Strategic Decision Making in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry: Exploring Intuition and Analysis

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 704-713

  Dinnie, N C ^a   Fletcher, A J P ^b   Finch, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CODIFIED KNOWLEDGE;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 1642439907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77910-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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