Oil Security Resources

Disruptions and Vulnerability

• Oil Price Impacts on the U.S. Economy: A series of graphs produced by EIA's Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting tracking oil prices and their contribution to the U.S. economy.
• U.S. Pipeline Incidents: Reports on incidents affecting pipelines in the U.S. provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety.
• Energy Security, Oil Shocks and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR): Project of Oak Ridge National Laboratory studying macroeconomic effects of oil supply disruptions.
• U.S. Oil Import Dependency by country of origin
• Commerical and Strategic Reserves: Information about quanties of oil held by corporations and governments in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); includes information on the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

Shipping, Chokepoints, and Spills

• World Oil Transit Chokepoints: Information is provided on major world oil transit centers, also known as "chokepoints" due to their potential for closure. Disruption of oil flows through any of these export routes could have a significant impact on world oil prices.
• Incidents of Piracy: Weekly reported provided by the International Chamber of Commerce on international piracy incidents.
• EPA Oil Program: Website operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that provides information about EPA's program for preventing, preparing for, and responding to oil spills that occur in and around inland waters of the United States.
• EPA Oil Spill Profiles: Contains descriptive information about major oil spills in the United States, including Exxon Valdez, Ashland Oil, Colonial Pipeline, and the Tampa Bay Barge Collision.
• National Response Center: Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Response Center is the sole federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills.
• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Consiting of three state and three federal trustees, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council was formed to oversee the $900 million civil settlement resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
• Threats to Oil Transport: A website on potential threats to oil transportation networks maintained by the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.
• Resources on Oil Tankers: A collection of links to online sources of information about oil tankers.
• Resources on Ports: A collection of links to online sources concerning major internation ports.

U.S. Oil Infrastructure

• Petroleum Transportation in the U.S.: Current and historical data on the transport of petroleum in the United States via barge, pipeline, and tanker, provided by EIA's Office of Oil and Gas.
• Regulation of Interstate Oil Transport: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is responsible for the regulation of interstate oil transmission via pipeline.
• U.S. Refineries: Contains links to data on oil refineries in the United States, including locations and production capacities.
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure: Information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on government programs designed to protect critical infrastructure, including oil transportation and storage.