A hybrid Delphi-SWOT paradigm for oil and gas pipeline strategic planning in Caspian Sea basin

Energy Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 345-360

  Tavana, Madjid ^a   Pirdashti, Mohsen ^b   Kennedy, Dennis T ^a   Belaud, Jean Pierre ^c   Behzadian, Majid ^b  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Multi criteria decision analysis; Oil and gas pipeline planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PIPELINES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PIPELINES;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; CASPIAN SEA; CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; OIL AND GAS PIPELINE PLANNING; OIL AND NATURAL GAS; OIL-AND-GAS PIPELINES;

GASES;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPORT; GAS PIPELINE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; OIL PIPELINE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CASPIAN BASIN; CASPIAN SEA;

EID: 84855772991     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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