Trends in Operational Fuel Use

Abstract

A confluence of events caused the Navy to get very serious about energy efficiency starting around 2008. In 2008 we saw the huge spike in oil prices, to around $140 per bbl, that had the Chief of Naval Operations worried about whether the Navy could afford sufficient steaming days and flying hours to maintain readiness. The influential Defense Science Board report, More Fuel - Less Fight, was published that year, and the newly arriving Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, made energy efficiency one of his top priorities -a focus he maintained throughout his eight-year tenure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1021860

Entities

People

  • Jessica Oi
  • Ronald Filadelfo
  • William Komiss

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Efficiency
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Engineering
  • Fuel Efficiency
  • Fuels
  • Governments
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Task Forces
  • Uss Arleigh Burke

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Petroleum Engineering