Transportation

Dynamic Delivery: America’s Evolving Oil and Natural Gas Transportation Infrastructure (2019)

The U.S. energy landscape has undergone dramatic changes in the past decade. The United States has recently become the world´s largest oil and natural gas producing country, which expands opportunities for exporting crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and refined products. America´s vast energy resources and the infrastructure to deliver them to market are vital to the nation´s economy and energy security.

Dynamic Delivery, in its analysis through 2040, finds that public and private investment in new and existing pipelines, ports, rail facilities, and inland waterways will be essential in connecting America´s abundant energy supplies with domestic and global demand. Even in energy outlooks with low carbon scenarios, new infrastructure is necessary to meet domestic energy needs. Project uncertainty caused by regulations and litigation are creating bottlenecks to energy delivery in some regions. Addressing climate change and creating greater regulatory certainty are critical to ensuring cost-effective and reliable energy supplies for consumers. The report also recommends regulations that enable new technology and will improve safety and environmental performance.

The report is presented in a Summary Volume that includes the transmittal letter to the Secretary of Energy, the preface, and the executive summary, which presents the high-level findings and recommendations, along with a brief discussion of the supporting analyses.

The Full Report Volume contains the Summary and four detailed chapters.

  • Supply and Demand — Provides the long-term analysis to 2040 of many different energy outlooks using a range of scenarios. This chapter includes a detailed review of regional changes to oil and natural gas production.

  • Infrastructure Resiliency, Mapping, and Analysis — Provides a detailed assessment of oil and natural gas transportation infrastructure in the context of current and changing industry dynamics. Presents recommendations on improving physical infrastructure.

  • Permitting, Siting, and Community Engagement — Provides an in-depth analysis of the complexity of the permitting process and the related public input processes. Presents recommendations for government and industry on streamlining processes and improving public interactions.

  • Technology Advancement and Deployment — Provides a detailed review of the state of oil and natural gas transportation infrastructure technology to improve safety and environmental performance. Presents recommendations focused on improving the regulatory environment to encourage greater technology implementation. This chapter also considers current challenges involving cyber security and offers recommendations to advance government-industry cooperation in this area.

    • In addition to the above chapters, the report contains a list, including abstracts, of the 26 topic papers that were developed to support the study process. Although not part of the study report, the Council makes these topic papers available online to provide access to detailed information that informed the study process.

    Printed report:

    Report Summary (68 pages) – Print-on-demand version is available for purchase from Amazon

    Full Report (576 pages) – Print-on-demand version is available for purchase from Amazon

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    Advancing Technology for America’s Transportation (2012)

    Future Transportation in the United States is undergoing dramatic changes. These changes could occur at an accelerated rate, depending upon the speed of technology advancements and the economic viability of alternative fuels and vehicles. This report is the National Petroleum Council’s response to the Secretary of Energy’s request for advice on accelerating development of advanced fuel-vehicle systems through 2050 for passenger and freight transport, while examining ways to economically reduce the U.S. transportation sector’s 2050 life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

    In order to examine potential impacts of accelerated technology development, this study assumes aggressive improvements in alternative fuels and vehicles can be achieved and substantial transition hurdles can be overcome. Through modeling and qualitative analysis, this approach provides insights about the possible futures of the U.S. transportation system that are associated with significant advances in vehicles powered by biofuels, electricity, hydrocarbon liquids, hydrogen, and natural gas.

    Based on two years of review and analysis, the study concludes that:

    • Existing technologies can substantially increase vehicle fuel economy.
    • Overcoming twelve identified Priority Technology hurdles is essential to commercialization of advanced fuels and vehicles.
    • Implementing mitigation strategies can help overcome substantial fuel-related infrastructure challenges.
    • Continued investment in advanced fuels and vehicles could yield solutions that benefit American consumers and significantly reduce GHG emissions.
    • Achieving a 50% reduction in transportation GHG emissions by 2050 will require additional strategies beyond technology and infrastructure advances.
    • Increasing diversity of economically competitive fuels and vehicles will bolster the nation’s energy security.

    In addition, the report presents five recommendations on funding, timing, GHG assessment, and collaboration in the pursuit of transportation technology advancement.

    The NPC is making the study results and additional documents developed by and for the study groups available as follows:

    • Summary Report includes Report Transmittal Letter, Preface, and Executive Summary.
    • Full Report includes summary report, integrated analysis chapters, fuel and vehicle systems analysis chapters, and appendices. Integrated analysis chapters cover transportation demand, light-duty vehicle portfolios, heavy-duty vehicle portfolios, transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions, energy security, transportation technology assessment, and infrastructure. Fuel and vehicle systems analysis chapters cover light-duty engines and vehicles, heavy-duty engines and vehicles, biofuels, electric vehicles, hydrocarbon liquids, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, and natural gas vehicles.
    • Topic Papers and Modeling Tools (on the NPC website only): The Council commissioned numerous Topic Papers on subjects that are related to future transportation fuels and vehicles, but which are not all directly covered in the report. The modeling tools used in the integrated analyses and accompanying documentation are also provided.

