U.S. oil sources [[electronic resource] ] : turmoil and tranquility / / Natalie B. Kelleher, editor

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Disciplina: 382/.422820973
• Soggetto topico: Petroleum industry and trade - United States; Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - United States; Imports - United States; Energy policy - United States
• Altri autori: KelleherNatalie B
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- U.S. OIL SOURCES: TURMOIL AND TRANQUILITY -- U.S. OIL SOURCES: TURMOIL AND TRANQUILITY -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: U.S. OIL IMPORTS: CONTEXT AND CONSIDERATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- U.S. OIL IMPORTS -- Oil Import Fell between 2005 and 2010 -- Supply Disruptions Can Shift Imports and Raise Prices -- Oil Imports and the Trade Deficit -- Looking Forward: Import Dependence Passed Peak? -- POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- Direct Policies on Oil Imports -- Reducing the Need for Imports: Supply and Demand Policies -- Strategic Petroleum Reserve -- APPENDIX A. NET U.S. OIL IMPORTS -- APPENDIX B. GROSS U.S. OIL IMPORTS -- APPENDIX C. PETROLEUM TARIFF RATES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: THE U.S.-CANADA ENERGY RELATIONSHIP: JOINED AT THE WELL -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- U.S.-CANADA ENERGY TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE -- Energy Pipeline Infrastructure -- KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN U.S.-CANADA ENERGY -- Growth in Petroleum Supplies from Canadian Oil Sands -- Development of New Cross-Border Petroleum Pipelines -- Arctic Natural Gas Pipeline Proposals -- Declining U.S. Natural Gas Imports -- Liquefied Natural Gas Import-Export Terminals -- CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGRESS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 3: KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE PROJECT: KEY ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Pipeline Description and Status -- Presidential Permit Application Requirements -- State Siting and Environmental Approvals -- ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE PIPELINE -- Impact on U.S. Energy Security -- Economic Impact of the Pipeline -- Canadian Oil Sands Environmental Impacts -- Possible Risks to the Ogallala Aquifer -- Fossil Fuels Dependence -- CONSISTENCY OF STATE DEPARTMENT REVIEW -- APPENDIX. PRESIDENTIAL PERMITTING AUTHORITY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- End Notes. ; Chapter 4: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST: IMPLICATIONS FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS MARKETS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- SHORT-TERM PRICING PRESSURES -- Unrest Contributes to Higher Oil Prices -- Impacts on the U.S. Oil Market -- U.S. Natural Gas More Insulated from MENA Turmoil -- LONG-TERM CONSIDERATIONS: RISKS MAY PERSIST -- POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- Strategic Petroleum Reserve -- Other Policy Options -- APPENDIX. COUNTRY FACTORS -- Algeria -- Bahrain -- Egypt -- Iran -- Iraq -- Israel -- Jordan -- Kuwait -- Lebanon -- Libya -- Morocco -- Oman -- Qatar -- Saudi Arabia -- Syria -- Tunisia -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- Yemen -- End Notes -- Chapter 5: IMPLICATIONS OF EGYPT'S TURMOIL ON GLOBAL OIL AND NATURAL GAS SUPPLY -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CLOSING OF THE SUEZ CANAL AND SUEZ-MEDITERRANEAN OIL PIPELINE -- NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES: A REGIONAL ISSUE -- Recent Unrest -- OIL EXPORTS ALREADY MINIMAL -- GLOBAL OIL AND NATURAL GAS MARKETS: A SHORT-TERM CONCERN -- End Notes -- Chapter 6: HEDGE FUND SPECULATION AND OIL PRICES -- SUMMARY -- OIL PRICE SPIKES AND SPECULATION -- CRUDE OIL CONTRACTS -- COMMITMENTS OF TRADERS (COT) REPORTS -- CHANGES IN FUTURES MARKET POSITIONS AND PRICE TRENDS -- Scatter Plots of Changes in Positions and Oil Prices -- Regression Results -- INTERPRETING THE RESULTS -- Do Hedge Funds Cause Oil Price Changes? -- Do Price Changes Cause Hedge Fund Trades? -- DOES HEDGE FUND SPECULATION RAISE POLICY ISSUES? -- APPENDIX. STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHANGES IN POSITIONS AND PRICE -- End Notes -- Chapter 7: THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE AND REFINED PRODUCT RESERVES: AUTHORIZATION AND DRAWDOWN POLICY -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SPR -- SPR DRAWDOWN AUTHORITIES -- ACQUISITION OF CRUDE OIL FOR THE SPR -- Royalty-in-Kind Acquisition -- Royalty-in-Kind Termination -- THE NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE. ; SPR EXPANSION -- Bayou Choctaw -- Richton Dome -- THE DEBATE OVER WHEN THE SPR SHOULD BE USED -- Use of the SPR in the Persian Gulf War (1990) -- Hurricanes and Changes in the Market Dynamics (2005-2008) -- Summer 2008 Call for an SPR Drawdown -- Political Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 2011 -- OTHER POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- LEGISLATION IN THE 111TH CONGRESS -- PROPOSALS IN THE 112TH CONGRESS -- End Notes -- INDEX.
• Altri titoli varianti: United States oil sources
• Titolo autorizzato: U.S. oil sources
• ISBN: 1-62100-484-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812236503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Energy science, engineering and technology series.