scholarly journals From Fragile to Collapsed Statehood: The Case of the Republic of Yemen (1990-2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-84
Author(s):  
Dostal Jörg Michael
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Winning Coalition ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
National Crisis ◽  
Foreign Intervention ◽  
Degree Of Stability ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Yemen Arab Republic

The unification of the two Yemeni states?the northern Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and the southern People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY), respectively?in 1990 has been a resounding failure. Merging the tribal-dominated northern and state-party dominated southern regimes meant increasing the number of factions competing for access to state resources to satisfy material and security needs of their respective networks of influence. In particular, efforts at growing the resource base of the unified state after 1990, by means of an expansion of oil and gas exploration and extraction, raised the revenue base of the state in an unsustainable manner. Such growth in national oil and gas rents increased rather than decreased competition over state authority to control the spoils. The major subsequent events, such as the 1994 civil war, the 2004-2010 “Saada wars” against the Houthi movement, the Yemeni version of the “Arab Spring” in 2011, the failure of the National Dialogue Conference (March 2013-January 2014), and the start of the Saudi and Emirati bombing campaign and subsequent ground war in Yemen since March 2015 all triggered major clashes between different factions of the Yemeni state bureaucracy, army, and civil society. On each of these occasions, efforts to freeze out some Yemeni actors produced escalating conflict between the remaining factions instead of a winning coalition that could have reestablished a degree of stability. The article explains how local, regional, and global factors have jointly overwhelmed the Yemeni actors, and how foreign intervention has led to the further deterioration of the pre-existing national crisis.

Environmental Protection Management in INA

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svea Svel-Cerovecki
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Management System ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Oil Refining ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Insight Into

INA-Industrija nafte d.d., is one of the largest companies in the Republic of Croatia. Its principal activities are oil and gas exploration and exploitation, oil refining and processing, oil and gas transportation and sale of fuels and associated products. Such a type and scope of activities requires a major responsibility and a systematic approach to planning, implementing and monitoring the environmental protection. In 1998 INA management adopted so called “green” documents for the purpose of improving the environmental protection activities: “Decision on establishing an integral environment management system” and “Environmental protection policy declaration”. The system implementation activities are under way and four organizational units of INA have obtained ISO 14001 certificate for the successfully implemented environment management system. This paper provides an insight into INA’s environment impacts as well as information about the performed environmental protection management activities and achievement of sustainable development. The attention is drawn to the way company’s units carry out their activities to comply with the current environmental legislation. The information is also provided on INA’s way to participate in national eco-projects and cooperation with international institutions in order to achieve eco-efficiency. Following the requirements according ISO 14001, as well as by major investments, INA contributes to the environmental improvement on local, regional and global levels.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF OIL AND GAS PROJECTS IN THE ARCTIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-103
Author(s):  
Anna V. Komarova ◽  
Irina V. Filimonova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Taxation System

In the near future, a number of bills regarding the promotion of investment activity in the Arctic will be enacted. At the same time, some of them are aimed at increasing the attractiveness of oil and gas projects in this territory. Thus, the already established taxation system for the oil and gas sector in this region will be changed. However, questions remain about assessing the effectiveness of the current and future tax system. The purpose of the article is to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of oil and gas projects in the Arctic regions, taking into account the current institutional environment. The article uses methods of geological and economic assessment of a typical oil-bearing object in the Khatanga-Lena zone, which covers the northern regions of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). As a result of the calculations, the effectiveness of the project was evaluated, the high sensitivity of the performance indicators from oil prices was revealed, and the minimum level of market indicators for the development of oil and gas potential was assessed. Further formation of comprehensive measures is necessary for the successful development of the region. A distinctive feature of the study is the evaluation of projects in accordance with the new tax regime of the industry, as well as a comprehensive analysis of the region’s resource base and institutional reforms.

Control System Design of the Vehicle Mounted Hammer Source Based on PLC

2012 ◽  
Vol 619 ◽  
pp. 302-305
Author(s):  
Hong Yan Wang ◽  
Wen Sheng Xiao ◽  
Xiu Juan Lin ◽  
Xian Feng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
System Design ◽  
Software Design ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Control System Design ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Gas Consumption

Considering the pollution on the environment using dynamite source in oil and gas exploration, harm and damage to people and building, the vehicle mounted hammer source which can replace dynamite source is presented. This paper describes briefly the basic structure and working principles of the vehicle mounted hammer source. A typical pneumatic circuit is researched and designed. And the pneumatic circuit is designed with the powerful functions of PLC, the hardware and software design are introduced. The system has advantages of strong striking force, high velocity, small gas consumption, simple structure and convenient control.

Accelerating oil and gas investment and reserves by design

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 557
Author(s):  
Barry A. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Oil And Gas Producers ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Operations

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence (Adams 1770). Some people unfamiliar with upstream petroleum operations, some enterprises keen to sustain uncontested land use, and some people against the use of fossil fuels have and will voice opposition to land access for oil and gas exploration and production. Social and economic concerns have also arisen with Australian domestic gas prices tending towards parity with netbacks from liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. No doubt, natural gas, LNG and crude-oil prices will vary with local-to-international supply-side and demand-side competition. Hence, well run Australian oil and gas producers deploy stress-tested exploration, delineation and development budgets. With these challenges in mind, successive governments in South Australia have implemented leading-practice legislation, regulation, policies and programs to simultaneously gain and sustain trust with the public and investors with regard to land access for trustworthy oil and gas operations. South Australia’s most recent initiatives to foster reserve growth through welcomed investment in responsible oil and gas operations include the following: a Roundtable for Oil and Gas; evergreen answers to frequently asked questions, grouped retention licences that accelerate investment in the best of play trends; the Plan for ACcelerating Exploration (PACE) Gas Program; and the Oil and Gas Royalty Return Program. Intended and actual outcomes from these initiatives are addressed in this extended abstract.

scholarly journals Simultaneous Seismic Sources Separation Based on Matrioshka Orthogonal Matching Pursuit, Application in Oil and Gas Exploration

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 4529-4546
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Shipilova ◽  
Michel Barret ◽  
Matthieu Bloch ◽  
Jean-Luc Boelle ◽  
Jean-Luc Collette
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Matching Pursuit ◽  
Orthogonal Matching Pursuit ◽  
Seismic Sources ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration
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