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Potential Refined Petroleum Product Reserve Analysis
Office of Petroleum ReservesUS Department of Energy
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Click to edit Master title styleUnited States
Domestic Vulnerabilities
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Click to edit Master title styleHurricane Sandy
• Hurricane Sandy demonstrated extreme vulnerability of East Coast.– Category 1 Hurricane.– Struck East Coast on 10/30/12
• Hurricane Sandy Impacts:– Major Loss of Electrical Power– 2 Refineries Damaged– Over 40 NYH Terminals closed
due to electric power losses and water damages
– NY area gas stations without power and fuel for 5-30 days.
• NEHHOR was called on to provide ULSD supplies to DLA-Energy and address Connecticut fuel shortages.
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Hurricane SandyGasoline Price Impacts
Colonial P/LResumedDeliveries11/12/12
HurricaneSandy
Landfall10/30/12
NUSTARRestarts
Deliveries11/10/12
Differential in NY Harbor vs. Gulf Coast Gasoline Prices
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Hurricane Sandy ULSD Price Impacts
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NEHHOR Release of 450 Bbls11/03/12
Differential in NY Harbor vs. Gulf Coast ULSD Prices
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NEHHORRelease of 20,000 Bbls
11/24/12
NEHHORRelease of
100,000 Bbls11/12/12
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East Coast Vulnerabilities to Gulf Coast Hurricanes
E. Coast has increased its Vulnerability to Gulf Coast Hurricanes:
• East Coast Refinery closures have increased East Coast dependence on Gulf Coast products.
• Gulf Coast Hurricanes will impact product supplies via Colonial Pipeline to the East Coast
• Gulf Coast Hurricanes will similarly impact product supplies via U.S. flagged Tankers and ATBs to the East Coast.
East Coast Refinery Closures & Changes
Sunoco Westville, NJ (145,000 B/D) – closed 2/10Sunoco Marcus Hook, NJ (178,000 B/D) – closed 12/11Western Yorktown, VA (66,300 B/D – closed 12/11Phillips 66 Trainer, PA (185,000 B/D) – sold to Delta 4/12Sunoco Philadelphia, PA (335,000 B/D) – sold to Carlyle
Group (Philadelphia Energy Solutions) 7/12
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Click to edit Master title stylePotential Options to Consider
1. Government-Owned Reserve − Government owned stocks− Could be in commercial storage similar to NEHHOR
2. Mandated Industry Storage− Statutory requirement on Industry to hold extra
stocks in storage (no legislative authority)
3. Government Option (Tickets)− Government contract with Industry to hold extra
stocks in storage
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Click to edit Master title styleRPPR Regions & Size
• Regions: Previous experience showed that the Northeast and Southeast regions are most impacted by East Coast and Gulf Coast hurricanes.
• 5-10 days of supplies: Previous analysis of a Southeast RPPR (2011) concluded that an RPPR providing 5-days worth of emergency products would provide 70% of the benefits of an RPPR 5-times larger & that an RPPR providing 10 days of supplies would replace the fuel supplies lost during the most serious hurricane scenarios.
• Size: To provide 5-10 days of supplies to the Southeast & Northeast regions, 2 RPPRs would be needed each with 10 to 20 million barrels of product.
Click to edit Master title styleRPPR – Configuration Criteria
• Southeast RPPR– Located on the Colonial & Plantation pipelines– Direct interconnections to Colonial & Plantation terminals for
product rotation and distribution• Note: “Downstream” fuel supply infrastructure would not likely suffer
major disruptions.• Northeast RPPR
– Located in areas of major product demand– High ground– Hardened with emergency power– Direct interconnections to regional terminals for product rotation
and distribution– Where necessary, provide direct truck rack and marine distribution
Click to edit Master title styleSoutheast Reserve Overview
• Reserve Size (for 5-10 days of supply)• 10-20 mmb• ~ 60% Gasoline• ~ 40% Distillate
• Collocated with Colonial/Plantation pipelines• Adds new terminal capacity through lease or Federal
build (little excess capacity available in Southeast region).• Direct connections to local distribution.• Downstream fuel distribution infrastructure not
disrupted.
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Locations
•Reserve Locations– Greensboro, NC– Belton , SC– Chattanooga, TN– Bremen/Atlanta, GA– Collins, MS
(underground storage for 20 mmb reserve)
Click to edit Master title styleNortheast Reserve Overview
• Reserve Size (for 5-10 days of supply)• 10-20 mmb• ~ 60% Gasoline• ~ 40% Distillate
• Utilizes existing terminals that may be available above the likely storm surge.
• Adds new terminal capacity through lease or Federal build.
• Provides truck racks to bypass disrupted downstream fuel-distribution infrastructure.
• Emergency power sufficient to operate terminals.
Click to edit Master title stylePossible Northeast Reserve Locations
•Reserve Locations– Southern New
England– NY Harbor– Philadelphia– Chesapeake
(MD/VA)– Boston (If
NEHHOR is assimilated into RPPR)