Fifteen years have passed since the enactment of Republic Act 8479‚ otherwise known as “Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998”‚ but down to this day‚ Oil Deregulation Law remains to be a subject of disputes. The heightening tension is not only based on whether or not we should regulate or deregulate oil industry but is also founded on an important economic question: Should the government intervene in setting oil prices or should they leave the market outcome to market players – producers and
Premium Regulation Peak oil OPEC
Håvard Devold Oil and gas production handbook An introduction to oil and gas production ISBN 978-82-997886-1-8 PREFACE This handbook has been compiled for readers with an interest in the oil and gas production industry. It is an overview of the main processes and equipment. When we searched for a suitable introduction to be used for new engineers‚ I discovered that much of the equipment is described in standards‚ equipment manuals and project documentation. But little material was
Premium Petroleum Natural gas
Rivalry being present in any industry is obvious. Some industries have more than others and for different reasons. With over 12‚000 different companies in the Oil and Gas Field Services industry competition is high and is projected to only continue to increase. This is due to the demand of oil and gas in the United States and the world. It is also because international firms are beginning to come in the United States to compete with US firms for business. In comparison‚ US firms operating internationally
Premium Strategic management Marketing
Case studies in the Oil and Gas industry Piper Alpha Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The platform began production in 1976‚ first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on July 6‚ 1988‚ killing 167 men‚ with only 59 survivors. The death toll includes 2 crewmen of a rescue vessel. Total insured loss was about £1.7 billion (US$ 3.4 billion). At the time of
Premium Oil platform Petroleum Drilling rig
TRENDS AND JOB SATISFACTION IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY: THE EFFECT OF CORPORATION SIZE Abstract The popular press has recently reported that the oil industry is entering an evolutionary phase withseveral potentially long-term trends beginning to emerge. The authors present a review oftheoretically relevant work relating to these trends and a study examining the expected effectsthese trends might have on the employment environment in the oil and gas industry. The study was conducted in two phases
Premium Petroleum Factor analysis Petroleum industry
Oils and gas conservation ‚its relevance in daily life: Oil and gas conservation means their better and more efficient use with regard to economic‚ social or environment costs and benefits resulting minimization of wastage and protection of environment. A very high priority is attached by the government to conservation of petroleum products in view of the need to reduce increasing gap between demand for and supply of oil and petroleum products. Government has initiated various
Premium Petroleum
in India The Indian Oil and Gas Industry DIBD – OMII Own Man In India April 2012 Ejvind Vøgg – Own Man in India Introduction to the Indian Oil and Gas Industry • Current market situation • Growth of Indian Oil and Gas industry • Competitive Landscape • Nordic and Danish player • SWOT Ejvind Vøgg – Own Man in India Current market situation - OIL • The Indian Oil and Gas industry plays an important role in the Indian economy with major refineries and gas companies in the country
Premium Petroleum
E3 Journal of Business Management and Economics Vol. 1(1). pp. 001-009‚ October‚ 2010 Available online http://www.e3journals.org/JBME © 2010 E3 Journals Review Strategic Marketing Management of Oil and Gas Industry: A Review of Literature Akinyele‚ Samuel Taiwo School of Business Studies‚ Covenant University‚Ota-Nigeria. akinsamolu2000@yahoo.com Accepted 27 September 2010 The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on strategic marketing management. This study adopted an expost
Premium Marketing
easement of surface use by the mineral interest owner. Surface interest has rights to many substances (ground water) and to many uses (geologic formations for storage of natural gas) Mineral interest – fee simple ownership of OG under tract; separate estate Exclusive right to search for‚ develop‚ and produce oil and gas from the property. Implied easement to use the surface in such ways and to such an extent as is reasonably necessary to obtain the minerals under the property Mineral interest
Premium Property law Royalties Natural gas
Brittany Butler and Nick Schuchardt MBA 633 Position Paper The Oil Industry: "Why Companies Are Not Getting a Fair Shake" Within the last two years‚ the oil industry has increased the price of oil causing gas prices to rise to $3.00 a gallon today. It was only a few years ago that the price of gas was $1.00 a gallon. There have been many complaints against the oil industry on price gauging and monopolizing the industry. Oil companies are reaching sales up to $100 billion and they are seeing
Premium Petroleum