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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Offshore oil and gas industry"”.
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First line supervisors in the offshore oil and gas industry.
The offshore oil and gas industry has created significant wealth for the UK economy; approximately 250 billion Great British Pounds (GBP) since oil was discovered under the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) of which approximately 70 billion GBP was paid in tax and royalties to the UK …
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Psychological aspects of risk and safety management in the UK offshore oil and gas industry.
… to investigate the psychological aspects of risk and safety management in the UK offshore oil and gas industry, however the results have implications for other high hazard industries. This thesis consists of three studies. The first risk perception study aimed to investigate the relative accuracy …
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The influence of organisational typology, strategy, leadership and psychological forces on UK offshore oil and gas industry safety performance.
The UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry is recognised as having made significant safety performance improvement progress, following the Piper Alpha disaster (6th July 1988), subsequent Public Inquiry and 106 recommendations made by the Cullen Report. However, accidents continue to occur on offshore …
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Factors influencing the incidence rates of injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry
The aim of this study was to identify, discuss and make recommendations regarding causal factors associated with injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry. These incidents cause significant personal and economic burdens for …
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Towards effective regulation of offshore oil and gas waste management in Nigeria
The development of the offshore oil and gas industry has been going on for many decades with little thought of the consequences of its activities on the environment. However, in recent years, there has been a clamour by the international community to protect the marine environment from further …
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The precautionary principle in environmental law governing the offshore oil and gas exploitation industry
Offshore oil and gas exploration and production is an ocean based industry which has developed to meet the world's growing demand for energy. This paper considers the major legal instruments of public international law, the regional law of the North East Atlantic area and UK national law which …
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The flux measure of influence in engineering networks
… the difference between the weighted outdegree and indegree of a node. This technique differentiates among nodes that traditional centrality measures treat as identical units. The behavior and proper interpretation of the flux metric are demonstrated on a variety of weighted and directed …
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The Role of law and policy in the offshore petroleum development of China
This thesis examines the legal and policy regime applicable to the petroleum activities on the continental shelf of China. The distinguishing characteristics of this regime are revealed by way of a comparative analysis of the salient features of the offshore petroleum laws of China, the United …