Could the US get on the CSO bandwagon?

摘要

London-While the CSO market remains very active in Europe, no parallel system exists in the US as yet. “The United States has never had a market in compulsory storage because no stockholding requirement is imposed on private companies, unlike other nations,” said Phil Verleger, a well-known industry economist. “The US has chosen to meet its stockholding requirements by constructing and filling government-owned facilities,” he said, referring to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.