Waterborne and rail transport of U.S. crude oil : elements and issues / Patrick Williams, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Patrick, editor.

Series:

Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum--Transportation.

Petroleum.

Petroleum--Transportation--Costs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New sources of crude oil from North Dakota, Texas, and western Canada have induced new routes for shipping crude oil to U.S. and Canadian refineries. While pipelines have traditionally been the preferred method of moving crude overland, they either are not available or have insufficient capacity to move all the crude from these locations. While rail has picked up some of this cargo, barges, and to a lesser extent tankers, also are moving increasing amounts of crude in domestic trade. This book discusses the Waterborne and rail transport of United States crude oil.

Contents:

""WATERBORNE AND RAIL TRANSPORT OF U.S. CRUDE OIL: ELEMENTS AND ISSUES""; ""WATERBORNE AND RAIL TRANSPORT OF U.S. CRUDE OIL: ELEMENTS AND ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: SHIPPING U.S. CRUDE OIL BY WATER: VESSEL FLAG REQUIREMENTS AND SAFETY ISSUES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""NEW SHIPPING ROUTES""; ""VESSEL TYPES AND CAPACITIES""; ""MARITIME SAFETY ISSUES""; ""THE JONES ACT""; ""RECENT U.S. SHIPBUILDING ACTIVITY""; ""U.S.-FLAG RESERVATION FOR EXPORT OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS?""; ""CURRENT LEGISLATION""

""Chapter 2: U.S. RAIL TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHY IS OIL MOVING BY RAIL?""; ""OIL SPILL CONCERNS""; ""FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF OIL TRANSPORT BY RAIL""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""Chapter 3: CRUDE OIL PROPERTIES RELEVANT TO RAIL TRANSPORT SAFETY: IN BRIEF""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OTHER CRUDE OIL PROPERTIES""; ""RAIL CAR CAPACITY AND LOAD LIMIT""; ""POLICY CONSIDERATIONS""; ""Chapter 4: OIL SPILLS IN U.S. COASTAL WATERS: BACKGROUND AND GOVERNANCE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""

""OIL SPILL GOVERNANCE""""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES BEFORE AND AFTER THE EXXON VALDEZ SPILL""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Inludes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary,viewed October 3, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63463-020-3

OCLC:

914433476