Thesis (M.Eng.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2005. / Bibliography: leaves 130-135.

After liberizing of petroleum products in domestic market, higher crude oil price in the international market since 2005, and emergencing of a well-known in high managerial performance competitor, this case study company, a state-owened enterprise entitled with the responsibility of fully supply of petroleum products needed island wide, has already been impacted seriously by those environments change. History datum or documents analysis and case study methods were used to explore the influence of government policy to local petroleum industries and so the influence of international petroleum industry development to the petroleum industries in Taiwan. Also, the analysis of competition advantages of case company, the discussions on the competition strategies of case company, and further discussion on it's future developments influence by the stratagies were contained in the report. The conclussion are as follows: 1. To maintain two independant refiners and two independant petrochemicals are important in Taiwan. 2. The feed back mechanism, which was designed by the government, is important to the future development of the industries in Taiwan. 3. Taxation on energy from the public is helpful to increase competition of the whole country. 4. If state-owned enterprises may wholly subject by company law, there will be a positive effects on its¡¦ performance. 5. It is of vital important to establish a fair competition environment for this case study company. 6. It is of vital important to design a market price adjusing mechanism and will be much helpful for the development of the case study company. 7. The tuning of refinning structure is positive for the case study company. 8. Transferring to be an energy company is a vision of the case study company. 9. To strengthen exploration activitites has positive effects on the profitability for the case study company. 10. Well usage of gas station as marketing network will be helpfull to the operation of the case study company. 11. Building and maintainning a good image is essential for the case study company's operation in the future. Base on the conclusions mentioned above, this case study suggests: 1. Maintainning current two local petroleum refiners is a must at this moment. 2. The government should establish a fair competition environment and resonable market orders for petroleum industry in Taiwan. 3. Taxation on energy tax by level of consumer should be done by government, and also, the encourage measure for energy saving company should be announced. 4. A feedback mechanism must be designed by the government to help the futher development of petroleum industry. 5. The case study company should be allowed by the government to invest abroad so as to step into global market. 6. The case study company ought to have the competition promotion be carried out. 7. The case study company ought to join social responsibility to promote the image of the company.

In Taiwan, prior to the petroleum industry liberalization starting from 1990, the whole petroleum market was highly regulated and monopoly. Since 90s, the first private owned gas station was built in 1997; the Formosa Petrochemical Corporation went public in September, 2000; the Petroleum Administration Law was implemented on October 13th, 2001; and almost all famous international petroleum businesses had plans to establish branches in Taiwan. As the result, the monopoly market gradually became more and more competitive during that period. The China Petroleum Corporation, one of the state-owned enterprises, was the only price leader in the market, and currently still has absolute influence. This research, therefore, is focus on how CPC adjusting its business strategies and marketing management while facing the intensive competition in this liberalizing market. The main findings are as follows: 1. Since the Formosa Petrochemical Corporation and other international petroleum companies joined into this competitive market, CPC has actively adopted much adjustment. However, the company and all staffs must try harder if they plan to keep 70% market share. 2. For future competition, CPC has adopted not only some defensive tactics to keep the current market shares, but also many aggressive strategies so that the company can continuously penetrate, expand, and diversify the new market . Moreover, CPC has asked its staffs to provide their best service in order to secure the client base and to improve the competence. In fact, those good business strategies really helped CPC increase its total sales and profits; or keep its current market shares at least. However, CPC still need to deploy some other marketing approaches such as to keep its cost down, to better off its service, and to train qualified staffs, so that the company can advance its competitive preference and diversify its marketing strategies as well. Keywords: petroleum industry liberalization, the Petroleum Administration Law, business strategies, and market share

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-218). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1983.

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This thesis is concerned with promoting better environmental protection through the application of the precautionary principle in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The last four decades have brought a new awareness of the environmental risks of upstream oil and gas exploration and production in the Nigerian Niger Delta region. The enviro'nmental risks can be classified into certain (identified) and uncertain environmentaI risks. Uncertainties "associated with oil and gas pollution are manifested "in uncertainty as to probability of occurrence and uncertainty as to the magnitude of the environmental risk. For instance, there exist uncertainties as to impact of atmospheric emissions, uncertainty as to the full impact on biodiversity, uncertainty as to the impact on marine environment. The realisation that there are uncertain environmental risks in the oil and gas industry which cannot be completely ignored without consequence ne~essitated this research. In view of the uncertainties surrounding oil and gas environmental risks, this thesis argues that the best approach to deal with these uncertainties is through the adoption and application of the precautionary principle in the Nigerian oil and gas environmental regulatory framework. Through a comparative analysis of the UK and the Nigerian upstream oil and gas environmental laws the thesis shows that the precautionary principle has not been incorporated into the Nigerian laws. The research shows that the UK's upstream oil and gas environmental laws are more disposed to the application of the precautionary principle in the face of uncertainties than the Nigeria laws. The research recommends different ways through which the precautionary principle can be integrated into the Nigerian upstream oil and gas environmental legal framework. The recommendations made in this research do not arise solely from the positive sides of the UK experience. Measures that will promote the application of the precautionary principle which have not been implemented in the UK but are deemed to be beneficial to Nigeria are also recommended.

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