Panel on Emerging Petroleum and Natural Gas Issues

Abstract

ENERGY SECURITY: What's it all about? CHURCHILL'S LAW: Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety and variety alone. THATCHER'S LAW: The unexpected happens. You had better prepare for it. PALMERSTON'S LAW: We have no eternal allies and no perpetual enemies. Our interests are perpetual and eternal. VULNERABILITY: Rise in import quantity and balance of payments/currency issues; Disruptions/market failures; Political turmoil; Prince spikes/market pressures; Homeland infrastructure. TRADITIONAL RESPONSES TO ENERGY SECURITY: Demand restraint; Supply diversity; Surge production; Strategic stocks; International co-operation/IEA; Flexible markets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508663

Entities

People

  • Adam Sieminski

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Commerce
  • Energy Security
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Markets
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Middle East
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Natural Gas
  • Petroleum
  • Risk
  • Security
  • War Colleges

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