Vertical Education Enhancement Approach to Meeting Emerging Skillset Needs in Oil and Gas Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen U Egarievwe ◽  
Jamie A Johnson ◽  
Ezekiel O Agbalagba
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Underrepresented Minority ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Model Approach

Abstract Emerging technologies often bring new opportunities to enhance productivity and safety in the oil and gas industry. New technologies and opportunities often come with the challenges of workforce development to provide entry-level and current professionals with the necessary training and skillset. This paper presents a vertical education enhancement (VEE) model approach to providing emerging skillset needs in the oil and gas industry with emphases on curriculum continuous improvement and lifelong learning. The top new and emerging technologies that are critical to the future of the oil and gas industry in enhancing productivity and safety include Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, big data analytics, cloud computing, and 3D modeling/visualization. As part of the solution to train the oil and gas industry workforce to meet the challenges of adopting these technologies, the VEE model features a vertical education structure that encompasses outreach to K-12 education, recruitment, tertiary education, professional training, and lifelong learning. It has an interwoven fundamental structure consisting of curriculum and mentorship, partnerships with stakeholders (industry, government, and community), and research and funding. The VEE model has periodic assessment continuous improvement processes for identifying emerging technologies and new skillset needed to improve the workforce. These processes are like those practiced by accreditation bodies such Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS), and Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization (OPITO). Diversity to increase the participation of underrepresented minority groups and women in engineering would further increase the workforce. The novelty that the VEE model approach brings is the effectiveness in providing skillset training in new and emerging technologies for the oil and gas industry at all levels of workforce development. These include content infusion in existing courses, special-topic and specialized courses at senior and graduate levels, and professional development education and training through lifelong learning platforms.

Management of Implementation of Nanotechnology in Upstream Oil Industry: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pouyan Motamedi ◽  
Hasan Bargozin ◽  
Peyman Pourafshary
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Novel Technologies ◽  
Single Matrix

Nanotechnology has had revolutionary effects in various fields of industry such as electronics, pharmaceuticals, and biomaterials. However, upstream oil industry has been noticeably slow in adopting the emerging technologies. This is mainly due to the exceptionally large investments needed to implement novel technologies in this industry. However, the projections for the increasing global energy demand require that oil and gas industry inevitably move toward adopting the emerging technologies. The high risk associated with enormous investments required for this aim necessitates measured and well-researched energy policies, with regard to the implementation of nanotechnology in the oil and gas industry. This paper presents a concise summary of the research reported in the literature on the potential benefits of nanotechnology in upstream oil industry. These applications were categorized into ten groups, and presented to a pool of experts, who judged on their relative importance with respect to various decision-making criteria. All this information was then compiled into a single matrix, which indicates the priority of each investment alternative with respect to every criterion in the form of a raw number. Finally, using a decision-making software package, a dynamic analytic hierarchical process (AHP) analysis was performed, providing a route to customized investment policies.

Training collaboration in Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 573
Author(s):  
Michael Lynn ◽  
Veronica Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
World Class ◽  
Industry Culture

It is 2020 and the Australian oil and gas industry has experienced unprecedented growth. The transition to steady-state operations has been hugely successful. Australia is now well and truly on the global map for oil and gas, and is regarded as world class. Trades and technical operators are skilled, experienced, and safely delivering their jobs. The Australian collaborative training model has been successfully in place for three years, and operators and contractors are satisfied with its impact. But how did the industry successfully make this happen? Looking back to 2015, there were a number of ad hoc collaborative strategies in place to provide oil and gas related skills in Australia. The economic environment at that time, however, necessitated a new look at the collaborative mechanism for reducing operating costs and realising greater efficiencies on workforce development related activities. In 2015, the Resources Industry Training Council (a joint venture between APPEA and CME) identified workforce development collaboration opportunities, and to articulate the value that could be realised from these opportunities. This project sparked a successful Australian collaborative model for workforce development. A unique FutureNow visioning presentation will be used to bring to life a world in 2020 where workforce development collaboration is intrinsic to Australian operators’ DNA, and why and how it stuck this time round. The value will be clearly identified in terms cost optimisation, building an industry culture of trust, and how this was used as a springboard for other successful collaborative opportunities. FutureNow is a fictional representation of the Australian oil and gas industry in 2020, using storytelling to explain a possible journey and outcome for the operators, service providers, workforce, and training bodies.

