Would missing oil storage prevent an earlier fuel transition?

Would the absence of a global oil-storage network prevent Britain adopting oil-fired battleships earlier?

The network could be built in response to ship orders, as it was historically; earlier reliable small-tube boilers could create the demand sooner.

Storage facilities were built in response to the decision to construct oil-fired battleships. Earlier small-tube boilers could make oil attractive sooner and bring that investment forward. A British lead in oil firing would also affect commercial shipping. After World War I, American oil-powered merchant ships helped challenge British shipping by avoiding dependence on Britain's coaling network. Earlier British investment could prevent that opening or make the competition more contested.