The Transportation of Soviet Energy Resources

Abstract

In this work the authors try to determine the general pattern of movement for each of the main forms of energy (gas, crude petroleum, refined products, coal and electricity), to identify constraints in the transport system that inhibit efficient flows, and to evaluate the prospects for future developments based upon this analysis of the system. The optimal flows and associated costs (in freight turnover terms) for each network are determined by applying the out-of-kilter algorithm, a network allocation model, to each abstracted energy-transport system.