Currently, it is a fact that many of the world’s leading oil producing countries are either polit... more Currently, it is a fact that many of the world’s leading oil producing countries are either politically unstable or are at serious odds with the USA. In the past, a country’s military was the sole arbiter of her strength, but today it is the economy that has become nearly as important and all industrial economies and militaries both run on oil and gas. The current world financial turmoil has created more insecurities than ever before. This paper focuses on the current geopolitical issues underlying the oil supply in the world. The US and China desire those resources to fuel their power plants, factories, automobiles, aircraft, and armored vehicles. Iran and Russia want the pipelines to go through their territory in order to claim transit fees and use the resources as political tools. The recent political development in Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and other small Arab nations has given another twist to the old geopolitics in the region. This paper analyzes the factors that make and bre...
Currently, it is a fact that many of the world’s leading oil producing countries are either polit... more Currently, it is a fact that many of the world’s leading oil producing countries are either politically unstable or are at serious odds with the USA. In the past, a country’s military was the sole arbiter of her strength, but today it is the economy that has become nearly as important and all industrial economies and militaries both run on oil and gas. The current world financial turmoil has created more insecurities than ever before. This paper focuses on the current geopolitical issues underlying the oil supply in the world. The US and China desire those resources to fuel their power plants, factories, automobiles, aircraft, and armored vehicles. Iran and Russia want the pipelines to go through their territory in order to claim transit fees and use the resources as political tools. The recent political development in Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and other small Arab nations has given another twist to the old geopolitics in the region. This paper analyzes the factors that make and bre...
Shale gas is an unconventional fossil fuel as compared to normal natural gas which is trapped in ... more Shale gas is an unconventional fossil fuel as compared to normal natural gas which is trapped in reservoir formed by impermeable rocks. The shale gas is stored within the pores of the shale rocks which work both as a source and the reservoir. USA and Canada have discovered the shale gas and are effectively using shale gas as an important energy resource. The dramatic emergence of shale gas in US has been as a result of high global price in 2008 Shale gas is environment friendly; it emits fewer pollutants than coal or oil. Exploiting shale gas seems to improve the energy status-quo and help to move towards a more environmental friendly energy mix. In the Indian context there are several issues which need to be addressed. Although India has good potential for shale gas in its basins like Cambay basin, Gondwanabasin, Assam-Arakan basin, Krishna-Godavari basin, Cauvery basin, Vindhyanchal basin, Bengal basin and Rajasthan basin etc. However, the companies like ONGC, Reliance, OIL and GS...
Hydrocarbon business in India is having three major business components, viz. the upstream, the m... more Hydrocarbon business in India is having three major business components, viz. the upstream, the midstream and the downstream. Generally downstream business includes midstream operations. The hydrocarbon business entity may be either independent company either in upstream or downstream, or an integrated company, they all face some challenges in every project that are undertaken by them. From the initial phase of bidding process of oil and gas blocks to marketing of petroleum products, the oil and gas industries face certain specific challenges, in areas relating to financial, technical, safety, environmental, political, logistics, geographic, manpower etc. Out of these challenges HR challenge is in the forefront of oil and gas industry. The companies become successful if they overcome this HR challenge, as human capital is the ultimate resource in any organization. The Indian oil and gas sector has undergone drastic changes ever since the economy was liberalized. The NELP Rounds have...
Currently, it is a fact that many of the world’s leading oil producing countries are either polit... more Currently, it is a fact that many of the world’s leading oil producing countries are either politically unstable or are at serious odds with the USA. In the past, a country’s military was the sole arbiter of her strength, but today it is the economy that has become nearly as important and all industrial economies and militaries both run on oil and gas. The current world financial turmoil has created more insecurities than ever before. This paper focuses on the current geopolitical issues underlying the oil supply in the world. The US and China desire those resources to fuel their power plants, factories, automobiles, aircraft, and armored vehicles. Iran and Russia want the pipelines to go through their territory in order to claim transit fees and use the resources as political tools. The recent political development in Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and other small Arab nations has given another twist to the old geopolitics in the region. This paper analyzes the factors that make and bre...
Currently, it is a fact that many of the world’s leading oil producing countries are either polit... more Currently, it is a fact that many of the world’s leading oil producing countries are either politically unstable or are at serious odds with the USA. In the past, a country’s military was the sole arbiter of her strength, but today it is the economy that has become nearly as important and all industrial economies and militaries both run on oil and gas. The current world financial turmoil has created more insecurities than ever before. This paper focuses on the current geopolitical issues underlying the oil supply in the world. The US and China desire those resources to fuel their power plants, factories, automobiles, aircraft, and armored vehicles. Iran and Russia want the pipelines to go through their territory in order to claim transit fees and use the resources as political tools. The recent political development in Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and other small Arab nations has given another twist to the old geopolitics in the region. This paper analyzes the factors that make and bre...
Shale gas is an unconventional fossil fuel as compared to normal natural gas which is trapped in ... more Shale gas is an unconventional fossil fuel as compared to normal natural gas which is trapped in reservoir formed by impermeable rocks. The shale gas is stored within the pores of the shale rocks which work both as a source and the reservoir. USA and Canada have discovered the shale gas and are effectively using shale gas as an important energy resource. The dramatic emergence of shale gas in US has been as a result of high global price in 2008 Shale gas is environment friendly; it emits fewer pollutants than coal or oil. Exploiting shale gas seems to improve the energy status-quo and help to move towards a more environmental friendly energy mix. In the Indian context there are several issues which need to be addressed. Although India has good potential for shale gas in its basins like Cambay basin, Gondwanabasin, Assam-Arakan basin, Krishna-Godavari basin, Cauvery basin, Vindhyanchal basin, Bengal basin and Rajasthan basin etc. However, the companies like ONGC, Reliance, OIL and GS...
Hydrocarbon business in India is having three major business components, viz. the upstream, the m... more Hydrocarbon business in India is having three major business components, viz. the upstream, the midstream and the downstream. Generally downstream business includes midstream operations. The hydrocarbon business entity may be either independent company either in upstream or downstream, or an integrated company, they all face some challenges in every project that are undertaken by them. From the initial phase of bidding process of oil and gas blocks to marketing of petroleum products, the oil and gas industries face certain specific challenges, in areas relating to financial, technical, safety, environmental, political, logistics, geographic, manpower etc. Out of these challenges HR challenge is in the forefront of oil and gas industry. The companies become successful if they overcome this HR challenge, as human capital is the ultimate resource in any organization. The Indian oil and gas sector has undergone drastic changes ever since the economy was liberalized. The NELP Rounds have...
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