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Re:The Engineering Behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve by Morromist on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @09:47PM (#49735476)
It would be cool to see what these look like in a photo but I guess they're never empty of liquid. I wonder what happens to the oily water after we use it? Do we boil it until it evaporates?
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Re:The Engineering Behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve by greggsy on Thursday September 17, 2026 @06:46AM (#49738901)
There’s a 3D model of the caverns here https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/blog/crude-...
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Re:The Engineering Behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve by Morromist on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:42PM (#49748804)
Wow that is very very cool. Thank you very much for digging that up & sharing the link! Sometimes visuals like that really help me process information.
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