Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
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The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve was created in July 2000 to provide a reserve of heating oil for the approximately 5.3 million households that use heating oil for their homes.
[edit] History
On July 10, 2000, President Clinton directed Energy Secretary Bill Richardson to establish a 2-million-barrel home heating oil component of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the Northeast. The intent was to create a buffer large enough to allow commercial companies to compensate for interruptions in supply or severe winter weather, but not so large as to dissuade suppliers from responding to increasing prices as a sign that more supply is needed.[1]
[edit] Facilities
- Amerada Hess Corp., Woodbridge, New Jersey. Capacity 1,000,000 barrels
- Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., New Haven, Connecticut. Capacity 500,000 barrels
- Motiva Enterprises, New Haven, Connecticut. Capacity 250,000 barrels
- Motiva Enterprises, Providence, Rhode Island. Capacity 250,000 barrels
