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Oil and gas transportation pipeline and rail infrastructure issues /
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 fractu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers
[2015]
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| Colección: | Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""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""
- ""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""
- ""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""