Project Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed A. El-Reedy
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry

A conceptual model for project management of exploration and production in the oil and gas industry: The case of a Brazilian company

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus Leodaly Salazar-Aramayo ◽  
Roseane Rodrigues-da-Silveira ◽  
Mariana Rodrigues-de-Almeida ◽  
Tereza Neuma de Castro-Dantas
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Exploration And Production

The Impact of Project Management Methodologies on Project Success

2019 ◽  
pp. 418-437
Author(s):  
Hazem Abdulla ◽  
Mukhtar Alhashimi ◽  
Allam Mohammed Hamdan
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

This study assessed the impact of project management methodologies (PMMs) on project success in the oil and gas industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It also explored the different project methodologies used along with their strengths and weaknesses. Quantitative approach with the support of qualitative interviews was used to achieve the objectives of this research. A total of 95 survey responses were received and 17 interviews were conducted. Projects in the oil and gas industry are more about safety than speed, and hence, the use of comprehensive methodologies and applying the relevant methodology elements are important for oil and gas projects. Furthermore, the companies in the oil and gas industry in Bahrain have to pay more attention to their project management methodologies and get it evolved and improved over time to achieve higher project success rates.

The role of project management office in developing knowledge management infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 3261-3287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani Arbabi ◽  
Mohammad-Javad Salehi-Taleshi ◽  
Kian Ghods
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
Practice Management ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeKnowledge management (KM) is regarded as an essential factor in project-based organizations (PBOs), leading to organizational learning across projects. Over recent years, most PBOs have inserted project management offices (PMOs) into their hierarchical charts to manage their projects much more coherently. These offices can correspondingly provide KM facilities in PBOs. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the relationship between PMO functions and KM infrastructure, as KM enablers in organizations, in Iranian oil and gas upstream PBOs.Design/methodology/approachA two-phase quantitative survey strategy was exercised in this research. The first phase was to investigate the relationship between PMOs and KM infrastructure and to prioritize PMO functions and KM infrastructure based on their existing implementation/establishment status in Iranian oil and gas upstream PBOs. The research participants, identified through the website of the National Iran Oil Company (NIOC), were comprised of 46 oil and gas upstream PBOs which applied for exploration and production (E&P) certificate in Iran in 2016 and 2017. Accordingly, a total number of 46 questionnaires were submitted to the aforementioned companies with a return rate of 41 cases. The second phase was fulfilled questioning 19 Iranian oil and gas industry experts to determine the one-to-one effect of PMO functions on KM infrastructure and to verify the first-phase results.FindingsThe results indicated a strong relationship between PMO functions and KM infrastructure. This relationship was significant with regard to “practice management” and “technical support”, having the most considerable connections with KM infrastructure. According to the first-phase results, the main functions of PMOs in Iranian oil and gas industry were “practice management” and “technical support”. Considering KM infrastructure, “structure” showed the lowest mean value while “culture”, “human resources” and “processes and procedures” obtained the highest scores. The results also demonstrated that PMO functions could lead to more improvements in “processes and procedures”, as a sub-component of KM infrastructure, compared with other sub-components. Furthermore, the oil and gas industry experts believed that “organizational culture” in KM could be shaped by most of PMO functions.Originality/valueThis study fulfilled the need for exploring the relationship between PMO functions and KM since academic literature lacked a thorough investigation, to the best of authors' knowledge, pertaining to the effects of PMO functions on KM development in oil and gas PBOs.

scholarly journals Economic Impact and Risk Assessment of Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) on the Oil and Gas Industry in Kuwait

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Hemoud ◽  
Ali Al-Dousari ◽  
Raafat Misak ◽  
Mane Al-Sudairawi ◽  
Adil Naseeb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Dust Storms ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Sand Encroachment ◽  
Damaging Effects

