Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission

by David F. Prindle

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292764898
• ISBN13: 9780292764897
• Release Date: September 1981
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.0"