THE U.S. PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION DILEMMA

An economic evaluation of the merits of a deepwater tanker terminal was conducted based on the reduction in transportation costs it would return. A single tanker economic model was used to generate a fleet transporting oil from five exporting regions. U.S. energy demand was predicted based on linear regression analysis. A linear programming approach was used to determine the tanker fleet size and transportation costs. Results indicated the reduction in transportation costs made a clustered monobuoy system economically attractive. However, the high capital investment required to construct an artificial island could not be justified with this approach.

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  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Duncan, R S
  • Lutkus, A J
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 126-138
• Serial:
  • Marine Technology Society Journal
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Marine Technology Society
  • ISSN: 0025-3324
  • Serial URL: http://ingentaconnect.com/content/mts/mtsj

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deepwater harbors; Economic analysis; Petroleum terminals; Statistics; Superports; Tankers
• Old TRIS Terms: Tanker fleet statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00158259
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Marine Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1977 12:00AM