Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission (The Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation series)
By David S. Prindle.
Description
The single most important domestic source of oil and gas is managed by the Texas Railroad Commission. As a result, the Commission has for decades exerted a profound influence on United States and world energy policy. This influence may even increase with the recent decision to remove price controls on oil and gas. Commission decisions determine where and when oil and gas wells are drilled, how much can be produced from them, and how the products can be transported. Since the 1930s the Commission has heavily influenced both the supply and the price of petroleum in the rest of the country sim...
ISBN(s)
029276474X, 9780292764743
