2.3.6 Oil Storage Terminals 



Onshore oil storage terminals are needed to receive, measure 

 (meter), segregate, store, and distribute various grades of crude oil and 

 refined products (see Figure 36). An oil storage terminal and a tank 

 farm are synonymous. Terminals built to store the oil being produced 

 from offshore fields have a constant inflow of oil from crude-collecting 

 pipelines and an intermittent, very rapid outflow to tankers and refineries. 

 Terminals built to store oil for one or more refineries have an intermit- 

 tent, very rapid inflow of oil as tankers unload and a constant inflow from 

 o-'l field pipelines; they have a smaller, constant outflow of oil to 

 refineries. Oil storage terminals, then, are essentially surge tanks 

 which help to eliminate interruptions and instabilities in an oil transfer 

 and processing system. Oil storage terminals insure a continuous supply 

 of crude oil from production areas to refineries. 



Figure 36. Oil storaoe, project implementation schedule. 



INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS: 



Site Purchase 

 Site Option(s) Taken 



Start of 

 Construction 



YEARS"*' 



PERMIT ACQUISITIONS: 



Begin Use 

 O of Storage 

 Facilities 



Acquisition of Use and 

 Location Permits 



Operating Permits 



Preconstruction Permits 

 (Includes EIS) 



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