The infrastructure for a surge in synfuels production
The potential role of the AE&C industry and owner operators
ResearchPublished 1984
The purpose of this study is to determine the degree to which the architectural, engineering, and construction (AE&C) industry and potential owner-operators have, or can obtain, the human and organizational resources to support rapid development of a commercial synfuels program. The study focuses on (1) the initial or "first-round" capability to design and build simultaneously numerous plants of commercial size; (2) the "second-round" capability of the industry, drawing from first-round experience; (3) the ways in which capabilities could be expanded; (4) the rapidity with which capabilities built up from experience with early commercial synfuels plants would atrophy if a pause were to occur in the construction of follow-on synfuels plants; and (5) the speed with which these capabilities would be recovered if, after a delay, additional plants were built.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Year: 1984
- Print Format: Paperback
- Paperback Pages: 110
- Paperback Price: $30.00
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/N2172
- Document Number: N-2172-SFC
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Johnson, Leland and Christopher Worthing, The infrastructure for a surge in synfuels production: The potential role of the AE&C industry and owner operators, RAND Corporation, N-2172-SFC, 1984. As of September 24, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2172.html
Johnson, Leland and Christopher Worthing, The infrastructure for a surge in synfuels production: The potential role of the AE&C industry and owner operators. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1984. https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2172.html. Also available in print form.
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