Potential Energy of a bottle w/ pressure

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I'm asked to calculate the potential energy of a 1 liter bottle with a pressure 10^4N/m^2 above atmospheric pressure.

I can't seem to find any formula in my book, or even through searching google extensively, that uses pressure and volume to calculate potential energy. Any ideas?
 
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I'm sorry could you clarify what you mean
 
fattydq said:
I'm sorry could you clarify what you mean

The only thing I can see happening with those values is the work done by the gas inside the bottle = pressure * volume.