Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Alireza Fardi Azar; Mojtaba Tabari; Soleyman Iranzadeh; Yousof Gholi Pourkanani
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Having a strong and capable crew is one of the primary desires of any organization. The organization’s prosperity depends on such individuals, and according to the resource-based approach, organizations with talented human resources have a competitive advantage because the possibility of imitating ...
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Having a strong and capable crew is one of the primary desires of any organization. The organization’s prosperity depends on such individuals, and according to the resource-based approach, organizations with talented human resources have a competitive advantage because the possibility of imitating and copying such forces is zero for a competitor. Today the demand for talent is increasing. Organizations compete to obtain such resources and spend much money attracting and hiring them. A successful organization can identify and maintain talent using appropriate human resources systems. Value-based organization models are effective systems of talent management that have entered the talent management literature. This paper aims to review the literature related to the model of value-based organization with an emphasis on talent management in the National Iranian Gas Company. This is descriptive cross-sectional research that is practical in purpose and has a quantitative nature. The data analysis showed that organizational, group, spiritual, psychological, and social ethics should be prioritized to achieve improved talent management, individual values, and professionals. Paying attention to the values of talent and institutionalizing essential values, such as challenging work, continuous learning, maintaining self-esteem, and giving them independence and freedom, should be among the priorities of the National Iranian Gas Company
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Abdolhosein Bayat; Farhad Rahbar; Ali Vatani; Seyed Abdollah Razavi
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As one of the mother industries, the petrochemical industry is one of the essential pillars of development and the driving engine of various sectors of the country’s economy. This industry will achieve several important goals, such as increasing export income, expanding downstream sectors, creating ...
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As one of the mother industries, the petrochemical industry is one of the essential pillars of development and the driving engine of various sectors of the country’s economy. This industry will achieve several important goals, such as increasing export income, expanding downstream sectors, creating jobs, and increasing GDP. This importance has been emphasized in the country’s upstream documents, such as the general policies of the resistance economy, focusing on developing petroleum refineries to prevent the vulnerability of oil and gas revenues by extending the value chain and increasing the export of these products. The current work aims to investigate the value chain of the petrochemical industry with the new approach of petrochemical refineries, as well as the pathology and evaluation of the current state of the chains mentioned above in the country with the descriptive research method and the library method using policy research. The research results show that the chain of petrochemical products with the approach of creating petrochemical refineries has relatively high advantages compared to focusing on chains with the traditional method.
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Mostafa Shamsoddini; Esmaeil Akhlaghi Yazdinejad
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Market uncertainty is when investors have difficulty in assessing current and future market conditions because there is a lot of volatility in the market. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of environmental uncertainty and currency uncertainty on volatility of stock ...
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Market uncertainty is when investors have difficulty in assessing current and future market conditions because there is a lot of volatility in the market. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of environmental uncertainty and currency uncertainty on volatility of stock returns of Petrochemical and Petroleum Products Supplier companies which are listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE); these companies are active in all areas of the supply chain from extraction to retailing. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, research hypotheses were tested based on a statistical sample consisting of 13 companies during a 10-year period from 2012 to 2021 through the GMM estimation method with EViews. The findings of the research show that environmental and currency uncertainties intensify the volatility of companies' stock returns. These uncertainties in the previous period have the opposite effect on the volatility of stock returns in the current period. Also, the relationship of trading volume and stock price variables with stock return volatility is negative, because when market uncertainty is high, traders are expected to move more towards stocks of safer companies. The greater the volatility of returns in the previous period, it is expected that this will intensify the volatility of stock returns in this period as well. Examining volatility of stock returns can be useful in analyzing market participants' motivations.
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Parastoo Boroomandfar; alireza daghighi asli; azadeh mehrabian; Marjan Daman keshideh
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In this study, consumption datas of hydrocarbon energy carriers in Iran during the years 1982-2017 were collected. A seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model in balanced panel data approach was proposed It can be beneficial to control energy demand. Results revealed that in the residential-commercial ...
