ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF REFINERY AND DEEP-WATER PORT LOCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. VOLUME III, D-G

In response to growing interest in energy supply problems, the Department of Transportation developed a model to study the impact of inland transportation costs of petroleum products on the least cost location of deep-water ports. Interim results indicate that markets determine where the refineries should be; refinery locations ditate where deep-water ports should be; and deep-water port locations are only partially influenced by the overseas crude oil sources and supertanker economies. The model does not endorse any deep-water port site; it only serves as a tool to aid the decision makers by showing the cost differences between the optimum and suboptimum choices. The model is flexible enough to test alternative scenarios of refinery and deep-water port location.

• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • SCHUMAIER, C P
  • Gezen, A
  • KENDRICK, M
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 239 p.

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080204
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1975 12:00AM