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Petroleum reserves -- Government policy -- United States

Petroleum Reserves view detail comment email this

Overview of U.S. petroleum reserves, including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ("the largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world," stored along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast), the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, and the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves. From the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.
http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/reserves/
Topics: Energy, Oil & Gas

Last updated Aug 31, 2005


The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues view detail comment email this

April 2006 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report about the establishment and operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which was authorized by the U.S. Congress "to help prevent a repetition of economic dislocation caused by the 1973-1974 Arab oil embargo." Topics include fill rates, drawdown options, and the SPR and Hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, and Rita. Opens directly into a PDF document. Provided by the U.S. diplomatic mission to Italy.
http://www.usembassy.it/pdf/other/RL33341.pdf
Topics: Oil & Gas

Last updated Apr 27, 2006





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