6.12. The Texago Corporation has four oil fields, four refineries, and four distribution centers in the locations identified in the next tables. A major strike involving the transportation industries now has sharp capacity to ship oil from the four oil fields to the four refineries and to ship petroleum products from the refineries to the distribution centers. Using units of thousands of barrels of crude oil (and its equivaler the following tables show the maximum number of units that can be shipped per day from each oil field to each refinery and from each refinery to each distribution center. ETTM Refinery Oil Field New Orleans Charleston Seattle St. Louis Texas 11 7 2 California 4 7 Alaska 7 3 12 6. Middle East 4 15 Distribution Center Refinery Pittsburgh Atlanta Kansas City San Francisco New Orleans 9. Charleston 7. Seattle 6. 7

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6.12. The Texago Corporation has four oil fields, four refineries, and four distribution centers in the locations identified in the next tables. A major strike involving the transportation industries now has sharply curtailed Texago's
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capacity to ship oil from the four oil fields to the four refineries and to ship petroleum products from the refineries to the distribution centers. Using units of thousands of barrels of crude oil (and its equivalent in refined products),
the following tables show the maximum number of units that can be shipped per day from each oil field to each refinery and from each refinery to each distribution center.
Refinery
Oil Field
New Orleans
Charleston
Seattle
St. Louis
Техas
11
7
California
5
4
8
7
Alaska
12
6.
Middle East
8
4
15
Distribution Center
Refinery
Pittsburgh Atlanta
Kansas City San Francisco
New Orleans
6
Charleston
8
9
Seattle
4
6
8
St. Louis
12
11
9
7
The Texago management now wants to determine a plan for how many units to ship from each oil field to each refinery and from each refinery to each distribution center that will maximize the total number of units reaching the distribution
centers.
a. Draw a rough map that shows the location of Texago's oil fields, refineries, and distribution centers. Add arrows to show the flow of crude oil and then petroleum products through this distribution network.
Transcribed Image Text:6.12. The Texago Corporation has four oil fields, four refineries, and four distribution centers in the locations identified in the next tables. A major strike involving the transportation industries now has sharply curtailed Texago's Page 234 capacity to ship oil from the four oil fields to the four refineries and to ship petroleum products from the refineries to the distribution centers. Using units of thousands of barrels of crude oil (and its equivalent in refined products), the following tables show the maximum number of units that can be shipped per day from each oil field to each refinery and from each refinery to each distribution center. Refinery Oil Field New Orleans Charleston Seattle St. Louis Техas 11 7 California 5 4 8 7 Alaska 12 6. Middle East 8 4 15 Distribution Center Refinery Pittsburgh Atlanta Kansas City San Francisco New Orleans 6 Charleston 8 9 Seattle 4 6 8 St. Louis 12 11 9 7 The Texago management now wants to determine a plan for how many units to ship from each oil field to each refinery and from each refinery to each distribution center that will maximize the total number of units reaching the distribution centers. a. Draw a rough map that shows the location of Texago's oil fields, refineries, and distribution centers. Add arrows to show the flow of crude oil and then petroleum products through this distribution network.
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