Identifying the framework and a business conceptual model for the oil and gas fields development: value chain approach

Document Type : Descriptive & Survey

Authors
Mostafa Monfared 1
Mahmoud Dehghan Nayeri 2
Ali Rajabzadeh 3
1 Ph.D candidate, Industrial Management Department, Management and Economics Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Industrial Management Department, Management and Economics Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Professor, Industrial Management Department, Management and Economics Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Objective: In analyzing the value chain at the industry level, it is very important to identify the framework of businesses and supplier/customer relationships. The oil and gas industry is the largest energy supplier and economic sector of the Iran. The value chain in the oil and gas industry includes a wide range of markets and businesses from the exploration to the consumption. In this research, the overview of the value chain of this industry was drawn and the government and private structures as well as policy makers and its stakeholders were determined.

Methodology: With the help of experts and using the Delphi method, the general framework of businesses, the goals and performance indicators of a firm and the factors affecting them were identified. Next, a conceptual model was developed to evaluate field development businesses based on the firm's goals, factors affecting the goals, business graftings, and time periods.

Findings: The finalized framework of field development businesses in the oil and gas value chain was drawn at 4 different levels includes 52 active businesses.

Conclusion: The results showed that in the presented conceptual model, 7 main goals and 11 factors are considered in three general categories, including direct influencing factors, factors caused by the business graftings, and macro factors from the outside of industry for each enterprise present in this sector of the industry.
Keywords
Value chain
Oil and Gas
Field development businesses
Conceptual model
performance indicators

Subjects

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