Problems and Countermeasures for Construction of China’s Salt Cavern Type Strategic Oil Storage

Authors

Xilin SHI, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaFollow
Xinxing WEI, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Chunhe YANG, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Hongling MA, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Yinping LI, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Geo-environmental Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, ChinaFollow

Keywords

energy, strategy oil, salt cavern oil storage, problems, countermeasures

Document Type

Strategy & Policy Decision Research

Abstract

Oil is an important strategic energy source, and the establishment of sufficient oil storage is a major need to ensure the political, economic and national defense security of the country. China's outer dependence for oil has exceeded 70% for three consecutive years, but the oil storage is extremely low. Underground salt caverns are internationally recognized as excellent places for large-scale oil storage, developed countries in Europe and the United States have built several salt cavern oil storages in the last century. The construction of salt cavern oil storage is expected to become an effective way to solve China's oil crisis. This study investigates the current situation of foreign salt cavern oil storage, reveals the problems of China's strategic oil storage, analyzes the advantageous conditions of China's salt cavern oil storage in terms of technology, resources, and transportation, and puts forward suggestions for building salt cavern-type strategic oil storage in China. The study shows that China has developed oil transportation pipelines, adequate of salt cavern oil storage, rich engineering experience, and sufficient geological resources of salt mine required for storage construction. China can build a large-scale salt cavern-type strategic oil storage in a short period of time.

First page

99

Last Page

111

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

SHI, Xilin; WEI, Xinxing; YANG, Chunhe; MA, Hongling; and LI, Yinping (2023) "Problems and Countermeasures for Construction of China’s Salt Cavern Type Strategic Oil Storage," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 38 : Iss. 1 , Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20221014005
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol38/iss1/10