Book/Printed Material New forces at work in refining : industry views of critical business and operations trends

Title

• New forces at work in refining : industry views of critical business and operations trends

Names

• Peterson, D. J.
• Mahnovski, Sergej

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2003.

Contents

• Introduction: a critical infrastructure -- Petroleum products in the U.S. economy -- Change and challenges in refining -- A critical infrastructure -- About the study -- The report -- The refining industry and petroleum products markets -- Industry segments and business models -- Economic hardship and restructuring -- Is the downstream enjoying an economic recovery? -- Product slate -- Higher performance fuels -- Regionalization of products markets -- Future demand -- Imports -- Refinery operations and technologies -- Current operations trends -- Current trends in technologies -- Longer-term trends in technologies and operations -- Environment for technology innovation -- Human capital -- Regulatory and financial environment -- Return on investment -- Capital constraints -- Regulatory flexibility -- Regulatory uncertainty -- Implications for future product supplies -- Industry views of policy and regulation -- The refining industry in a new era: key findings and policy issues -- Key findings -- Policy issues of importance -- Appendix A. Rand discussion participants -- Appendix B. Discussion protocol -- Appendix C. Petroleum refining processes and products -- Crude oil inputs -- Separation -- Conversion -- Combination -- Reformulation -- Treating -- Support operations.

Headings

• -  Petroleum industry and trade--United States
• -  Petroleum--Refining--United States

Notes

• -  "MR-1707".
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xxx, 115 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• HD9565

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021760995

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021760995

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users Indicated permissions on file

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021760995

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