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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta (Canada), 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-171).

Orientador: Celso Kazuyuki Morooka / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica e Instituto de Geociencias / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T02:30:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_VictorCarlosCostade_M.pdf: 3999865 bytes, checksum: dbc5ac5f32c003ea038469a92b52310d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004 / Resumo: No presente estudo, 745 casos de acidentes operacionais foram coletados a partir do Mineral Management Service envolvendo operações marítimas de exploração e produção de petróleo na região do Golfo do México no período de 1995 a 2000. Inicialmente, os dados dos acidentes operacionais foram cuidadosamente analisados, sendo divididos de acordo com as operações no instante do acidente (perfuração, completação, produção e intervenção em poços). O resultado desta análise mostrou que 68,99% dos acidentes operacionais ocorrem em operações marítimas de produção de petróleo, 24,56% em operações de perfuração, 3,89% em operações de intervenção em poços e finalizando 2,55% em operações de completação de poços. A avaliação dos dados dos acidentes operacionais revelou o comportamento destes para cada operação ao longo dos anos. Nesta análise foi possível identificar os maiores agentes que colaboraram para o aumento do número de acidentes em operações marítimas de exploração e produção de petróleo no Golfo do México, bem como as respectivas conseqüências de cada acidente. Tal procedimento proporciona informações que podem auxiliar engenheiros no aprimoramento e eficácia de novos programas de segurança operacional / Abstract: In the present study, 745 operational accidents cases were collected from the Mineral Management Service and involved offshore operation of oil and gas exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico region between 1995 and 2000. Initially, operational accident¿s data were carefully analyses and divided in according to the operations soon after their occurence (drilling, completion, production and workover). This result has shown that 68.99% of the operational accidents occurred in offshore oil production operations, 24.56% in offshore drilling operations, 3.89% in offshore workover operations, and, finally, 2.55% in offshore completion operations. The evaluation of the operational accidents revealed the behavior of each operation along of those years. In this analyses, it was possible to identify the main agents that collaborate to increase the number of accidents in offshore operations of oil exploration and production, as well as, the respective consequence for each accident. Such procedure may provided information that can assist engineers to improve the efficacy for new operational safety program / Mestrado / Explotação / Mestre em Ciências e Engenharia de Petróleo

Deregulation as an open market system is likely to be implemented in the Petroleum industry of South Africa. To secure the success of the retail petroleum industry by means of business and job opportunities one has to investigate the current evolution of the industry and what factors will have a measurable impact on the retail petroleum industry.

D.Comm. / The South African Petroleum Industry is very competitive and is vital to the economic growth of the country. It is the basis for much of the nation's productivity, from keeping national transport flowing to producing products and services. The South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA) was formed to further matters of common interest amongst competitive providers of Petroleum Industry Road Conveniences (PIRCs), and to promote good ethics, high industrial standards, competent governance and effective communications within the industry. PIRCs are distributed on most South African roads. This study emphasises and focuses on the location of PIRCs on national routes only. Various factors and theories, which influence the location of a PIRC, are analysed by means of a literature study, personal investigation and practical experience. Attention is given to the physical and legal aspects, which can influence the location of a PIRC. Thereafter, the macro, market and micro considerations are discussed. Particular attention is given to Porter's Five Forces of Competitiveness and the value chain.

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This study is an examination and comparison of the manner in which Nigeria, Iran and Libya used oil revenue for their economic development. The research methodology was the case study approach, utilizing statistical time series data, as well as a historical profile of each country's income and expenditure accounts. As a prelude to the oil injection, the pre-oil revenue economy, the history of the oil industry, and the previously implemented development plans of each of these nations is surveyed. The impact of the oil revenues on the standard of living and the non-oil sectors of these economies is examined. The paper concludes with projections concerning each country's ability to continue to promote economic development when its exhaustible oil reserves runs out.

The study analyses the relative separation of the effects of changes in a nation's dollar exchange rate and crude oil's dollar price on a country's short-run crude oil derived demand. It examines the role of the dollar exchange rate on domestic and international petroleum flows and discusses the short-run inefficiencies that occur due to adjustment times in a country's domestic petroleum market. A four-equation, structural model of a country's short-run petroleum demand function for its two petroleum flows (crude oil and imported product) was used. Using the translog function, estimates of direct and indirect dollar exchange rate effects were estimated. To account for the role of a nation's refinery industry on international petroleum flows, a measure of the industry's flexibility was developed. The industry is said to be flexible when it can alter its inputs' naturally occurring product fractions to more closely meet the country's final demand. The index developed in this study measures the industry's increase in its output product slate's weighted average API, relative to the weighted average API of its crude oil and feedstocks inputs, adjusted for the crude oil's naturally occurring product fractions.