bob10
18th March 2021, 05:12 PM
From 'The Strategist";
The request seeks information from industry for capabilities, interest and potential sources for the receipt, storage and delivery of fuel from a facility that could hold 190 million litres of JP5-grade aviation turbine fuel (the primary jet fuel for the US Navy) and 110 million litres of commercial jet fuel. It also states that the expected throughput of fuel is around 64 million litres per year. While this would be enough to refuel more than 2,000 737s, it’s more likely the fuel will be used to resupply US Navy Military Sealift Command oilers to refuel US Navy ships at sea.
The Australian government’s $200 million diesel storage program (https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor/media-releases/boosting-australias-diesel-storage), launched in January, provides another opportunity for increasing the fuel storage capacity in the north. The funding will support the construction of multiple diesel storage facilities across the country to hold an expected total of 780 million litres. The extra storage will assist Australia in meeting its minimum International Energy Agency stockholding obligations (https://www.energy.gov.au/government-priorities/energy-security/australias-fuel-security-package).
Increasing northern Australia’s fuel reserves is about more than storage | The Strategist (aspistrategist.org.au) (https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/increasing-northern-australias-fuel-reserves-is-about-more-than-storage/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly%20The%20Strategist&utm_content=Weekly%20The%20Strategist+CID_e12a66fb 01b18563feea2ebe0fbdb339&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_term=Increasing%20northern%20Australias%20fuel %20reserves%20is%20about%20more%20than%20storage)
The request seeks information from industry for capabilities, interest and potential sources for the receipt, storage and delivery of fuel from a facility that could hold 190 million litres of JP5-grade aviation turbine fuel (the primary jet fuel for the US Navy) and 110 million litres of commercial jet fuel. It also states that the expected throughput of fuel is around 64 million litres per year. While this would be enough to refuel more than 2,000 737s, it’s more likely the fuel will be used to resupply US Navy Military Sealift Command oilers to refuel US Navy ships at sea.
The Australian government’s $200 million diesel storage program (https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor/media-releases/boosting-australias-diesel-storage), launched in January, provides another opportunity for increasing the fuel storage capacity in the north. The funding will support the construction of multiple diesel storage facilities across the country to hold an expected total of 780 million litres. The extra storage will assist Australia in meeting its minimum International Energy Agency stockholding obligations (https://www.energy.gov.au/government-priorities/energy-security/australias-fuel-security-package).
Increasing northern Australia’s fuel reserves is about more than storage | The Strategist (aspistrategist.org.au) (https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/increasing-northern-australias-fuel-reserves-is-about-more-than-storage/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly%20The%20Strategist&utm_content=Weekly%20The%20Strategist+CID_e12a66fb 01b18563feea2ebe0fbdb339&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_term=Increasing%20northern%20Australias%20fuel %20reserves%20is%20about%20more%20than%20storage)