Strategic planning for exploration management

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5784989

Quick, A N; Buck, N A

This book relates the financial side of strategic planning - its analysis and techniques - to the petroleum exploration business. Contents include: 1. Changes in the economic environment of the oil industry;--exploration viewed as business rather than as a function; 2. Strategic planning overview; 3. Traditional exploration strategies; 4. Examining the environment-environmental analysis, social risk analysis, situation audit, competitor analysis, summary; 5. Strategic analysis - risk methods; 6. Strategic analysis - strategy modeling; 7. Avoiding planning pitfalls; 8. Conclusions-scenario generation, attainable objectives, goals, and strategies for operational management, controls and incentive systems, flexibility of strategies, summation; Appendices; and Index.

• OSTI ID: 5784989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020200* -- Petroleum-- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENT
EXPLORATION
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
MINERAL RESOURCES
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PLANNING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RESOURCES
RISK ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL IMPACT