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Re:I tried to buy an actual barrel of crude oil (2015) by scurvy on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:49PM (#22929027)
That's what the strategic petroleum reserve in Louisiana is. They filled massive salt domes with crude oil. The salt keeps away bacteria that can foul the oil.
Re:I tried to buy an actual barrel of crude oil (2015) by foota on Monday April 20, 2020 @06:10PM (#22929276)
Well, that's a little more involved than a reservoir, in fairness. Makes me wonder though if we might see something like this pop up in the private sector in case this happens again. Even a tens of millions of dollar investment in storage would look reasonable alongside the potential profit having millions of barrels of storage would bring right now.