File:United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve 007.jpg

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CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR AT WEEKS ISLAND.


SINCE 1976, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A MAJOR FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO STOCKPILE CRUDE OIL. THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FACILITY PROGRAM HAS FIVE UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE FACILITIES IN SALT DOMES ALONG THE GULF COASTS OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA AND A GOVERNMENT-OWNED MARINE TERMINAL ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. JAMES, LOUISIANA. THE FIVE STORAGE SITES ARE BAYOU CHOCTAW, WEEKS ISLAND, WEST HACKBERRY IN LOUISIANA, AND BRYAN MOUND AND BIG HILL IN TEXAS. THESE FIVE STORAGE SITES ARE ORGANIZED INTO THREE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND CONNECTED BY DOE PIPELINES TO COMMERCIAL CRUDE OIL PIPELINE NETWORKS AND MARINE TERMINAL FACILITIES FOR DRAW DOWN/ DISTRIBUTION. WEEKS ISLAND IS A COASTAL "ISLAND" LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA, APPROXIMATELY 95 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS. THE WEEKS ISLAND STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE SITE IS THE ONLY SITE WHERE CRUDE OIL IS STORED IN AN UNDERGROUND SALT MINE, ACQUIRED FROM MORTON SALT COMPANY. A SYSTEM OF UNDERGROUND ROOMS AND CORRIDORS EXCAVATED FOR THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF SALT WAS SEALED OFF BY SPR, IT PROVIDES STORAGE SPACE FOR 75 MILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. WEEKS ISLAND IS CONNECTED TO ST. JAMES VIA A 36-INCH PIPELINE THAT TRAVERSES THE 69 MILES EASTWARD TO ST. JAMES TERMINAL.
Date Not stated, likely late 1970s or early 1980s. (EXIF of "2014-09-03 15:23" is likely digital scan date or Flickr upload date; technology and fashion details - such as presence of rotrary-dial telephones - suggest a date of aprox 30 years earlier.)
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Author ENERGY.GOV

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