This thesis presents an econometric methodology for analyzing the impact of market concentration (HHI) on the day rate prices paid by E&P operators for the lease of drilling rigs. It is an extension of the work of Lee (2008), ‘Measuring the Impact of Concentration in the Drilling Rig...

This paper provides an overview of social and environmental management practices in the oil and gas industry. It outlines the evolution of international oil companies' approaches over the last 20 years, reviews what social and environmental management amongst such companies means in practice,...

Oil and gas exploration companies (E&Ps) exhibit large variations in earnings due to volatile oil and gas prices. Furthermore, their primary asset, oil and gas reserves, is accumulated through highly risky exploration activities. In contrast, integrated oil and gas companies display lower...

In this paper we investigate the existence and evolution of bioeconomic projects of OMV Group, a major global player in the oil and gas industry. We further study the intellectual capital components utilized by OMV Group in supporting these bioeconomic actions. We conduct a longitudinal case...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The central research question of this study concerns the level of political risk that the Ogadenregion of eastern Ethiopia poses for companies operating in, or intending to operating in the oiland gas industry of that region. The aim is to answer that question as well as two...

Fernpendeln ist insbesondere in entlegenen Regionen verbreitet, zum Beispiel in der arktischen Erdöl- und Erdgasindustrie, wo Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter für einmonatige oder halbmonatige Schichten ein- und auspendeln. Die theoretischen Betrachtungen eines mobilen und multilokalen Lebens...

Changes in workplace demographics in the oil and gas industry have raised a concern about the risks of a knowledge-loss crisis due to mass retirement. The industry response has often consisted of strategies aimed at mapping knowledge across organizational units, codifying knowledge in databases,...

This study identifies a specific relationship between internal marketing and organizational learning as the key drivers of organizational innovation, which build employees performance in the context of the petroleum industry. A model of the antecedents of organizational innovation was examined...

Regression model error assumptions are essential to estimator properties. Least squares model parameters are consistent and efficient when the underlying error terms are normally distributed but yield inefficient estimators when errors are not normally distributed. Partially adaptive and...

The relationship between sustainability (or CSR) and company value has been intensively researched in recent times. However, the specifics of individual industries have not been sufficiently taken into account. Our study aims to fill this research gap. We focus on the oil and gas industry as a...