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In this study, consumption datas of hydrocarbon energy carriers in Iran during the years 1982-2017 were collected. A seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model in balanced panel data approach was proposed It can be beneficial to control energy demand. Results revealed that in the residential-commercial sector indicate that the consumption of hydrocarbon energy carriers with lag has a positive effect and the weighted average price of petroleum energy carriers includes a negative impact on the consumption of hydrocarbon energy carriers. In the industry sector, consumption of hydrocarbon energy carriers with lag includes a positive impact on the usage of hydrocarbon energy carriers, and the weighted average price of petroleum energy carriers has a negative effect on the consumption of hydrocarbon energy carriers. In the agriculture sector, the variables of energy intensity, value added of the agriculture sector, population and consumption of hydrocarbon energy carriers with lag have a positive impact on the usage of hydrocarbon energy carriers in this sector. In the transportation sector, gross domestic product, extremity of energy usage in the transportation part and consumption of hydrocarbon energy carriers with lag include a positive impact on the usage of hydrocarbon energy carriers in this sector and has a negative impact on the consumption of hydrocarbon
Law Studies
Mostapha Maddahinasab
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Considering the long-term nature of oil and gas contracts, managing the relationship between the parties to the contract is fundamentally important. In upstream oil contracts, according to the level of supervision and control of the host state over the petroleum project, the level of communication is ...
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Considering the long-term nature of oil and gas contracts, managing the relationship between the parties to the contract is fundamentally important. In upstream oil contracts, according to the level of supervision and control of the host state over the petroleum project, the level of communication is variable. In risk service contracts due to extensive supervision, there should be a lot of interaction and cooperation between the parties. This study examines Kuwait's model of technical assistance services contracts. It concludes that, due to its improved cooperative structure, this format of service contracts is more compatible with current conditions in Iran's oil fields, such as southern Pars. These fields are operated by Iranian oil companies, but need more technology to function properly. In this article, it is discussed how Technical Assistance Contracts (TACs) can generate an efficient solution for the issue at hand. The methodology is based on describing and analyzing Kuwait’s TAC.
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Hossein Nasirnateri; Asadollah Mehrara; Mehrdad Matani
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The purpose of job rotation policies is to create a talent pool for the organization along with mutual training of employees. Ensuring that a planned job transfer is beneficial to both the employee and the organization requires consideration of the organization and the company's value chain. The current ...
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The purpose of job rotation policies is to create a talent pool for the organization along with mutual training of employees. Ensuring that a planned job transfer is beneficial to both the employee and the organization requires consideration of the organization and the company's value chain. The current research has been conducted with the aim of designing a job rotation implementation model based on the organization, methods, and value chain of Iran's National Gas Company. The qualitative research method is based on foundational data theorizing. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information, and data analysis was done using the Strauss and Corbin method and the paradigm model. Sampling was done theoretically and with the benefit of targeted (judgmental) and snowball (chain) techniques, based on which 18 interviews were conducted with knowledgeable professors and experts in the field of human resource management and public administration. The results of the data analysis obtained from the interviews during the process of open, axial, and selective coding led to the creation of a job rotation implementation model based on the foundation's data theory including 6 main dimensions, 64 sub-dimensions, and 186 characteristics.
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Mohammad Hasan Maleki; Mohammad Javad Zare Bahnamiri; Behnaz Ghotbi Vayeghan; Omid Ali Adeli; Fatemeh Hasankhani
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Delay is an event that increases the completion time of a part of the project, which is one of the main problems in the executive projects of the country and causes an increase in project costs as well as damages. Project delays pose significant risks to the project that are dangerous for the project ...
