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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Petroleum sector"”.
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A study of restructuring in the Chinese petroleum sector
… the WTO in the end of 2001. The three national petroleum companies had been privatized and listed in overseas capital market exchanges during 2000~2001. This thesis reviews the restructuring process at both industry level and company levels. At the industry level, it summarizes what has been …
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Investment, taxes, and uncertainty, with applications to the Norwegian petroleum sector
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1987.
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An empirical investigation of the regulatory governance practice of Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector.
… governance practices in Nigerias downstream petroleum sector are fit for purpose. The rationale for the study originated from issues relating to the management of Nigerias downstream petroleum sector that were identified in the extant literature. These issues were of such significance that …
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An international review of the impacts of liberalisation of the petroleum sector : lessons for South Africa
Bibliography: leaves 109-115.
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An empirical investigation of transfer pricing regulations for Nigeria with a particular emphasis on the petroleum sector.
… in Nigeria with a particular emphasis on the petroleum sector. It opportunely chose Nigeria as a case study of transfer pricing issues in developing countries as Nigeria was devising and implementing its own transfer pricing regulation. In early 2012, Nigeria issued draft transfer pricing …
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A critical realist approach to understanding the human resource management practices-organizational financial performance link : evidence from Nigeria's petroleum sector
… managers in a case study of three Nigeria-based petroleum companies with service capabilities. Data was analysed using an integration of existing Critical Realist data analysis frameworks with the core elements of a classical Grounded Theory data analysis technique. The empirical research finds …
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An empirical investigation of the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's management of Nigeria's upstream petroleum sector.
… investigates how well the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) ensures value for money (VfM) in its exploitation of Nigerias oil resources. This focus on VfM distinguishes the study from other researches carried out on the performance of national oil companies (NOCs) where the …
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Kenya's Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Framework Governing the National Oil Corporation of Kenya: Transferable Lessons from Norway
… and gas resources in 2012 has flung the upstream petroleum sector into the limelight. The state owned National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK), whose mandate includes operating in the upstream sector, is expected to play a significant role in supporting government’s efforts to develop the upstream …
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Safeguarding the deep-Sea Marine ecosystem: a critical analysis of the legal framework governing the impacts of the upstream Petroleum Sector on the deep-sea marine ecosystems and coastal communities in South Africa
The deep sea is a vast and largely unexplored environment, home to unique and diverse marine ecosystems. However, the increasing global demand for oil and gas has led to a surge in extraction activities in the deep ocean. These activities while essential for meeting energy demands, pose significant …
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Can the parties to an international sale contract on CIF Incoterms varied in the oil and gas industry achieve the objective of linking the passing of ownership in the petroleum products that are sold from England to South Africa to the passing of risk in those petroleum products by indicating such intention in their contract of sale?
… in the oil and gas industry, specifically the petroleum sector, achieve the objective of linking the passing of ownership in the petroleum products1 sold from England to South Africa, to the passing of risk in those petroleum products by indicating such intention in their contract of sale?
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Exports of Iranian natural gas to regional and international markets: a study of political, legal and economic barriers
… impact on the development of the Iranian petroleum industry through limiting Iran’s access to financial institutions and technologies. In addition, in Iran the constant policy struggle between the need for foreign investment and technology in the petroleum sector on one hand, and the …
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An analysis of the potential socio-economic impacts of shale gas development in South Africa
… (CGE) model adapted for the South African energy sector to analyse the potential socio-economic impacts of the development of shale gas. Simulation results indicate potential negative impacts on GDP contribution by all the sectors simulated, except the natural gas sector and the Gas-to-Liquid …
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An Institutional Perspective on Talent Management. Four Case Studies in the Banking and Petroleum Sectors in the Sultanate of Oman
… data was collected from four banking and petroleum-sector organisations through semi-structured interviews. The findings suggest that the different influences of institutional pressures (e.g. nationalisation, competition, organisational characteristics) have significantly shaped TM in …
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Developing an environmental management approach to Libya's upstream petroleum industry.
… more intensive development of the country's petroleum reserves. The petroleum industry recognises that potential environmental impacts and consequences are associated with their exploration and production activities.This thesis seeks to examine the environmental impacts and performance of the …
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National oil company reform from the perspective of its relationship with governments: the case of China
… ("NOCs") play an important role in a country's petroleum industry. Their relationship with their government is much more complicated than those between commercial oil companies and their shareholders due to the government's multi-dimensional role as a shareholder, resource owner, and regulator. …
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The Effect of Chinese Industrial Investment Projects in Central Africa on the Perception of China’s Commercial Diplomacy in Foreign Policy
… of the state. This paper discusses the Nigerian petroleum sector, particularly in regard to the constructive market impact of Chinese assistance and expansion. Further expansion and increasing investment by Chinese companies into strategic and commercial minerals has led to the growth of …
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An Edge-Based Blockchain-Enabled Framework for Preventing Insider Attacks in Internet of Things (IoT)
… considered the industry use case of Downstream Petroleum sector for application of our solution. The solution was evaluated using datasets from different experimental settings and showed up to 86% accuracy rate.
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The Norwegian success story : narrative applications of interpretation, understanding, & communication in complex organizational systems
… the Norwegian government has built a thriving petroleum sector to fund its social welfare system beyond even the highest expectations; somehow, this nation of five million people grew from a poor maritime society to a global leader in environmentally conscious energy production with the largest …
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Liability for pollution damage from offshore oil spills: The CLC and fund conventions, the EU's Environmental Liability Directive and their implications for New Zealand law
… legal analysis to ask how New Zealand’s offshore petroleum liability regime came to be created from a pair of international shipping liability and fund conventions, and explaining how the EU and Member States developed and implemented the Environmental Liability and Offshore Safety Directives. New …
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