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The United States Department of Defense is one of the largest single consumers of energy in the world, responsible for 93% of all US government fuel consumption in 2007 (Air Force: 52%; Navy: 33%; Army: 7%. Other DoD: 1%). [1] In FY 2006, the DoD used almost 30,000 gigawatt hours (GWH) of electricity, at a cost of almost $2.2 billion.
The United States is divided into five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, or PADDs. These were created during World War II under the Petroleum Administration for War to help organize the allocation of fuels derived from petroleum products, including gasoline and diesel (or "distillate") fuel. Today, these regions are still used for ...
Iraq/United States: Bayou Choctaw Sour 32.2° 1.43% United States: Bayou Choctaw Sweet 36.0° 0.36% United States: Bayu Undan 55.9° 0.07% Australia/East Timor: Liberdade FSO Belanak 47.8° 0.02% Indonesia: Belanak FPSO Belayim Blend 27.5° 2.40% Egypt: Wadi Feiran Belida 45.1° 0.02% Indonesia: Benchamas 42.4° Chevron Offshore (Thailand) Ltd ...
The United States petroleum refining industry, the world's largest, is most heavily concentrated along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. In 2012, US refiners produced 18.5 million barrels per day of refined petroleum products. [18] Of this amount, 15 percent was exported. [19] As of 2012 the US was the world's second largest net exporter ...
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of petroleum maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). It is the largest publicly known emergency supply in the world; its underground tanks in Louisiana and Texas have capacity for 714 million barrels (113,500,000 m 3 ). [ 1 ]
The United States maintains a Strategic Petroleum Reserve at four sites on the Gulf of Mexico, with a total capacity of 727 million barrels (115.6 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of crude oil. The maximum total withdrawal capability from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve is 4.4 million barrels (700,000 m 3) per day. This is roughly 32% of US oil ...
The United States' Department of Defense [3] maintains war reserve stocks around the world, mainly in NATO countries and in some major non-NATO allies. [1] The US 31st Munitions Squadron is tasked with maintaining and distributing the largest war reserve stockpiles of munitions for the United States Air Forces in Europe. [4]
By the time that the United States entered World War II in 1941, oil was a vital part of military operations around the world. [1] The United States produced 60 percent of the world's crude oil, with the state of Texas in the south-west leading this production, producing more than twice as much crude as any other state. [2]