U.S. undecided if Mississippi salt dome will store petroleum

U.S. undecided if Mississippi salt dome will store petroleum

Mississippi officials don’t expect a decision before the end of the month on whether part of the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve will be stored in the Richton salt dome.
Richton is one of two sites under consideration in Mississippi. The U-S- Department of Energy in 2005 added the Bruinsburg salt dome near the Mississippi River just south of Vicksburg as a possible location.

The other sites being considered are: Chacahoula (shack’-uh-HOO’-luh) and Clovelly in Lafourche Parish and Stratton Ridge in Brazoria County, Texas.

According to state officials, there are about 50 salt domes used for petroleum product storage in Mississippi.

Officials said the Richton site stores 160 million barrels, roughly 16 percent of the one billion barrel target.

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