    All report versions, along with supporting materials, are available for viewing and downloading at no charge directly below. Printed copies of the Summary Report and Full Report are available for purchase from the NPC as follows:

    SUMMARY REPORT – includes Preface and Executive Summary (72 pages)

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    FULL REPORT VOLUME – includes Preface, Executive Summary, Chapters, and Appendices
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    REPORT BY CHAPTER – PDF

    Part One – Integrated Analyses (all files in .pdf format)

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    Click here to download Executive Summary

    Click here to download Chapter One: Transportation Demand

    Click here to download Chapter Two: Light-Duty Vehicles

    Click here to download Chapter Three: Heavy-Duty Vehicles

    Click here to download Chapter Four: Technology

    Click here to download Chapter Five: Infrastructure

    Click here to download Chapter Six: Greenhouse Gases (GHG)

    Click here to download Chapter Seven: Energy Security

    Click here to download Chapter Eight: Reference Case

    Part Two – Fuel and Vehicle System Analyses (all files in .pdf format)

    Click here to download Chapter Nine: Light-Duty Engines & Vehicles

    Click here to download Chapter Ten: Heavy-Duty Engines & Vehicles

    Click here to download Chapter Eleven: Hydrocarbon Liquids

    Click here to download Chapter Twelve: Biofuels

    Click here to download Chapter Thirteen: Electric

    Click here to download Chapter Fourteen: Natural Gas

    Click here to download Chapter Fifteen: Hydrogen

    Click here to download Appendix A: Request Letters, Description of the NPC, and NPC member roster

    Click here to download Appendix B: Study Group Rosters

    Click here to download Appendix C: Topic Paper Abstracts

    Click here to download Acronyms and Abbreviations

    Web-only Resources

    Archive of September 15, 2011 meeting and press conference webcast

    LDV and HDV Analysis Tools and Documentation

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    Click here to download Chapter One: Transportation Demand

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    Click here to download Chapter Three: Heavy-Duty Vehicles

    Click here to download Chapter Four: Technology

    Click here to download Chapter Five: Infrastructure

    Click here to download Chapter Six: Greenhouse Gases (GHG)

    Click here to download Chapter Seven: Energy Security

    Click here to download Chapter Eight: Reference Case

    Part Two – Fuel and Vehicle System Analyses (all files in .epub format)

    Click here to download Chapter Nine: Light-Duty Engines & Vehicles

    Click here to download Chapter Ten: Heavy-Duty Engines & Vehicles

    Click here to download Chapter Eleven: Hydrocarbon Liquids

    Click here to download Chapter Twelve: Biofuels

    Click here to download Chapter Thirteen: Electric

    Click here to download Chapter Fourteen: Natural Gas

    Click here to download Chapter Fifteen: Hydrogen

    Click here to download Appendix A: Request Letters, Description of the NPC, and NPC member roster

    Click here to download Appendix B: Study Group Rosters

    Click here to download Appendix C: Topic Paper Abstracts

    Click here to download Acronyms and Abbreviations

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    Petroleum Storage & Transportation (1989)

    The report provides data and analyses on U.S. oil and gas inventories, and storage and transportation capacities. The study updates the Council’s 1979 and 1984 studies on these subjects as well as analyzes the response of the distribution systems during periods of stress. Petroleum Storage & Transportation is presented in five volumes:

    • Volume I, Executive Summary, presents the study’s primary conclusions, a brief description of the oil and natural gas distribution system, and summaries of Volumes II through V.
    • Volume II, System Dynamics, describes how the system operates both in normal times and during periods of stress. This volume examines possible responses to six unlikely but highly stressful situations including import disruptions and pipeline outages. The volume also summarizes major changes to the distribution system since 1979.
    • Volume III, Natural Gas Transportation, describes the capability of the natural gas system as it exists today. This volume outlines the regulatory history of the industry; updates the factors affecting gas supply and demand; summarizes pipeline capacities, interconnections, and storage; and analyzes the capabilities of the national pipeline network under normal and stress conditions. Natural gas pipeline and storage data were collected by survey and are provided in maps and tables.
    • Volume IV, Petroleum Inventories and Storage, estimates inventories and storage capacities for the primary, secondary, and tertiary systems. New estimates of minimum operating inventory levels for the primary system are also provided. Additionally, the impact of petroleum futures and forward markets and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on inventories are examined. The volume’s data were collected mostly by survey and are provided in tables.
    • Volume V, Petroleum Liquids Transportation, presents information on all forms of transportation of crude oil, refined petroleum products, and liquefied petroleum gases. These include pipelines, tankers, barges, tank trucks, and rail cars. This volume presents petroleum pipeline capacity data that were collected by survey. An inventory of waterborne transportation equipment and an examination of navigational structures and waterways is also included, as well as an examination of the U.S. tank car/tank truck fleet. The volume’s data are provided in maps and tables.

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    Five volume set
    (1,302 pages) Price: $150.00

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