Cumulative Impact of Environmental Regulations on the U. S. Petroleum Refining, Transportation and Marketing Industries

Download or read book Cumulative Impact of Environmental Regulations on the U. S. Petroleum Refining, Transportation and Marketing Industries written by Barry Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the potential effects of new environmental regulations under consideration that could affect the petroleum industry's contributions to the economy -- reducing investment in capacity and new technologies, making domestic refiners less competitive in the global marketplace, increasing imports of refined products, increasing consumer prices for products such as gasoline and heating oil, and reducing industry employment. Contents: current environmental requirements; future requirements on refining industry; and future requirements on transportation and marketing industry. Extensive appendices detail cost development models.