scholarly journals Investigating Citizenship Behavior Effectiveness and Extending the Effectiveness of Project Implementation in Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-150
Author(s):  
Thanawatdech Thirapatsakun ◽  
Piyachat Jarutirasarn
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Employee Relations ◽  
Project Implementation ◽  
Gas Industry

Entrepreneurs are striving to maintain the existence of their businesses in the face of the COVID–19 pandemic. Top management need to maintain effective processes and ensure employee motivation to keep the right employees in the business. The level of interest of both academic researchers and practitioners has increased regarding employee relations within organizations during lockdown situations. Most workplaces implemented work from home arrangements for most employees. This study seeks to examine the citizenship behavior effectiveness and the effectiveness of project implementation in construction projects in the oil and gas industry. Citizenship behavior effectiveness was used as a theoretical framework for this research. The construction project employees from the oil & gas industry were invited to take part in this research. Quantitative data analysis was employed with a structural equation modelling approach during the transition from office and construction sites to working from home. The findings revealed that citizenship behavior effectiveness has a positive influence through the observable variables.

scholarly journals Business Process Re-Engineering and Profitability in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: The Mediating Influence of Operational Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3(I)) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Olawumi Dele Awolusi ◽  
Olusegun Sulaiman Atiku
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to operationalize and test a conceptual model to measure the effect ofBusiness Process Re-engineering (BPR) implementation on profitability in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.Based on a framework from Al-Mashari and Zairi, these objectives were achieved using the followingprocedures: reliability and validity analysis, factor analyses (exploratory factor analysis-EFA andconfirmatory factor analysis-CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The model contrived thereforeconfirmed the positive influence of BPR on profitability, as well as the mediating influence of operationalperformance in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry. Specifically, the structural model shows the positive effectof organizational structure and IT Infrastructures on both profitability and operational performance.However, SEM failed to establish the relationship between management competence and support andprofitability. The study is expected to enhance the adoption and successful implementation of BPRprogrammes in the oil and gas industry.

scholarly journals Empirical analysis of inbound open innovation and SMEs performance: Evidence from oil and gas industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf O. Akinwale
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Petroleum Sector ◽  
External Actors ◽  
The Relationship

Background: This article contributes to existing literature by examining the relationship between inbound open innovation and firms’ financial performance in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Aim: This article seeks to identify the factors of inbound open innovation and whether these factors influence the financial performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Setting: This article examines 150 indigenous oil and gas SMEs in the upstream subsector of the Nigerian petroleum sector through a survey, using a questionnaire, conducted in 2015. Methods: The study applied the structural equation modelling (SEM) method. This method is used to test the relationships between the factors and to calculate the measurement errors in the hypotheses formulated. Results: The results show that technology scouting, vertical technology collaboration (VTC) and horizontal technology collaboration (HTC) positively and significantly contribute to inbound open innovation, which are thus significant in influencing the financial performance of SMEs. The size of technical staff and research and development (R&D) fund allocations also have a positive and significant correlation with the SMEs’ financial performance. Meanwhile, the age of SMEs is negative and not significant in influencing financial performance. Conclusion: The results suggest that inbound open innovation through scouting, HTC and VTC should therefore be encouraged among SMEs to boost their internal capabilities, which have hitherto enhanced their financial performance. The management members of each SME should continually consider collaboration with the external actors because they cannot singularly possess all the innovative skills required in the industry. Also, each firm should commit itself to allocate more funds to R&D and at the same time should hire those who have relevant production skills and train the existing ones in their firms.

