New forces at work in refining : industry views of critical business and operations trends / D.J. Peterson, Sergej Mahnovski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, D. J.

Contributor:

Mahnovski, Sergej.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--United States.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum--Refining.

United States.

Petroleum--Refining--United States.

Petroleum.

Physical Description:

xxx, 115 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

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.

Notes:

"MR-1707."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115).

ISBN:

0833034367

OCLC:

52471383