Your ship has loaded 22,000 barrels of crude oil, departing Valdez, Alaska for Panama. When loaded the cargo temperature was 90°F. API was 15°. The volume correction factor (VCF) is .0004. If the cargo temperature is expected to be 100°F at the discharge port, how many barrels will be offloaded?

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Option C: 22,088. An increase in cargo temperature of 10°F (100°F - 90°F) causes thermal expansion. The volume increase is calculated as: 22,000 barrels × 10°F × 0.0004 (VCF) = 88 barrels. Adding this expansion to the loaded volume yields an expected discharge of 22,088 barrels.