Chapter 3 - S.
.y of POL Products.
The Petroleum products were available as required to satisfy Creration “ARDTACK requirements.
Limited bulk storage facilities, however,
necessitated daily monitoring of stock balances and frequent adjusting
of petroleum tanker schedules to insure the maintenance of minimum
operaticnal requirements.
(See figure
7
and
8, fuel ccMsumpticn).
The existing bulk storage capacity is 614,500 gallons JP-4; 772,500
gallons AvGas; 72,000 gallors MoGas and 15%,900 gallons of diesel.
Yo
difficulty was experienced in mairtairing adequate stocks of MoGas and
diesel; however, during periods of intensified flying stocks of JF-4
ard AvGas became critical.
The daily issues, stock balances, projected
daily renuirements and petroleum re~sunply tanker schedules were reviewed daily to identify actions recessary to preclude derieticn cof
The storage snace did not always permit the isolation cf +
ay
stocks.
a
sted
fuel and on occasions it was necessary to contaminate tested fuel with
new fuel in order to accept delivery of maximum curntities fron the
tanker,
Arrancements were made with the petroleum testirg labcratecry
at Peari Harbor, TF, to test our fuel samples end to report resuits
expeditiously.
The suprcrt rendered was excellent we were able to
avoid using untested fuel, although on cecasicns fuel was serviced
into aircraft within hours after receipt of the aralysis results.
As part of the support of the WeatherrIslanis, (Kusaie, Rongelsr,
Kapingamarangi, Tarawa, Nauru, Wotho, Utirik, Ujelang), it was
necessary to preposition drummed MoGas and diesel fuel.
Quentities
estimatel were adecuate and were in place in time to meet our operatioral
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