Final Report on Assessment of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Product Quality During Long-Term Storage

摘要

It is national policy to develop a strategic petroleum reserve of up to one billion barrels of crude oil and refined petroleum products to lessen U.S. vulnerability to the effects of a severe petroleum supply interruption. A four-task program was undertaken to assist in ensuring that products being considered for long-term storage would remain of a quality immediately usable and to identify likely quality assurance procedures. This report summarizes the results of this work. The first task reviewed and assessed the state-of-the-art in crude and petroleum product storage. The second task investigated the effect of storage on the quality of finished products. The third task developed a DOE/SPRO computer-based search capability for crude oil characterization data. The fourth and final program task consisted of an overall assessment of long-term fuel storage, including recommendations for product specifications intended for storage, and test methodology for monitoring selecting product quality. (Author)