The Texas Railroad Commission - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Texas Railroad Commission write by William R. Childs. This book was released on 2005. The Texas Railroad Commission available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Before OPEC took center stage, one state agency in Texas was widely believed to set oil prices for the world. The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) evolved from its founding in 1891 to a multi-divisional regulatory commission that oversaw not only railroads but also a number of other industries central to the modern American economy: petroleum production, natural gas utilities, and motor carriers (buses and trucks). William R. Childs's unprecedented study of the TRC from its founding until the mid-twentieth century extends our knowledge of commission-style regulation. It focuses on the interplay between business and regulators, between state and national regulatory commissions, and among the three branches of government through a process of "pragmatic federalism." Drawing on extensive primary research, Childs demonstrates that the alleged power of regulatory commissions has been more constrained than most observers have recognized. As he shows, the myth of power was devised by the agency itself as part of building a civil religion of Texas oil. Together, the myth and the civil religion enabled the TRC to convince Texas oil operators to follow production controls and thus stabilized the American oil industry by the 1940s. The result of this fascinating study is a more nuanced understanding of federalism and of regulation, the forces shaping it, and its outcomes.
Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission
Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission write by David F. Prindle. This book was released on 2011-05-18. Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 can be transported. Since the 1930s the Commission has heavily influenced both the supply and the price of petroleum in the rest of the country simply because Texas provides such a large proportion of the United States' petroleum. As might be expected with the management of resources worth billions of dollars, the Railroad Commission has been an arena of intense political maneuvering. David Prindle examines in detail seven policymaking episodes, covering five decades of the Commission's history. He recounts the economic and political cleavages arising from clashes of interest, the efforts of individuals and organizations to exert influence, the motives and methods underlying the policy choices of the Commissioners, and the political and economic consequences of those choices, both for Texas and for the rest of the country. This detailed look at the Railroad Commission and the politics of petroleum in Texas will be of interest to the general public and all those involved in the oil and gas industry. Scholars and students in the field of policy studies, especially energy policy, will find this book to be an invaluable guide to an important sector of the American petroleum industry.
Natural Resources Code
Natural Resources Code - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Natural Resources Code write by Texas. This book was released on 1978. Natural Resources Code available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Utilities Code
Utilities Code - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Utilities Code write by Texas. This book was released on 2007. Utilities Code available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Oil in Texas
Oil in Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oil in Texas write by Diana Davids Hinton. This book was released on 2002-03-15. Oil in Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The dramatic story of the oil boom that transformed the history of a state, drawn from archives and first-person accounts. As the twentieth century began, oil in Texas was easy to find, but the quantities were too small to attract industrial capital and production. Then, on January 10, 1901, the Spindletop gusher blew in. Over the next fifty years, oil transformed Texas, creating a booming economy that built cities, attracted out-of-state workers and companies, funded schools and universities, and generated wealth that raised the overall standard of living, even for blue-collar workers. No other twentieth-century development had a more profound effect upon the state. This book chronicles the explosive growth of the Texas oil industry from the first commercial production at Corsicana in the 1890s through the vital role of Texas oil in World War II. Using both archival records and oral histories, they follow the wildcatters and the gushers as the oil industry spread into almost every region of the state. The authors trace the development of many branches of the petroleum industry: pipelines, refining, petrochemicals, and natural gas. They also explore how overproduction and volatile prices led to increasing regulation and gave broad regulatory powers to the Texas Railroad Commission.
