1989-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 252 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Estimates; Facilities; Handling and storage; Highway transportation; Inventory; Markets; Natural gas; Natural gas pipelines; Petroleum; Petroleum industry; Petroleum pipelines; Physical distribution; Railroad transportation; Storage facilities; Surveys; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity; Distribution systems; Petroleum trade
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486216
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM