Petroleum rent collection has been an on-going area of interest to Petroleum Economists, investors, and exhaustible resource owners (governments) and the question of what an efficient rent collection design or system should be is also an ongoing issue in the oil industry. This latter question is...

pt. 1. Macroeconomic and distributional dimensions of energy shocks -- pt. 2. Social, local and environmental impacts of changes in the energy market -- pt. 3. The impacts of bio and alternative fuels -- pt. 4. Conclusions.

Attempting to restrict American imports of Canadian oil is a mistake that ignores both the reality of U.S. dependence on imported oil, as well as the only major alternative sources of such oil — repressive governments that restrict civil, political, and economic freedoms.The study points out...

With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies. Central to this supply are the pipelines that transport this energy....