Where is all the oil and gas imported to the united states held? before they get to the gas stations ?

i mean, whats the name and is there any conflict in where they decided to put it or in the descision to hold it in this place (or these places) ?





or is there certain ports or a certain trasportation systems or comanies that the oil is specificly shipped to ?Where is all the oil and gas imported to the united states held? before they get to the gas stations ?
Individual oil companies deliberately avoid building up large stockpiles of oil and gas. The lack of a short term reserve encourages immediate supply and geopolitical concerns to impact the oil price, driving it up.





Oil is stored up in the supply chain in the form of wells, pipelines, tankers, ports, refineries, distribution areas, gas stations and finally end users. All major ports in the US either have a major oil terminal or a sister port which handles only oil.





The US government has a Strategic Oil Reserve in California which it started after the crisis of the 70s which it uses only to avoid economic meltdown or military difficulties.Where is all the oil and gas imported to the united states held? before they get to the gas stations ?
Why do you need to know this? Are you part of a terrorist cell bent on blowing it up?





There are various capitalist organizations, known as companies, which either have oil wells in places where there is oil under ground, such as Texas, Gulf Coast, Alaska ... now there's places where there is oil %26amp; it is not taken, like off the East Coast of America where the tourist industry lobbyists think that they might get less tourists if an oil well could be seen from where the tourists are.





So the oil gets to America from these oil wells in pipelines and special tanker ships from places like the Middle East, and they go to places called ';Refineries'; which convert from crude oil to blends used like gasoline and home heating oil.





Most of these are located along the Gulf of Mexico ... not all ... but this is done for several reasons, like when we get bad hurricanes, we have all our nation's eggs in one basket, so it easy for us to be placed at the mercy of Mother Nature. I think this is really stupid, but I don't make those decisions. It is a combination of Wall Street and Congress that decided that is what should be done.





Then it goes in tanker trucks, some by rail, and in pipelines all across the nation to where it is needed.





Actually, the size of gas tanks in our autombiles plays a role in the supply and demand of gas. If when we went to the gas station, we all only got maybe 1/3 = 1/2 full, there would be more gas not yet sold, and thanks to supply and demand, the price of gas would be lower.





Perhaps in the future, the auto manufacturers can be persuaded to make future cars have more gas in the tank, so that will help drive up the price of gasoline.

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