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RCED-85-104 1 (1985-09-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabfhs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORT BY THE U. S. General Accounting Office More Assurance Is Needed That Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Can Be Withdrawn As Designed The Department of Energy (DOE) has designed the Strategic Petroleum Reserve so that large quantities of oil can be withdrawn over a sustained time period if oil imports are disrupted. DOE has tested its ability to withdraw oil through actual drawdown exercises and computer model simulations, and has determined that when all necessary equipment and piping modifications are made, it can meet the designed withdrawal rates. GAO examined the basis for DOE's determination and found that: --The oil withdrawal tests met their objectives but required more pumping equipment than DOE planned and may not have been long enough to demonstrate whether the oil withdrawal can be sustained over a long period of time. --DOE relied on computer simulation models to assess its overall drawdown capability but used assumptions of equipment performance that may not occur during actual withdrawal operations. --Past construction deficiencies that could affect the adequacy of current oil withdrawal systems have not all been fully resolved. DOE is planning to conduct further tests and bring all systems up to design performance levels. During this effort, GAO recommends that the Secretary of Energy correct other identified problems and ensure that the withdrawal tests are of sufficient size and duration to fully test system capabilities. \ D S7 2.128007 Z : GAO/RCED-85-104 : >SEPTEMBER 27,1985 0 ~

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