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ENER 603 Energy Infrastructure Management (3)

An overview of United States and world energy infrastructures from the wellhead to the consumer. Topics include drilling, refining, transportation and power generation and how the various energy grids fit together in a vast network of energy delivery services. The vulnerabilities in the system of energy delivery are identified, and methods to reduce these vulnerabilities are examined. Discussion covers energy infrastructure issues in developing countries and the means to leapfrog over existing technologies in order to develop an energy infrastructure. Energy infrastructure risk and security issues are explored, and measures to safeguard these infrastructures and minimize risk are introduced.