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OPEC produces 33 million barrels of oil a day. You know how big an oil barrel is. I'm not sure how much American companies would have to buy and store to significantly affect the price, but lakes full, at vast storage costs.

According to your article Dow bought "hundreds of thousands of pounds" of bromine and based on a quick Google search a pound of bromine is about the size of a pill bottle. So one warehouse full.