Review of petroleum transport network models and their applicability to a national refinery model

Abstract

This report examines four petroleum transport network models to determine whether parts of them can be incorporated into the transportation component of a national refinery model. Two questions in particular are addressed. (a) How do the models under examination represent the oil transport network, estimate link capacities, and calculate transport costs. (b) Are any of these network representations, capacity estimates, or cost functions suitable for inclusion in a linear programming model of oil refinery and primary distribution in the US. Only pipeline and waterway transport is discussed. The models examined are the Department of Energy's OILNET model, the Department of Transportation's Freight Energy Model, the Federal Energy Administration Petroleum Transportation Network Model, and an Oak Ridge National Laboratory oil pipeline energy model. Link capacity and cost functions are recommended for each transport mode. The coefficients of the recommended pipeline cost functions remain to be estimated.

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/5372999

• https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1067037/m2/1/high_res_d/5372999.pdf

• http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/5372999-review-petroleum-transport-network-models-applicability-national-refinery-model,

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