The Petroleum Disruption Response System

The petroleum disruptions experienced in 1973 and 1979 demonstrated to the Department of Defense (DoD) that, for numerous reasons, the normal support for DoD requirements could rapidly deteriorate. Crude oil shortages caused DoD's historical supplier to prorate or completely cease deliveries under existing contracts, and it became difficult for the Defense Fuel Supply Center (DFSC) to secure replacement or follow-on contracts for fuels. In order to sustain necessary peacetime activities, the services were forced to dip into the war reserves. The effect was a decrease in the wartime sustainability of our forces until the war reserves were reconstituted. As a result of DoD "Supply Assurance" initiatives prompted by the 1979 disruption, numerous policy options have been developed to help the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) more effectively deal with future shortage situations. The key to avoiding the problems of 1973 and 1979 is early identification of shortage situations and selection of appropriate policy options designed to ensure a steady supply of military fuels during energy emergencies. The Petroleum Disruption Response System (PDRS) is a decision support system designed to assist DFSC energy analysts and planners in preparing recommendations for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD) energy policy staff on appropriate policy options to ensure adequate petroleum supplies for the national defense. This paper contains a conceptual model of PDRS that is based on a network optimization distribution model. The model would optimize the resupply distribution network in terms of minimum cost solution.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Systems Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Systems Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1991

Author dc:creator

• Kean, Van Alexander

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Ghare, Prabhakar M.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Triantis, Konstantinos P.
• Reid, Thomas F.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-03122009-041319

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/41502