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Delay is an event that increases the completion time of a part of the project, which is one of the main problems in the executive projects of the country and causes an increase in project costs as well as damages. Project delays pose significant risks to the project that are dangerous for the project to continue. These risks are of particular importance in oil and gas projects. The purpose of this study is to identify and rank the risks related with delays in oil and gas projects. The present study is applied in terms of orientation and quantitative in terms of methodology. The statistical population of the study is managers and experts of risk and delay in oil and gas projects in the country. Among these people,15 people were selected as the sample by judgmental sampling method. For data collection, two questionnaires of expertise and prioritization were used, both of which had validity and reliability. In the first step, the risks associated with project delays were extracted by reviewing project risk and delay articles. In the next step, these risks were screened using the Binominal test.11 risks had a significance coefficient higher than 5% and were excluded from the calculations. The remaining 8 risks were prioritized using the Codas distance technique. According to the data of the relative evaluation matrix and the scores of each risk, the risks of sanctions, inflation, and lawsuits and complaints had the highest priority, respectively. Finally, research proposals were developed based on significant risks.
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Haniyeh Sedaghat Kalmarzi; Mohammad Hassan Fotros
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The Iranian economy is intensely affected by the size of the government and oil income. Oil incomes might influence the relationship between inflation and government size since financing the budget in Iran is based to a significant degree on oil revenues. Due to the significance of government size and ...
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The Iranian economy is intensely affected by the size of the government and oil income. Oil incomes might influence the relationship between inflation and government size since financing the budget in Iran is based to a significant degree on oil revenues. Due to the significance of government size and oil income on the price level, the oil revenue-government size-inflation nexus in Iran during the period 1991-2021 is considered. Estimation results of a Markov switching model recommend that government size incorporates a significant positive affect on inflation. Moreover, the growth of oil income is found to have a significant negative affect on the inflation. Based on the findings, it appears that there are two regimes being considered: Regime 1, which represents a high inflation regime, and Regime 2, which represents a low inflation regime. Our findings suggest that once in the low inflation regime (Regime 2), there is a moderate chance of remaining in that state. However, if initially in the high inflation regime (Regime 1), there is a higher probability of staying in that state and a lower probability of transitioning to the low inflation regime.
Mohammad Yusefvand; Hossein Karaminejad; Ali Adami
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The United States’ foreign policy is influenced by specific theoretical logics that also shape its energy policies. These logics play a crucial role in understanding the country's approach to energy strategies. In this article, the authors analyze the alignment between the energy policies of the ...
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The United States’ foreign policy is influenced by specific theoretical logics that also shape its energy policies. These logics play a crucial role in understanding the country's approach to energy strategies. In this article, the authors analyze the alignment between the energy policies of the Trump and Biden administrations and the broader theoretical underpinnings of American international policy. The authors contend that the theoretical logics that drive US foreign policy has significant implications beyond foreign policy, affecting various domains, including energy. In this context, the article seeks to answer the main question, "What theoretical frameworks have shaped the energy policy of the United States from 2017-2023, during the Trump and Biden administrations?" It contends that Donald Trump’s energy policy was driven by a quest for hegemony predicated on the logic of supremacy. Conversely, Joe Biden’s energy policy embraced a multilateral orientation based on liberal internationalism and integrated environmental and climate concerns with America’s economic aspirations. The article is structured as follows: the introduction sets the context for the analysis, while the literature review examines the relevant theoretical literature. The conceptual framework section outlines the authors' theoretical approach. The subsequent sections analyze the energy policies of the Trump and Biden administrations, respectively. The authors then identify points of continuity between the two administrations before concluding.
Law Studies
Hatef Sattariasmaroud; Abdolhossein Shiravi
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According to the form-out agreement the investor of the international petroleum agreement “farmor”, during the implementation of the project and due to various reasons such as lack of finance resources and/or incapability of contract performance, assigns provision of required investments ...
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According to the form-out agreement the investor of the international petroleum agreement “farmor”, during the implementation of the project and due to various reasons such as lack of finance resources and/or incapability of contract performance, assigns provision of required investments for the purpose of performing an upstream oil project and/or certain operations (well drilling) under the upstream contract to other entities “farmee”, and generally in case of fulfillment of the aforementioned affairs by the farmee, the farmor transfers to the farmee a percentage of its participating interest in the international petroleum agreement upon permission from the host country. In line with this, through evaluating the upstream contracts in Iran, as well as the necessities for attracting investments for the purpose of performing such contracts, it is possible to find out the importance of clause concerning the assignment of contract in order for creating required legal instruments for entering into the farm-out agreement in accordance with the rules and regulations. So that through concluding farm-out agreement between the present and the potential investors, prevent emerging difficulties arising out of mere assignment of the contract to the potential investors during the implementation of upstream contracts.
