Summary

The government of any country endowed with substantial oil and natural gas resources must address the question whether these resources should be exported, to earn hard currency, or conserved, to ensure the security of energy supply for future generations, or managed in some way to achieve a reasonable balance between the short-term need for cash and the long-term interests of the citizens of the country. Once these basic policy goals are clarified it is possible to speak of the infrastructure needed to support export, import, and transit of energy. It should be noted ...