Decimated Strategic Oil Reserve Storage Problem (Salt Caverns)

Clip taken from The Dan Bongino Show- Jul 20, 2023 – Loser Democrats Hilariously Faceplant in Hearing (Ep. 2051) - 07/20/2023
https://rumble.com/v315djq-loser-democrats-hilariously-faceplant-in-hearing-ep.-2051-07202023.html
That is, if prices ever come down long enough to make refilling profitable—if those salt caverns even can handle being refilled.
I always figured that the Biden Cabal was never serious about refilling the SPR. That crew cares about exactly one thing: the next election. If permanently damaging our economic security could save them a few House or Senate seats for just two years, well, that’s a small price (for somebody else) to pay.
But it was news to me when Geiger noted the “issue of infrastructure and feasibility of filling, withdrawing, refilling, etc. of the SPR.”
She continued:
Those salt caverns are made of… well, salt, and according to SPR former project manager William Gibson, who spoke to Bloomberg, they were built—in the ‘70s—with the idea that they would last 25 years. They were also designed to be withdrawn and refilled just five times, lest the salt caverns simply dissolve.
As one former official put it, the caverns were “not really intended for daily ATM-type operations.”
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/07/19/well-biden-screwed-us-forever-on-another-damn-thing-n1711962Show more

Massive US Oil Caverns Sit Empty and Will Take Years to Refill
Nation’s oil reserve is at 40-year-low after historic drawdown
Experts say refilling will take decades, if it happens at all

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