US Presidential Authority

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Authority Conditions for Use

• US Presidential Authority
• Presidential Finding
• A Severe Energy Supply Disruption
• International Energy Program Obligations
• Two Levels Defined
• Full Drawdown
• Limited Drawdown - 30 MMB

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Authority Conditions for Use

• Secretary of Energy Authority
• Oil Exchange Authority
• To Acquire Oil for Reserve
• To Alter Crude Mix
• Test Sale Authority
• To Test Reserve Capabilities
• Limited to 5 MMB

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SPR Mission

• Diminish the Vulnerability of the United States
  to the Harmful Effects of Petroleum Supply
  Disruptions
• To Meet U.S. Obligations under the International
  Energy Program
• Maintain Ability To Respond To An Emergency
  Within 13 Days

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Gulf Coast Storage

• Concentration Of Salt Domes
• Secure
• Economical
• Low Environmental Risk
• Major U.S. Refinery Area
• Major Crude Oil Distribution Center
• Tanker Terminals
• Pipelines
• Provides Maximum Flexibility To Respond To A Wide
  Range Of Interruptions

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Salt domes of the U.S. Gulf Coast
Overall more than 500 domes have been discovered
in the Gulf region onshore and near the shore.
Many more domes exist in the deeper Gulf.
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LAKE
LAKE
BATON
BATON
CHARLES
CHARLES
BEAUMONT
BEAUMONT
SPR WAREHOUSE (Stennis)
SPR WAREHOUSE (Stennis)
ROUGE
ROUGE
BAYOU
BAYOU
PORT ARTHUR
PORT ARTHUR
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
CHOCTAW
CHOCTAW
TEXAS CITY
TEXAS CITY
WEST
WEST
BIG HILL
BIG HILL
SPR NEW ORLEANS
SPR NEW ORLEANS
HACKBERRY
HACKBERRY
BRYAN
BRYAN
MOUND
MOUND
SPR STORAGE FACILITY SPR WAREHOUSE
(Stennis) CITIES
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
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Authorized Storage Capacity
Bayou Choctaw
West Hackberry
Big Hill
Bryan Mound
73 Million Barrels
230 Million Barrels
170 Million Barrels
254 Million Barrels
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Relational Comparison
Typical SPR Cavern
Superdome 273
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Geographical Cut-away
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Storage Cavern Leaching Development
Water In
Brine Out
Oil
Oil
Leaching Stage I
Storage Cavern Complete
Leaching Stage II
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Storage Cavern Drawdown
Water In
Oil Out
Oil Out
Oil
Brine
Salt Dome
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Drawdown Readiness

• Recovery Drills Test Ability To Recover From
  Natural Or Man-made Disasters
• Periodic Assessments - Functions, Facilities
  And Systems
• Continuous Improvement of Drawdown Readiness
  Processes

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Environmental, Safety Health
ISO 14001 Environmental
Management System 1st US Bulk Petroleum Storage
Entity Certified
Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Achieved
STAR Status Rating From Occupational Safety And
Health Administration (OSHA) and the Department
of Energy
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Big Hill SPR Site

• Big Hill Provides Operations Maintenance for
  the SPR Facility 24 hours a day seven days a
  week.
• 4 DOE employees
• 70 total DM employees
• 25 ERT (Emergency Response Team) Members
• 4 PTR (Professional Technical Representative)
  Members

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Big Hill SPR Site

• Site NTP for Construction of Site 2/19/83
• Cavern Leaching
• Commenced 10/1/87
• Completed 8/29/91
• Crude Oil
• Fill Rate 225,000 BPD
• Drawdown Rate 1.1 MBPD
• Brine Disposal Rate
• 432,000 BPD

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Big Hill SPR Site

• Current Authorized Capacity
• 170 MB
• Current Oil Inventory
• 160.3 MB
• Sweet 62.9 MB
• Sour 97.4 MB
• Site Pumps
• RWIS 4 pumps, 2,500 HP
• RWIP 7 pumps, 2,000 HP
• COIP 6 pumps, 2,000 HP
• Brine 2 pumps, 2,500 HP

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SPR Cyber Security

• Assess the Threat
• Identification Valuation
• Vulnerability Risk Evaluation
• Detective Controls

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BIG HILL