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China's sites for commercial oil storage

Reuters -- BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp will start building a 6.2 million-barrel crude-oil tank farm next month in the northern port of Tianjin, which it aims to complete by end of this year, state media said.

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armstrmb
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Message Posted: Feb 10, 2010 10:54:58 AM

The company that I work for sells testing equipment that detects voids in metal using either magnetic flux, radiation, or ultrasonics. China has been a big customer over the past few years.
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honda0105
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 8:56:26 PM

not going to be the last of the storage tanks either. Anyone wanna bet? I fear though they may be in areas that are not safe for long term, or will be built in such manner that they don't last long.
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Vette1967
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 8:16:42 PM

They are gearing up for a big economic recovery. Just imagine how quickly that would come if China allowed their people a little more freedom.
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honda0105
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 8:02:08 PM

kidwhamo: easily: China is in high need for oil, building large storage means, more oil pulled from the market, prices go up. Simple, eh?
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 3:22:28 PM

good for them...
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 2:47:42 PM

I SEE RED PEOPLE!!
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BigTruc
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 11:43:13 AM

How large is the tank? I mean sq meters.
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zimowski
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 10:34:48 AM

Wow - 6.2 million barrels!
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 10:18:25 AM

Hope it is not near an earthquake zone!
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 10:06:21 AM

They have to have some place to store all of the oil they are buying
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 10:01:40 AM

OH BOY when that thing leaks its really gonna make a mess.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:59:15 AM

That is a lot of storage. Is the tank ever going to be full?
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:58:18 AM

sounds like a good idea. At least they will have oil stored and ready to use.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:57:54 AM

hopefully safety in the production of this massive tank farm is an issue, or the chinese fire works companies will have competition
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:54:57 AM

how safe it is with a huge oil tank ....?
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:54:55 AM

China continues to look forward and secure its future energy needs.

We seem to be looking backward, thinking, "Gee, we had such a nice, small 'carbon footprint' before that awful industrial revolution..."
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:54:42 AM

The first of many storage facilities, here come the fireworks!
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:53:23 AM

More competition for OPEC oil from the Chinese. Hold on to your wallet.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:51:24 AM

How many tankers will it hold?
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:50:17 AM

more inventory always works
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:47:12 AM

Maybe they'll buy up all the crude, and hold us all hostage.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:45:53 AM

Beats holding it in offshore tankers, I guess.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:45:29 AM

does that count as supply?
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:45:06 AM

how many tanks does it take to store 6,200,000 barrels of oil???
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:44:54 AM

And once again, China takes the lead!!!
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:43:14 AM

I'm not suprised
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:41:48 AM

Take heed Washington. Drill in the homeland and become energy independent. Politicians always talk about reducing America's dependence on foreign oil but they never do anything but talk.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:41:19 AM

And we should take care of US business, drill here and now!!!!
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:39:55 AM

Looks like the commies are just doing what they feel is best for China.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:39:10 AM

China is just taking care of China's business.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:38:33 AM

There doing what we should do.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:38:25 AM

I'm sure that wil look nice. Can I get some mountainside property overlooking that?
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:38:12 AM

will this bring oil prices down? i think not
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:38:04 AM

are they stocking up for something
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:36:18 AM

Not a very big facility. Wonder why?
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:35:29 AM

Conservation is the name of the game.
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The globe is going to heat up.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:33:46 AM

It seems they are looking to the future and planning ahead. Imagine that.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:30:35 AM

Continue to conserve. Keep your money in this country.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:29:20 AM

Well, good for China, I guess.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:28:27 AM

gee they seem to be thinking ahead. Too bad we can't
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:27:51 AM

Hope they don't leak...
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Got money? Use it!
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:27:40 AM

the u s has over 100 times that capacity already
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:27:00 AM

If they have their own oil storage, there will be less risk of solely relying on deliveries.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:26:34 AM

considering the overall storage capacity and daily use in China, this is a very very small addition.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:25:09 AM

The Chinese must know something the rest of the world doesn't. I wonder what it could be???
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:25:02 AM

Money in their pocket.
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2010 9:24:31 AM

Whats up China.
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China: busy, busy
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