The U.S. Oil Import Program and Its Effect on the American Petroleum Industry
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The general welfare of the people of any nation depends largely on the amount of energy consumed. There is a direct relationship between the per capita energy consumed and the per capita income in the nations of the world. The per capita income in nations whose people depend on the energy of man and animals with little assistance from machinery is only a small fraction of what it is in highly industrialized nations utilizing water power and inanimate energy from mineral fuels.Petroleum has supplanted coal as the principal source of power because of its high ratio of energy to weight and bulk. It has supplanted coal for heating homes because of its cleanliness, convenience and ease of transportation. It is more flexible and may be adapted to a wider range of types and sizes of machinery than any other fuel; it provides the best fuel to date.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | June 1974 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Moughamian, Jirair M. |
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| Primary advisor | Miller, Frank G. |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering |
Subjects
| Subject | School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences |
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| Genre | Thesis |
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- Moughamian, Jirair M. (1974). The U.S. Oil Import Program and Its Effect on the American Petroleum Industry. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/bs942pt4837
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Master's Theses, Doerr School of Sustainability
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