Date of Award
5-1967
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Department
Business Administration
First Advisor
Theodore F. Marburg
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to describe the performance of the petroleum pipeline industry and the government response to this performance. The performance can probably best be judged in terms of productivity changes. Any attempt to judge productivity of the pipeline industry requires an assumption that the petroleum industry in general has experienced productivity growth. Although no attempt to substantiate this assumption will be made herein, it would appear to be valid due to the phenomenal expansion of the industry. The following items will be considered to be measures of productivity:
1. Innovation;
2. Pipeline mileage changes;
3. Petroleum volume changes;
4. Transportation rate and earnings changes.
The first of these, innovation, will be considered as occurring when either new methods are developed or when existing technology is converted to new and original uses.
Recommended Citation
Kidney, John R., "A Century of Petroleum Pipeline Growth" (1967). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 1340.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/1340