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Farshid Abolhasani; Fataneh meshkani Alizadeh; Leila Andervazh
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This research aims to identify the effective factors on sustainable supply chain in the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC). The method of data collection was mixed methods. In the qualitative section, data were collected through reviewing 32 previous studies as well as in-depth interviews with ...
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This research aims to identify the effective factors on sustainable supply chain in the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC). The method of data collection was mixed methods. In the qualitative section, data were collected through reviewing 32 previous studies as well as in-depth interviews with 10 faculty members and experts in the field of sustainable supply chain of crude oil and oil products of the NISOC using a Non-Probability Judgmental Sampling. The main dimensions were identified from interviews, and the dimensions were grouped in 13 main categories and 78 sub-categories. 13 main components included organizational factors, production products, sustainable supply chain, industry supply chain, macro policies, technology, customer, economic factors, deficits of supply chain, social factors, political factors, organizational performance, and organizational productivity. Second, through reviewing literature and previous studies, 72 open codes in 9 categories were identified, including strategies, blockchain technology, improving the economic environment, improving the social and environmental policies and laws, internal organizational solutions, external organizational solutions, environmental management, market and capital factors. In the quantitative part, the researcher-made questionnaire was applied in a preliminary study on 10 experts in the field of management, and its relative content validity is examined. Then the final and modified version was provided to 384 employees of the NISOC. SmartPLS software were used for quantitative evaluation of the model. The presented model helps industry managers and decision makers to significantly improve the performance of the supply chain by re-designing the supply chain and taking appropriate measures.
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
fereydoun omidi; Adel Mazraeh
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The current research was conducted with the aim of providing a conceptual framework for the development of relations with suppliers in Abadan Oil Refining Company. The research method is qualitative and based on the data theory of the foundation. To collect data, semi-structured interview was used and ...
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The current research was conducted with the aim of providing a conceptual framework for the development of relations with suppliers in Abadan Oil Refining Company. The research method is qualitative and based on the data theory of the foundation. To collect data, semi-structured interview was used and data analysis was done by Strauss and Corbin method and paradigm model. The statistical population was experts and managers with experience in Abadan Oil Refining Company, from which a sample of 21 people was selected after reaching theoretical saturation. Sampling has been done theoretically and using targeted (judgmental) techniques. The results of the analysis of the data obtained from the interviews, during the process of open, central and selective coding, led to the creation of models of the development model of the relationship with the suppliers of consumer products in the Abadan Oil Refining Company based on the data theory of the foundation, which ultimately provided a model for the development model. Communication with suppliers was identified. The findings of this research indicate that for the success of the development model of the relationship with the suppliers of consumer products, company managers can pay attention to the identified categories and subcategories and if they match the conditions of the company, from this category. use In addition, this research shows the need to pay attention to the development patterns of relationships with suppliers.
Oil and Gas Economics and Management
Mohammad ali Hatefi; Fatemeh Davoodi
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Cell Formation Problem (CFP) is a famous issues in group technology, where an analyst aims at forming groups of machines/parts (so-called cells), in such a way that machines in every cell process as much as possible parts from this cell and as less as possible parts from other cells. In this article, ...
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Cell Formation Problem (CFP) is a famous issues in group technology, where an analyst aims at forming groups of machines/parts (so-called cells), in such a way that machines in every cell process as much as possible parts from this cell and as less as possible parts from other cells. In this article, a Harmony Search Algorithm (HSA) is designed to solve the CFP. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, 35 sample classical problems are examined. The experimental results indicate desirable performance of the proposed algorithm. In addition, applicability of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated by a real-world case in project human resource management. Since the megaprojects in oil industry require a wide range of jobs, thus grouping of individuals with considering their skills is an important challenge. The paper defines the job grouping problem as a CFP, and solve a real-world problem using the proposed HSA.