There is a lack of published research on the economic effect and the risk associated with sand and dust storms (SDS) worldwide. The objectives of this study are to estimate the economic impact of SDS on the oil and gas industry in Kuwait, to estimate a risk index for each loss, and to recommend a sustainable system for the mitigation of the damaging effects and economic losses of infrastructures. Hot spots of wind erosion, wind corridors, and dust frequency and severity formed the basis to locate the most susceptible oil and gas fields and operations. Ten sectors with potential loss vulnerabilities were evaluated: exploration, drilling, production, gas, marine, soil remediation, project management, water handling, maintenance, and research and development. Sand encroachment, although not a sector per se, was also considered. The results indicate that sand, and to lesser extent dust, are damaging and costly to the oil and gas infrastructure of Kuwait, with an economic cost estimation of US$9.36 million, a total of 5159 nonproductive lost hours, and 347,310 m3 of annual sand removal. A risk assessment identified three sectors with the highest risk indices (RI): drilling (RI = 25), project management (RI = 20), and maintenance (RI = 16). Sand encroachment also constituted a high risk (RI = 25). Mitigation of sand storms using a hybrid biological–mechanical system was shown to be cost-effective with an equivalent saving of 4.6 years of sand encroachment. The hazard implications of sand storm events continue to be a major concern for policy-makers given their detrimental economic impacts, and require that government officials wisely allocate investment budgets to effectively control and mitigate their damaging effects.

scholarly journals Single information space for innovation activity of industry-specific higher education institution

2019 ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
L. Ye. Shkitsa ◽  
V. А. Kornuta ◽  
О. B. Kornutа
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Information Space ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Project Activity

The work is aimed at development and improvement of the system of information provision and activation of innovation and project activity of universities for prepairing specialists of oil and gas industry. The authors have proposed a model of the information system based on the use of electronic document flow, implemented, at this stage, for the organization of the activity process. The workflow is based on the use of cloud-based Google services for schools with a backup repository on a local server. The availability of corporate e-mail and electronic signature is the condition of access. The preparation for the implementation of the network model of scientific development has been done. A specialized technical institution of higher education (HEI) has been chosen as an institutional basis for the functioning of the scientific and educational information space. An analysis of the existing business processes of the HEI’s work has been carried out using the approach of creating classifiers and time-based budgeting based on the map-tables. The conceptual model of the combination of initial work and scientific research has been developed. The use of Trello project management system for university teaching has been proposed because Trello is an extremely simple tool that is easy to implement in the workflow without long adaptation of the staff. This system supports the flexible management of the project team and integration with the services of working with documents. It has been established that in spite of the shortcomings, at the first stage of the project management implementation the use of such cloud service would allow to overcome the psychological inertia of participants in the process of work on projects without the heavy expenses. The proposed approaches to engineering education will allow using the potential of student youth for the development of innovations by scientific-educational project teams and minimize the costs of ensuring the functioning of a single information space of innovation-project activity in oil and gas industry.

scholarly journals The Impact of Project Management Methodologies on Project Success: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazem Abdulla ◽  
Mukhtar Al-Hashimi
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Firms ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Oil and gas industry is complex and competitive and its projects are characterized by their importance and complexity. To achieve sustainability, oil and gas firms have to initiate and complete projects to scope, schedule, cost and quality. Hence, efficient Project Management Methodologies (PMMs) play a crucial role in successful project delivery. A conceptual model, adopted from the literature, was used to assess the influence of PMMs on project success. Based on a questionnaire data from 95 project management practitioners within the oil and gas industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain, correlational and regression analyses were used to test the research hypotheses. The quantitative study was backed with 17 semi-structured interviews to obtain in-depth understanding about the organizational PMMs. The major finding of the study revealed that applied PMMs have higher influence on project success in comparison with comprehensive PMMs. The companies in the oil and gas industry in Bahrain need to pay sharper attention to their methodologies and get them evolved with time to achieve higher success rates.

Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adedeji B. Badiru ◽  
Samuel O. Osisanya
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry
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