A Profile of the Oil and Gas Industry

Index

A

Alliances, 45–46

Alternative energy sources

biofuels, 113–115

coal, 106–107

compressed natural gas, 112–113

electric battery/vehicles, 117–118

energy return on investment, 104–105

hydrogen fuel cells, 116–117

nuclear energy, 109–111

oil shales/oil sands/tar sands, 111–112

shifting vehicle types, 118

solar energy, 107–108

wind energy, 108–109

American Petroleum Institute (API) scale, 6

B

Bargaining power of buyers, 66

Bargaining power of suppliers, 66–67

Biodiesel, 16

Biofuels, 113–115

Bituminous sands, 112

BLM. See Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 76

Business rivalry, 65–66

C

CAA. See Clean Air Act

California Air Resources Board (CARB), 79

CARB. See California Air Resources Board

CBM. See Coalbed methane

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