Governments, the community and industry expect public policy to be implemented
effectively and efficiently, particularly when that policy and regulation affects the
economic well being and environmental values of the nation. The offshore petroleum
exploration and production industry is a case where public policy and regulation are
attracting national focus through discussions on the timing of world peak oil production
and the future of national and global oil and gas production. An overseas history of
famous environmental disasters associated with petroleum exploration and production
and transportation also ensures a specific focus on the environmental regulation of the
industry.
This study elaborates the history and characteristics of the offshore petroleum E&Pindustries in Australia and the US, and the systems and processes used to provide
technical advice that informs and advises the regulation of those industries. The study
then analyses the management of technical advice for government regulation of the
offshore petroleum exploration and production (E&P) industry in Australia using the US
equivalent as benchmark. Further, the analysis develops a model that incorporates
strategic and operational elements of such advice. Strategic elements include openness,
transparency and accountability, and operational elements include use of expertise,
timeliness and peer communication.
The study illustrates the relative challenges to providing technical advice under
Australia�s Westminister form of government which can be less open, transparent and
accountable when compared to the US Congressional form of government. The study
also shows the greater use of expertise and peer communication associated with the more
extensive petroleum research effort in the US, reflecting the greater age and size of its
petroleum industry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219585 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Williamson, Paul Edwin, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Business & Government |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Paul Edwin Williamson |
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