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The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

281 points · 115 comments · johnjwang

  1. LPisGood · · focus · HN ↗
    One fun fact I’ve heard is that the strategic oil reserve requires like 100-150 million barrels of oil to maintain operational pressure and even be functional. This means we can’t draw it down to zero; not even close.
    1. askvictor · · focus · HN ↗
      Why can't they pump more water down there to create pressure?
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