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Showing 1 to 20 of 177 for “"Oil industry"”.
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Strategic alliances in the oil industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1997.
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Stakeholder Relationships in the Nigerian Oil Industry
The discovery of oil in commercial quantities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in the 1950s has brought with it both benefits and consequences, with the latter purported to have resulted in violence as well as the loss of lives and properties (Hummels, 1998; Eweje, 2007). This study examines …
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Offshore construction contracts in the oil industry
The search and exploration for oil resources at sea began in the 1920s on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela and on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Since then, there has been a continuous development of research and drilling techniques. The first offshore oil well was drilled in Louisiana in 1947 at a …
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Offshore construction contracts in the oil industry
The search and exploration for oil resources at sea began in the 1920s on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela and on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Since then, there has been a continuous development of research and drilling techniques. The first offshore oil well was drilled in Louisiana in 1947 at a …
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Fibre optic pressure sensor for downhole monitoring in the oil industry
Cost-effective oil and gas production is becoming more important than ever. The availability of downhole information is seen to be the key to increasing oil-recovery efficiency, currently estimated to be 35% on average for North Sea oil-wells.<br/>Fibre-optic sensors have the potential to measure …
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Training theories and practices and their applications in the Libyan oil industry
… and trained personnel in the Libyan Oil Industry and to examine training policies, practices and programmes currently provided by this highly valued industry. The major goal of this study was to identify the necessary steps to be taken in order to improve the training and development …
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An Empirical Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment in the Libyan Oil Industry
… flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the oil sector in Libya. The study focuses on the period from 2000 to 2009. This period is significant since, during this time Libya witnessed dramatic foreign and economic policy changes. The research objectives are: (1) To identify the determinants of …
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Deregulation in the oil industry : lessons from the U.S. experience for Japan
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration from the Mexican oil industry : an action plan
… life cycle." CO₂ can be injected into mature oil reservoirs to enhance their productivity at the same time as it is being stored. Indeed, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies - combined with enhanced oil recovery operations (EOR) - offer a very attractive strategy for mitigating the …
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Managing labour under extreme risk: collective bargaining in the North Sea Oil industry.
… is managed in the young, turbulent and high risk industry of North Sea oil extraction. To explain this, the study had to extend beyond the more usual focus of research attention, the inmediate relationship between employer and employee, to examine the wider commercial relationship between the …
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Assessment Of Disruption Risk In Supply Chain The Case Of Nigeria’s Oil Industry
… is validated with the case of Nigeria’s oil industry. The study revealed the need to provide a responsive approach to managing the influence of geopolitical risk factors affecting supply chain in the petroleum production industry. However, the exploration and production risk, and …
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Overcoming the challenges of certification for independent smallholders in the palm oil industry
… smallholders' certification in the palm oil industry has been recognized as a significant challenge both in the academic literature and in the interviews conducted with experts prior to writing this thesis. According to both sources, a massive certification of independent smallholders …
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Employee reactions to management communication: a study of operations personnel in the oil industry.
… work in a telecommunications company within the oil industry, this thesis examined employee reactions to management communication. Employee interpretations and reactions after each communication from the management team were analysed as the organisational story unfolds from the other side (i.e. …
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The Emergence of Private Authority in the Oil Industry: the Case of Oil Concession Agreements
… the emergence of private authority in the oil industry by concentrating on the negotiation and implementation of various oil concession agreements of the past in the period between 1900 and 1960. The analysis employs qualitative methodologies, taking experiences of private actors through …
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Transfer Pricing in the Oil Industry: Improving Tax Anti-Avoidance Regimes in the Gulf Of Guinea
… as a mechanism used abusively by international oil companies (IOCs) to dodge taxes. Transfer price manipulation (TPM) has recently emerged as an issue of concern to stakeholders in the oil industry due to the fairly extensive scope of operations and assets that are controlled by IOCs and the …
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Recent diversification strategy and its relation to financial performance of major companies in the oil industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1983.
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A framework to facilitate total quality management implementation in the upstream oil industry : an Iraqi case study
… which can have a transforming impact on an industry that is in a state of substantial structural change and facing increased competition. Therefore, there is no doubt that TQM has received a great deal of attention from practitioners, academics and researchers over recent decades across the …
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