PETROLEUM STORAGE & TRANSPORTATION. VOLUME II--SYSTEM DYNAMICS

In February 1987, the Secretary of Energy requested the National Petroleum Council (NPC) to determine the capacities of the nation's petroleum and gas storage and transportation facilities as part of the federal government's overall review of emergency preparedness planning. In addition to updating similar studies conducted in 1979 and 1984, the NPC was requested to place more emphasis on describing the dynamics and interrelationships of the petroleum and natural gas delivery systems. The results of the NPC study are presented in this comprehensive report, "Petroleum Storage & Transportation," which is being issued in five volumes. This volume, Volume II--System Dynamics, is a detailed analysis of how the U.S. oil and natural gas system works, both in normal times and during periods of "stress" -- when unusual occurrences severely hamper normal system operation. The volume summarizes major changes to the distribution system since 1979, and the evolving petroleum industry conditions that stimulated these changes. This volume assesses the adequacy of the oil and gas distribution system to meet not only actual 1987 needs but those arising from the Energy Information Administration projections of 1992 oil and gas demands. This volume of the study is not statistical but analytical in nature, building on the detailed description and capacity data found in volumes III, IV and V. Volume II also includes an examination of several historical system stress situations as background for the detailed analyses of the range of possible industry responses to six unlikely but highly stressful situations. The supply system's ability to maintain consumer oil and gas supply under these stress conditions, now and in 1992, is assessed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume I--Executive Summary, Volume III--Natural Gas Transportation, Volume IV--Petroleum Inventories and Storage, and Volume V--Petroleum Liquids Transportation.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Petroleum Council

  1625 K Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20006
• Publication Date: 1989-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 280 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Facilities; Handling and storage; Highway transportation; Inventory; Natural gas; Natural gas pipelines; Petroleum; Petroleum industry; Petroleum pipelines; Physical distribution; Railroad transportation; Storage facilities; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity; Distribution systems; Emergency response; Petroleum trade; System dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline shutdowns; Supply disruptions
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486214
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM