... and deploying technology. Service companies have taken over much of the industry’s upstream technology developed as IOCs restructured their businesses. IOCs, in many cases, have been struggling to replace reserves and see an unclear future. A new report maintains that the latest IOC strategy is to divest some...

..., and strategies. The Nigerian petroleum industry is my responsibility. In the immediate term, I am involved in the restructuring of the public sector of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. That is my immediate task because in the past the oil industry has not done as well as it should have. A lot of the laws...

...John Donnelly SPE made additional strides in internationalization and membership growth during the 1980s. Despite the free fall in oil prices that would mark a low point for the oil and gas industry during the decade—and lead to massive layoffs and restructurings—SPE not only survived, but in some...

... unending restructuring, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, downsizings, layoffs, and cost cutting in virtually every sector, including R&D. The doors of most operating companies were sealed to the many new university graduates looking for a post at the same time that many employees at those...

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... standards and other sources. Traditional basins are mature, so elephant hunters have encountered slim pickings. Access to new markets is constrained and competition is intense. The logical response to these prevailing trends has been restructuring and re-engineering. This has led to reduction in activity...

...John W. Klochko; L. Wayne Bester Summary To address the pressures of the 1990's business climate, Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. went through an aggressive evaluation and restructuring of its business operations. This precipitated a critical review of its information technology (IT) strategy...

... spe professionalism manuscript upstream oil & gas jpt restructuring enhanced recovery exhibition millheim petroleum engineering means reservoir engineering attitude application engineer Summary. At a time of shrinking employment, the pivotal role of tech- nology in the petroleum...