- EIA Forecasts More Shale Gas Resources And Greater Use
- Natural Gas Vehicles And Hybrids Fighting For Market Share
- Canadian Study Tries To Start Adult Discussion Of Oil Sands
- Hurricane Forecast Calls 2011 Potentially Worse Than 2010
- Climate Conference Ends With Minimal Accomplishments
- Administration’s Auto Mandates Raise Costs And Emissions
- A Merger Of Canada And The U.S. Merely Fiction?
2010
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Musings from the Oil Patch – December 21, 2010
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Musings from the Oil Patch – December 7, 2010
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Musings from the Oil Patch – November 23, 2010
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Musings from the Oil Patch – November 9, 2010
- Oil Industry Confronts Ghost Of Future Regulation
- Energy Stocks Have Mostly Trailed Market This Year
- Future Of The Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Industry
- J.D. Power Didn’t Get The Electric Vehicle Hype Memo
- Third Quarter Wind Speed Data Shows Variability
- Debate Continues About Volt’s Status As An Electric Vehicle
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Guidelines for clockspeed acceleration in the US natural gas transmission industry
This study presents the clockspeed analysis of a peer group comprising six major integrated US energy companies with substantial US interstate natural gas pipeline business activities: El Paso, Williams, NiSource, Kinder Morgan, MidAmerican and CMS Energy. For this peer group, the three clockspeed accelerators have been benchmarked at both corporate level and gas transmission business level, using time-series analysis and cross-sectional analysis over a 6-year period (2002–2007). (more…)
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Critical Drivers of Exploration and Production Clockspeed
The performance of oil and gas companies takes place in a highly competitive market where everything is related to timing. In a bull market, companies that respond the fastest to internal and external signals of growth opportunities can take measures to further accelerate their growth. In a recessional market, companies can prevent overly steep deceleration of their business size by taking adequate action to adjust the company to the changed outlook without undue delay. Response time and timely measures are crucial for best-in-class performance, which is the result of supreme clockspeed management. Individual companies can perform better than others by monitoring the critical settings of their clockspeed and by rapidly synchronising their accelerators with the business environment when appropriate. In this article, the critical drivers of exploration and production (E&P) clockspeed and specific actions for clockspeed synchronisation and optimisation at individual companies are outlined.
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