Energy Industry Offers Limitless Opportunities for Technical Professionals

2007 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Stuart R. McGill
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The People ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Open Work ◽  
Technical Professionals

Executive Perspective - Talent and technology will be the driving forces of innovation and ingenuity that propel the oil and gas industry forward. The industry must take an active role in ensuring that organizations have access to the people and tools that can satisfy the world's energy needs. That means supporting education in the technical sciences and creating productive, open work cultures.

A Competency-Based Approach to Addressing the Leadership Gap in the Oil and Gas Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Susan Howes ◽  
Robert W. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Emerging Leaders ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Leadership Development Program ◽  
Technical Professionals

Abstract As oil and gas industry technical professionals land their first supervisory roles, gaps in their leadership skills often become apparent. Years of technical education and training have prepared them well for roles as individual technical contributors, but stronger business, management, and leadership skills are needed as they move into emerging leadership roles in which they direct others. Competency assessments of first-level supervisors and mid-career experienced hires are conducted to determine mission-critical leadership gaps. This process is done in alignment with competency-focused job descriptions that enumerate key soft skills needed in each leadership role and build on a sound foundation of technical competency. Bringing emerging leaders together as a group enhances their networking opportunities as they advance through the program; including experienced hires helps them become attuned to the company's management style. Learning opportunities can include face-to-face instruction, webinars, e-learning, online resources, exercises, business simulations, and coaching and mentoring. Building future leaders is key to succession planning. Introducing experienced hires to the leadership styles of the company ensures the successful integration of new talent into the team. A competency-based approach to assessing emerging leaders provides the roadmap for creating a deep bench of candidates for future roles in executive management. Experienced instructors and mentors are crucial to ensuring the leadership program delivery is aligned with the corporate mission, vision and values. The delivery of the leadership development program can be self-sustaining if program graduates and external expert facilitators are incorporated into the delivery of the program to future cohorts. Technical professionals progress through supervisory/management positions on their respective career ladders primarily by ‘learning on the job' rather than through formal training. This paper looks at differences between the current state of supervisory development and what professionals actually need in leadership skills. These are new skills needed for transitioning from supervisor/manager to an effective leader. New methods of digital delivery allow greater interaction between participants and instructors. Building an innovative leadership development program enhances the company's brand and attracts and retains top talent.

Sustainability Reporting Driving Forces and Management Control Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene M. Herremans ◽  
Jamal A. Nazari
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Stakeholder Relationships ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
Insight Into

ABSTRACT This study investigates how seemingly similar external pressures elicited diverse sustainability reporting control systems and processes in a sample of Canadian companies in the oil and gas industry. Using interviews with companies and their stakeholders, we found that the type of sustainability reporting control systems depended on the managerial motivations and attitudes within companies as they responded to external pressures. More specifically, our results provide insight into how formal and informal sustainability reporting control systems were developed according to various managerial motivations and different types of stakeholder relationships. The type and balance between formal and informal control systems, in turn, influenced the sustainability reporting characteristics that the company was able to develop. We contribute to the literature by differentiating companies based on their institutional logics to deal with external pressures, managerial motivations, and stakeholder relationships, that in turn influenced their control system characteristics including reporting structures, information systems, and assurances.

scholarly journals Forecasting of Technology Development of the Arctic Hydrocarbon Resources’ Extraction

2020 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 01008
Author(s):  
Tatiana Chvileva
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Industrial Systems ◽  
Technological Forecasting ◽  
Energy Needs

The Arctic region has a great potential in development of hydrocarbon resources and can play an important role in meeting future global energy needs. In the presented work the specific features of the Arctic hydrocarbon projects are identified. Key needs of oil and gas industry in technology development within the framework of projects of extraction of hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic are revealed. A critical analysis of technological forecasting methods is presented. Problems and prospects of their use in the conditions of the Arctic zones are established. The need for an integrated approach to forecasting the development of industrial systems of the Arctic zone is justified.

scholarly journals Energy Reclassification and Its Significance To Highlight Unconventional Energy In the Oil and Gas Industry

CONVERTER ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 528-544
Author(s):  
Yaming Yao, Jianjun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The People ◽  
New Energy ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, the rapid rise of non conventional energy, the formation of the new energy and conventional energy, a situation of tripartite confrontation pattern.In order to enable the people to the energy characteristics, uses, the relationship between them have a more clear understanding, therefore, It is necessary to energy re definition and classification. In this paper, through the current energy structure, distribution, usage.From the angle of Genesis will be divided into three types, Namely:from the earth itself, since the other planet in the universe and from two interactions. At the same time, the non conventional energy is the future of a new type of energy.However, it belongs to the oil and gasindustry.Analysis of global and China's major non conventional energy resources potential, exploration type, present situation of exploitation.And the geological theory and engineering problems,It points out its characteristics, and points out the close relation between it and conventional energy. In particular, points out the necessity and significance of the development of China's non conventional energy.

scholarly journals Risk Allocation Provisions in Energy Industry Agreements: Are We Getting it Right?

