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What is the shelf life of oil? Is there a point where not using the stored reserves by a certain year would make it unusable if bought today?
by siruncledrew 7y ago
What is the shelf life of oil?
Is there a point where not using the stored reserves by a certain year would make it unusable if bought today?
- kleton 7y agoCrude's been sitting in those formations since the dinos. It's not going bad in a couple years. Petrol expires because it is heavily refined, cracked etc for higher octane rating at the cost of shelf-life.
- adrianN 7y agoTo be fair, the conditions under ground are very different from the conditions in a tanker.
- SomewhatLikely 7y agoThe u.s. strategic reserve is stored in salt mines.
- AngryData 7y agoUnrefined it is basically infinite. If it is refined it varies from months to years, to potentially decades depending on exactly what it is. But worst case, you can always refine it again if it goes bad.