Integrating Cloud in Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 893-901
Author(s):  
Naqiyatul Amirah Mohd Said ◽  
Nur Emma Mustaffa ◽  
Hamizah Liyana Tajul Ariffin
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Financial Risks ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Contract is a project delivery method in the oil and gas industry. However, the complexity of Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects inevitably leads to issues of project management, risk and technical to occur. Therefore, oil and gas players demand a course of action in minimizing the issues arise in this project. Digitalization in the oil and gas trade indeed offers benefits in the upstream value chain of exploration, development, and production, which Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects take place. Oil and gas companies had been focusing too much on digitizing technical work until the non-technical aspect has been abandoned. Therefore, this study presents and discusses the issues in Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract specifically in the Malaysian oil and gas industry. This is a descriptive study and the methodology used is essentially based on the review of the literature in relation to Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract and the findings of a pilot study in relation to Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract and cloud computing. The analysis revealed that the characteristics of cloud computing in relation to the adoption of Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract helps in empowering collaboration among stakeholders, allow oil and gas companies work highly automated, improve the performance of upstream oil and gas industry, improve speed and minimize financial risks, delayed in schedule as well as improving the quality of the project.

scholarly journals CONSTRUCTABILITY IN INDUSTRIAL PLANTS CONSTRUCTION: A BIM-LEAN APPROACH USING THE DIGITAL OBEYA ROOM FRAMEWORK

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1100-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Luiz de Mattos NASCIMENTO ◽  
Elisa Dominguez SOTELINO ◽  
Thiago Pires Santoloni LARA ◽  
Rodrigo Goyannes Gusmão CAIADO ◽  
Paulo IVSON
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Common Solution ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Building Information ◽  
And Control

One of the main problems the construction industry faces is the high cost and slow execution time due to inadequate planning, which results in poor use of human resources. A common solution for reducing time and costs is the adoption of prefabricated components (prefabs). This paper proposes a novel methodology for interdisciplinary man­agement of construction projects by integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Lean Thinking to improve the production planning and control of pipe-rack modules in an industrial facility. The article first presents a literature review to assess the key synergies between BIM and Lean Thinking. These led to the development of a new integrated work methodology named Digital Obeya Room. This model focuses on the required workflows, the analysis of collected data, and the visual management of construction planning and control. A real-world empirical study in the Oil and Gas industry evaluated how the newly devised practices could improve prefabrication and preassembly planning. The pro­posed methodology was capable of reducing the welding-time in 8.7% related on global prefabrication average in con­struction projects from Fails Management Institute (FMI) prefabrication report survey 2017.

Theoretical review on critical risk factors in oil and gas construction projects in Yemen

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukhtar A Kassem ◽  
Muhamad Azry Khoiry ◽  
Noraini Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Oil And Gas Sector

PurposeThe oil and gas construction projects are affected negatively by the drop in oil price in recent years. Thus, most engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies are opting to optimize the project mainly to mitigate the source of risks in construction to achieve the project expectation. Risk factors cause a threat to the project objectives regarding time, cost and quality. It is additionally a vital component in deviating from the client's expectation of productivity, safety and standards. This research aims to investigate the causes of risk in the oil and gas construction projects in Yemen.Design/methodology/approachA comprehensive literature review from various sources including books, conference proceedings, the Internet project management journals and oil and gas industry journals was conducted to achieve the objectives of this study. This initial work was predicated strictly on a literature review and the judgments of experts to develop the risk factor framework for the oil and gas construction projects in Yemen.FindingsThe authors found a few studies related to risk factors in oil and gas construction projects and shared a similar view about general construction projects. However, only a fraction of the factors accepted have included the variances of other studies on a regional basis or specific countries, such as the Yemen situation, due to the differences between the general construction industry and oil and gas industry. Moreover, the factors of these attributes were still accepted due to their applicability to the oil and gas industry, and no significant variances existed between countries. Research has indicated that 51 critical factors cause risks in the oil and gas construction projects in Yemen. Such risk factors can be divided into two major groups: (1) internal risk factors, including seven critical sources of risks, namely client, contractor, consultant, feasibility study and design, tendering and contract, resources and material supply and project management; and (2) external risk factors, including six sources of critical risk factors, namely national economic, political risk, local people, environment and safety, security risk and force-majeure-related risk factors. A risk factor framework was developed to identify the critical risk factors in the oil and gas construction projects in Yemen.Research limitations/implicationsThis research was limited to the oil and gas construction projects.Practical implicationsPractically, this study highlights the risk factors that cause a negative effect on the success of oil and gas construction projects in Yemen. The identification of these factors is the first step in the risk management process to develop strategic responses for risks and enhance the chances of project success.Social implicationsThe identification of risks factors that cause the failure of construction projects helps develop response strategies for these risks, thereby increasing the chances of project success reflected in the oil and gas sector, which is a main tributary of the national economy in developing countries.Originality/valueThis research is the pioneer for future investigations into this vital economic sector. Given the lack of resources and studies in the field of construction projects for the Yemeni oil and gas sector, the Yemeni government, oil companies and researchers in this field are expected to benefit from the results of this study. The critical risk factors specific to the oil and gas construction projects in Yemen should be further investigated with focus only on Yemen and its oil and gas industry players.

