Petroleum conservation in the United States : an economic analysis

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Petroleum conservation in the United States : an economic analysis

Stephen L. McDonald

(Resources for the Future library collection, . Energy policy ; v. 5)

RFF Press, 2011

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"First published in 1971 by The Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future."--T.p. verso

Set ISBN for "Energy policy": 9781617260025

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Description

The author develops an economic framework for analyzing state regulation of oil and gas and concludes that existing regulations fall short of assuring optimum well spacing, production rates, use of associated gas, and exploration. Originally published in 1971.

Table of Contents

  • 1: Introduction
  • I: The Setting of the Problem
  • 2: Petroleum Production and Marketing
  • 3: The States' Approaches to Conservation Regulation: A Survey
  • II: The Economics of Petroleum Conservation
  • 4: Conservation in the General Economic Process
  • 5: The Optimum Time-Distribution of Use
  • 6: Demand, Supply, and Price of Crude Oil
  • III: Evaluation of Conservation Regulation
  • 7: The Concept of Prohibited Waste
  • 8: Control of External Damages
  • 9: Control of Production and Well Spacing
  • 10: Unitization and Unit Operation of Reservoirs
  • IV: For the Future
  • 11: Some Proposals

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