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1 online resource |
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Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D |
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Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.
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| Contents |
""OIL AND GAS TRANSPORTATION: PIPELINE AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES""; ""OIL AND GAS TRANSPORTATION: PIPELINE AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: OIL AND GAS TRANSPORTATION: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS TAKING ACTIONS TO ADDRESS RAIL SAFETY, BUT ADDITIONAL ACTIONS ARE NEEDED TO IMPROVE PIPELINE SAFETY""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND"" |
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""INCREASED OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COULD POSE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY RISKS AND HAVE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS""""DOT HAS NOT FULLY ADDRESSED SAFETY RISKS FROM EXPANSION OF FEDERALLY UNREGULATED GATHERING PIPELINES""; ""DOT IS WORKING TO ADDRESS RISKS RELATED TO THE INCREASE IN TRANSPORTATION OF OIL BY RAIL""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II: IMPACTS OF SHALE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT ON HIGHWAYS IN SELECTED STATES"" |
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""Chapter 2: U.S. RAIL TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHY IS OIL MOVING BY RAIL?""; ""OIL SPILL CONCERNS""; ""FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF OIL TRANSPORT BY RAIL""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""Chapter 3: KEEPING AMERICA�S PIPELINES SAFEAND SECURE: KEY ISSUESFOR CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE PIPELINE INDUSTRY""; ""KEY POLICY ISSUES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page"" |
| Summary |
Increased oil and gas production presents challenges for transportation infrastructure because some of this increase is in areas with limited transportation linkages. Technology advancements such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (pumping water, sand, and chemicals into wells to fracture underground rock formations and allow oil or gas to flow) have allowed companies to extract oil and gas from shale and other tight geological formations. This book examines overall challenges that increased oil and gas production may pose for transportation infrastructure; specific pipeline safet |
| Notes |
Minimal Level Cataloging Plus. DLC |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Petroleum -- Transportation -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Commerce.
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Gas -- Transportation
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Petroleum pipelines
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Petroleum -- Transportation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020677500 |
| ISBN |
9781634638852 |
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1634638859 |
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