Documents the results of an analysis of two novel approaches to the production of liquid fuels from coal and oil shale that might offer major benefits over current fossil fuel technologies.
This Note is the second in a series of RAND reports developing and applying a general methodology for assessing the control costs and chronic health risks of toxic pollutant emissions from coal-fired electric power plants.
This paper explores the impact of political risk on foreign direct investment in petroleum ventures in those developing countries that are not members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. It coordinates and analyzes information from ...
... documents a review of the publicly available literature on cost improvement, defined as the reduction in a technology's unit product cost that typically occurs as experience with the technology is gained.
Describes the development and application of a general methodology for assessing the control costs and chronic health risks of toxic pollutant emissions from coal-fired electric power plants.
This analysis examines the impasse that has developed in the formulation of a federal regulatory policy for facilities to manufacture synthetic natural gas (SNG) from coal.
This report analyzes key factors that will influence Mexico's future petroleum policies, projects expected policy outcomes, and assesses the implications of these policies for U.S. interests, objectives, and options for the 1980s.
Focuses on general approaches to world petroleum resource assessment. The author establishes the nature and concentration of petroleum reserves and the efficiency of modern petroleum exploration. He demonstrates that conventional petroleum resource a...
A comprehensive analysis of the interrelationships between price controls, oil production technology, product demand, tariff policy, and world trade, as applied to the petroleum industry.
Prepared for the 1975 meeting of the Western Economic Association. In the continuing debate over the advantages and disadvantages of a gasoline tax as opposed to a general petroleum tax or some form of rationing of gasoline or other petroleum product...
Sought to devise analytical tools to evaluate the effects on private transportation of national energy conservation measures, to apply these tools in a systematic analysis to compare the effectiveness of several alternative policy instrument...
Written in March-April of 1950, this paper outlines the world petroleum situation at that time, and predicts its effect on the United States. 1950 data on the world's oil sources and known reserves clearly indicated a depleted supply.
A survey of the literature for an answer to the question: How long and under what conditions can POL be stored at a given level of quality? Information about the type of storage and handling facilities that will allow a particular quality of fuel to...
Data available on Communist China's production, importation, and consumption of petroleum from 1949 through 1960. The Memorandum also assesses Communist China's future prospects for increasing domestic production and for reducing dependence on the U...
