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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Upstream operations"”.
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Developing Human Capital to Accelerate Time to Autonomy for Petro-technical Professionals in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
… of petro-technical professionals in the upstream oil and gas industry cannot be over emphasized. The deep knowledge-base of upstream geoscience and engineering operations, coupled with its attendant long learning curve, the continued awareness and appreciation of health, safety and …
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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.
… NNPCs management roles in Nigerias oil and gas upstream sector were sought from a range of relevant experts in twelve stakeholder groups involved in oil and gas upstream operations. Data were collected through the use of questionnaire and interview surveys, and further subjected to statistical …
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Effect of government control on the performance of upstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria
… for oil constitute the major sources of risks in upstream operations. Similarly, moral hazard and adverse-selection problems emerge during the exploitation of oil reserves. Hence, States adopt a number of control mechanisms in order to maximise their take from the oil reserves. Thus, establishing …
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A theoretical and empirical investigation of the barriers to the adoption of state-of-the-art information systems by Nigerian indigenous oil companies.
… found them to have inadequate state-of-the-art upstream information systems (IS) for their operations. Prior literature also indicates inadequate research on IS with respect to the INOCs. The sector has been essential to Nigeria due to its contribution of approximately 90% of the export …
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New Insights into the Mitigation of Asphaltene Deposition and the Utilization of Asphaltene Deposits
… deposition problem is not limited only to upstream operations. Thus a number of researchers have studied the removal of asphaltenes through adsorption. Due to asphaltenes low value and limited applications, there was no research interest in retrieving the material. However, asphaltenes have …
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Characterization and Asphaltene Precipitation Modeling of Native and Reacted Crude Oils
… asphaltene precipitation is an ongoing issue in upstream operations with native oils and in refinery processes of fluids from thermocracking and hydrocracking processes. Asphaltenes can precipitate with changes in pressure, temperature and composition, promoting problems with deposition and …