Voice of the Marketplace

by Pratt, Joseph A.; Becker, William H.; McClenahan, William M.; Yergin, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9781585441853
• ISBN10: 1585441856
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Summary

The National Petroleum Council (NPC) emerged out of the close cooperation between the petroleum industry and the federal government during World War II. In the last fifty-plus years, the Council has evolved into a voice of the marketplace, analyzing conditions in the petroleum industry and publishing its findings in reports widely considered authoritative and useful.

Here, Joseph A. Pratt, William H. Becker, and William M. McClenahan, Jr., analyze the choices and strategies that have given the Council the adaptability and resilience to survive. The authors look at the Council's reports and examine the NPC's ability to tap information and personnel from all sectors of the industry. Finally, they analyze the one political concern that has remained constant for the industry: antitrust.

This book not only sheds light on the petroleum industry and its regulatory context but also addresses the larger questions of the U.S. government's relations with the industries it regulates.

Author Biography

Joseph A. Pratt is Cullen Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Good Advice on Vital Issues	ix
Daniel Yergin
The Organization of the National Petroleum Council	3	(31)
The National Petroleum Council and Emergency Preparedness	34	(22)
A New Outlook on U.S. Energy Policy	56	(32)
Redefining National Security: The NPC and the SPR	88	(30)
Seeking a Balance between Energy and Environment	118	(36)
Charting the Ascent of Natural Gas	154	(33)
Future Issues for the National Petroleum Council	187	(76)
APPENDIXES
A Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy	209	(1)
B National Petroleum Council Reports (by Subject)	210	(8)
C National Petroleum Council Reports (by Year, 1946--2001)	218	(9)
D National Petroleum Council Membership, June 18, 1946	227	(5)
E National Petroleum Council Membership, 2000--2001	232	(11)
F Biographies of National Petroleum Council Leaders	243	(20)
Notes	263	(20)
Index	283