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    Bartlesville Energy Research Center

    March 1, 2003
    1. Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
    2. Bartlesville Energy Research Center

    The Federal Government in Petroleum Research, 1918-1983

    The following is a study of a single research facility, the Bartlesville Energy Research Center, and showcases how petroleum technology, petroleum policy, and national political priorities have interacted through seven decades of the twentieth century.

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    Introduction and Table of Contents
    Chapter 2 - Search for a Role, 1919-1930
    Chapter 3 - Emergence of Scientific Research, 1930-1941
    Chapter 4 - World War II and the Response of Oil Technology, 1941-1946
    Chapter 5 -Petroleum Research Under Siege, 1946-1959
    Chapter 6 - Petroleum Science as a National Resource, 1959-1967
    Chapter 7 - Government Energy Research: Emerging Definitions, 1968-1975
    ERDA, DOE and Future-Oriented Energy Research, 1976-1983
    Appendices and Notes
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