This is a copy of my PhD thesis. The five other retail petroleum papers on this site are all derived from this work, which provides more background than is in any of these five papers.A more detailed abstract is available in the overview of thesis

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- CHARTS -- FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION -- I. COSTS OF OPERATION OF CRUDE OIL TRUNK LINES -- II. PETROLEUM INDUSTRY STRUCTURE -- III. THE CONTROVERSY OVER CRUDE OIL PIPE LINES -- IV. PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD CRUDE OIL PIPE LINES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND...