# Fuel stocks and strategic reserves and Tankers, barges and fuel trucks

Energy flows from tankers, barges and fuel trucks to fuel stocks and strategic reserves; energy flows from fuel stocks and strategic reserves to tankers, barges and fuel trucks; their prices have moved together.

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[Fuel stocks and strategic reserves](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fuel_stocks/) (energy) and [Tankers, barges and fuel trucks](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_tankers/) (energy): 3 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Energy flow

*Physical flow · Direct · Tankers, barges and fuel trucks → Fuel stocks and strategic reserves*

Tankers and trucks fill storage tanks and depots.

### 2. Energy flow

*Physical flow · Direct · Fuel stocks and strategic reserves → Tankers, barges and fuel trucks*

Stored fuel is drawn down into trucks and ships.

### 3. Price link: floating storage

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

When storage on land fills during a glut, traders store oil in tankers, which lifts freight rates. The freight proxy shows little monthly link, at 0.16, and a moderate yearly one, at 0.50.

- **0.16** monthly change correlation
- **0.50** 12-month change correlation
- **0.21** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.