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1. LPisGood · 1789605178 · 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. huurtehoog · 1789651926 · focus · HN ↗

      I encourage you to do some digging using filetype:pdf on a search engine. The amount of documentation available on the SPR is fascinating.

      From what I found out, turns out the question of SPR design and operational limits is a complex issue to say the least. The SPR is a big system composed of many sub-systems and there are entangled legal, policy, technical issues at play. Interesting stuff!

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