Promoting increased diversity in the oil and gas industry workforce

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 743
Author(s):  
Don Sanders ◽  
Jim Maguire
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Skill Shortages

Changes in employment practices in the Australian upstream oil and gas industry are undoubtedly creating a more diverse workplace. Further anticipated skill shortages have caused a shift from dependency on traditional skilled labour supply sources to an increase in under-represented groups, including women and Indigenous Australians. This presentation is focussed on the current situation in relation to recruitment, training and employment within the industry. It outlines the imperatives that are driving the move to consider pro-actively engaging under-represented groups in the oil and gas workforce of the future. The presentation includes: a review of the regional demographics that make a compelling business case for a move towards a more diversified workforce in the industry; coverage of two recent case studies involving companies that have made the decision to move away from conventional recruiting and employment practices; the business benefits that have accrued to these companies as a result of this re-configured workforce development planning model; a focus on the specific strategies employed to engage applicants from the under-represented groups to ensure a successful orientation, induction, recruitment and retention into the industry; and, an outline of the importance of implementing a formal, highly structured and monitored mentoring arrangement to complement this innovative approach.

scholarly journals Ensuring safe growth of the geothermal energy sector in the Netherlands by proactively addressing risks and hazards

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graciela Jharap ◽  
Laura P. van Leeuwen ◽  
Robert Mout ◽  
Wouter E. van der Zee ◽  
Femke M. Roos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
State Supervision ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
The Way

Abstract The main objective of this paper is to give an overview of the risks seen in the exploration and production of geothermal energy from the viewpoint of the regulator. The risks are categorised as conventional risks, ultra-deep risks and enhancing factors. These risks are similar to those seen in the oil and gas industry, but the maturity of the geothermal sector in terms of managing such risks is much lower. Another objective of this paper is to discuss how these risks are managed and mitigated by the sector and the supervisor, State Supervision of Mines (SodM). Portfolio operators developing multiple projects, using skilled employees and embracing continuous improvement are seen as the way forward for the sector to grow safely and sustainably. This paper concludes that positive developments have started, but a lot of work still needs to be done to ensure safe growth of the geothermal energy sector.

Deployment of Digital NDT Solutions in the Oil and Gas Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
pp. 861-868
Author(s):  
Casper Wassink ◽  
Marc Grenier ◽  
Oliver Roy ◽  
Neil Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry

What Does Rent Give to Federal Budget (on the Russia's Budget Dependence upon "Oil Dollars")

2004 ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sharipova ◽  
I. Tcherkashin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Resource Rent ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
The Government

Federal tax revenues from the main sectors of the Russian economy after the 1998 crisis are examined in the article. Authors present the structure of revenues from these sectors by main taxes for 1999-2003 and prospects for 2004. Emphasis is given to an increasing dependence of budget on revenues from oil and gas industries. The share of proceeds from these sectors has reached 1/3 of total federal revenues. To explain this fact world oil prices dynamics and changes in tax legislation in Russia are considered. Empirical results show strong dependence of budget revenues on oil prices. The analysis of changes in tax legislation in oil and gas industry shows that the government has managed to redistribute resource rent in favor of the state.

The Political Economy of Power: Approaches to the Analysis of Relationships between the State and Business in Russia

2011 ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
A. Oleinik
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Retail Trade ◽  
Business Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The Road ◽  
Ruling Elites

The article deals with the issues of political and economic power as well as their constellation on the market. The theory of public choice and the theory of public contract are confronted with an approach centered on the power triad. If structured in the power triad, interactions among states representatives, businesses with structural advantages and businesses without structural advantages allow capturing administrative rents. The political power of the ruling elites coexists with economic power of certain members of the business community. The situation in the oil and gas industry, the retail trade and the road construction and operation industry in Russia illustrates key moments in the proposed analysis.

Consideration of Geopolitical Challenges within the Analysis of Geoenvironmental Risks for Oil and Gas Development of the Russian Arctic

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
O. P. Trubitsina ◽  
V. N. Bashkin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Optimal Operation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Geopolitical Risks

The article is devoted to the consideration of geopolitical challenges for the analysis of geoenvironmental risks (GERs) in the hydrocarbon development of the Arctic territory. Geopolitical risks (GPRs), like GERs, can be transformed into opposite external environment factors of oil and gas industry facilities in the form of additional opportunities or threats, which the authors identify in detail for each type of risk. This is necessary for further development of methodological base of expert methods for GER management in the context of the implementational proposed two-stage model of the GER analysis taking to account GPR for the improvement of effectiveness making decisions to ensure optimal operation of the facility oil and gas industry and minimize the impact on the environment in the geopolitical conditions of the Arctic.The authors declare no conflict of interest

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