The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Refined Product Reserves : Authorization and Drawdown Policy.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum.

Louisiana.

Texas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (18 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

Summary:

Summarizes establishment of DOE Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which comprises five underground oil storage facilities, solution-mined from naturally occurring salt domes in Texas and Louisiana. Examines SPR drawdown authorities, acquisition of crude oil for SPR, Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, SPR expansion, and debate over use of SPR. Reviews additional policy considerations and legislative action in the 111th and 112th Congresses.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Refined Product Reserves

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