| Portion of title |
Industry views of critical business and operations trends |
| Contents |
Ch. 1: Introduction: a critical infrastructure. Petroleum products in the U.S. economy -- Change and challenges in refining -- A critical infrastructure -- About the study -- Organization of the report -- Ch. 2. The refining industry and petroleum products markets -- Industry segments and business models -- Economic hardship and restructuring -- Is the downstream enjoying an economic recovery? -- Product slate -- Higher performance fuels -- Regionalization of products markets -- Future demand -- Imports -- Ch. 3: Refinery operations and technologies -- Current operations trends -- Current trends in technologies -- Longer-term trends in technologies and operations -- Environment for technology innovation -- Human capital -- Ch. 4: Regulatory and financial environment -- Return on investment -- Capital constraints -- Regulatory flexibility -- Regulatory uncertainty -- Implications for future product supplies -- Industry views of policy and regulation -- Ch. 5: The refining industry in a new era: key findings and policy issues -- Key findings -- Policy issues of importance -- Appendix A. Rand discussion participants -- Appendix B. Discussion protocol -- Appendix C. Petroleum refining processes and products -- Crude oil inputs --Separation -- Conversion -- Combination -- Reformulation -- Treating -- Support operations. |
| General note | "MR-1707." |
| General note | Title from p. [i] of All Prefatory Materials PDF file (viewed Sept. 24, 2003). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114). |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: PDF file reader. |