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Nick Kangles ◽  
R Ben Rogers ◽  
Zahra Allidina ◽  
Chris Harris
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Risk Allocation ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Legal Principles

After reviewing a number of Canadian legal principles relating to indemnities, this article reviews risk allocation provisions used in certain segments of the oil and gas industry in Canada with a view to exploring the rationale behind the use of different risk allocation regimes and combinations thereof, and constraints to the enforceability of such provisions. The authors then discuss select issues that should be taken into account when reviewing, negotiating, and drafting these types of provisions.

Applications of AI and Data-Driven Modeling in Energy Production and Marketing Processes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Ugoyah ◽  
Anita Mary Igbine
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Data Driven Modeling ◽  
Applications Of Ai

Abstract Faster and more accurate decisions are what the Oil and Gas industry needs with the world's fast-evolving energy needs and economy. The area of Artificial intelligence and Data-driven modelling is relatively new and has not found popular application in the industry. AI is an emerging technology that can be used to predict event outcomes and automate anomaly-detection processes. The various applications of AI in different industries were researched into. This paper highlighted important processes that can be improved with the application of Artificial Intelligence through data-driven modelling. It also highlights areas in the various industries where AI intelligence is already being applied and ways it can be improved. AI and data-driven modelling has the potential to improve exploration accuracy, reduce production down-time, reduce cost of maintenance, and reduce health and safety risks. This body of information can serve as a guideline for adopting AI in the oil and gas industry. A trend of industry-tailored intelligence solutions would be more effective in the evolving energy industry.

The Future of the Oil and Gas Industry in Venezuela in the Years to Come amidst a Challenging Environment of Economic Sanctions, World Recession, a Pandemic, and the Energy Transition

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-199
Author(s):  
Simon Herrera Celis ◽  
Jesús A. García-Arenas
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
New Public ◽  
Private Investments ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenging Environment ◽  
To Come

This essay concisely explains the complex condition of the Venezuelan oil and gas industry and its legal, political, and financial hurdles, exploring what has been the history and context in which the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. Building on a complicated global situation surrounded by the pandemic, it asks and gives answers to: What could be expected to recover an economy dependent on the energy industry, based on an evaluation of legislation in force, its impact on private investments and an appraisal of bills and restructuring projects. Arguments were divided into the current situation, national and international actions for restructuring the oil industry, and the future of the national oil company. The analysis suggests that great changes are necessary for the future of the Venezuelan energy industry with a new public policy agenda mainly driven by private investments, while the energy transition has already started. The conclusion indicates that it is mandatory to assume the recovery of the traditional hydrocarbons sector in Venezuela to point the industry in the transition to decarbonized energy sources, in a world that is struggling with COVID-19.

To SSIV, or not to SSIV: that is the question

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Steven Cooper ◽  
Fiona Aoun
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Gas Fields

Sub Sea Isolation Valves (SSIVs) are normally considered for installation on the majority of facility builds. They first started coming to prominence in the world of safety following the Piper Alpha tragedy in 1988, where 167 people died and the platform was destroyed as a result of an explosion and fire. The aim of SSIVs is to protect the people on the platforms by limiting the amount of hydrocarbon available for a jet fire. Reducing the severity of a jet fire protects the integrity of manned living quarters in the event of an issue with the pipeline. This theory still holds true today but twenty plus years on SSIVs are not always included in new facility designs. Oil and gas fields developed in the future are more likely to be in more remote locations with large diameter pipelines tied back to onshore processing facilities. With well bays being replaced by subsea wells and flowlines it would be thought that the SSIV would now be man’s best friend; however, with the oil and gas industry showing a declining trend in fatalities around the world and with design improvements preventing and mitigating the occurrence of major accident events, many operators are questioning the added benefits of the SSIV. This paper debates the use of the SSIV and explores the issues over which many design teams deliberate. It considers the positives and the negatives associated with the SSIV and illustrates why an SSIV installation is a case-by-case prospect. A case study using a risk-based approach for installing the SSIV as part of a design concept is used to help illustrate this point.

scholarly journals The Oil & (and) Gas Industry and Land Use Issues in British Columbia

1994 ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
John L. Fingarson ◽  
Robert R. Shouldice
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

This article provides an overview of the impact of environmental, land use and project review procedures on the regulation of the oil and gas industry in British Columbia. This article discusses the uncertainty that has been created in the industry from the implementation of provincial government land use, project review and environmental policy initiatives. The authors are of the view that the energy industry must actively participate in the processes introduced by the government if it wishes to ensure that its future in British Columbia is properly looked after. The article chronicles developments up to mid-July 1993.

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