scholarly journals Time and Cost Overrun in the Saudi Arabian Oil and Gas Construction Industry

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Bin Seddeeq ◽  
Sadi Assaf ◽  
Abdullatif Abdallah ◽  
Mohammad A. Hassanain
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Cost Overrun ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
Highly Sensitive

Many construction projects exceed time and budget. The Saudi Arabian construction projects are not an exception to this phenomenon. However, the causes of time and cost overrun of Saudi Arabian oil and gas construction projects have never been studied. Thus, this paper endeavors to investigate the main causes of time and cost overrun in Saudi Arabian oil and gas construction projects. Thirty-eight causes of time and cost overrun were identified through the literature and an interview. Responses from 48 professionals based in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia were obtained. The respondents were solicited to evaluate the significance of the causes, which were then ranked and a test of agreement was conducted. All survey participants agreed that the five major causes of time and cost overrun, combined, were found to be “changing of design and scope by client during construction”, “poor planning and scheduling of project”, “design errors”, “Inadequate comprehension of scope of work at the bidding stage”, and “underestimating of cost and schedules/overestimating of benefits”. On the other hand, the major cause of time overrun was found to be “changing of design and scope by client during construction”. Finally, the major cause of cost overrun was found to be “underestimating of cost and schedules/overestimating of benefits”, respectively. The findings of this study will be beneficial to project stakeholders who must operate in an industry that is highly sensitive. The findings will also facilitate organizations planning to conduct construction projects in the Saudi Arabian oil and gas industry.

Enforce environmental tax compliance model for the oil and gas industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1088
Author(s):  
Abdulsalam Mas'ud ◽  
Rabiu Yusuf ◽  
Noraza Mat Udin ◽  
Redhwan Al-Dhamari
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Environmental Taxes ◽  
Environmental Tax ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Compliance Model ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms

Purpose It is basically known that the oil and gas industry contributes to various forms of pollution through air, acid rain and water, as well as different kinds of illnesses in humans and aquatic animals. Eventually, this adversely contributes to climate change owing to increases in emission levels in various stages of oil and gas operations ranging from extraction, refining, transportation and even consumption. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to produce a simplistic model for compliance with environmental taxes in the oil and gas industry as an effort to curtail such adversities. This attempt is expected to set a new pace for heated debates towards the production of a robust environmental tax compliance model through further research. Specifically, it has examined the effect of extensive regulation and use of power in ensuring compliance with environmental taxation via enforcement mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach The study used a quantitative research design through a positivist paradigm. The population of the study was 115 respondents who were identified as tax experts in three different stakeholder groups (regulators, operators and enforcers) in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Out of this population, 103 served as the final sample of the study. The data collected from these tax experts were analyzed through partial least squares structural equation modelling. Findings The results revealed that both extensive regulation and the use of power have high likelihoods of enhancing compliance with environmental taxes through enforcement actions by the relevant authorities within the oil and gas industry. Research limitations/implications The results implied the need for policymakers to deploy these enforcement mechanisms to enhance compliance with environmental taxes in the oil and gas industry, which will eventually reduce the environmental menace and ensure cleaner production. The paper also has highlighted the need for future researchers to expand this discussion through an elaborative approach either through disaggregating the variables studied here or integrating voluntary compliance mechanics into the model for further understanding of the drivers of environmental tax compliance. It also implied the need to utilize larger sample in other oil producing countries to improve generalization of results. Originality/value The work could be the pioneer in proposing and validating the enforced environmental tax compliance model in the oil and gas industry.

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