Strategic Petroleum Reserve: planning, implementation, and analysis

Book · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5630785

Weimer, D L

The history of the strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) program is examined to see why national goals were not met as planned. The book attempts to bridge a gap in the literature by focusing on analyses (i.e., the assumptions, conclusions, and organizational influences) that shape SPR policies before suggesting more appropriate strategies for implementing new programs so that they will be more effective. These include the possibility of making the SPR office an independent agency or public corporation, the possibility of a budgetary commitment and of alternative financing, and improvements in the drawdown decision-making process. Public Law 94-163 establishing the SPR appears in the appendix. 83 references, 7 figures, 5 tables. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 5630785
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
024000* -- Petroleum-- Storage-- (-1989)
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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DECISION MAKING
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
IMPLEMENTATION
MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RESERVES
RESOURCES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE