Potential knowledge process outsourcing of Egyptian oil and gas engineering services industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 338
Author(s):  
Hisham M. Abdelsalam ◽  
Mohamed Sadek ◽  
Sara Gamal
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Knowledge Process ◽  
Engineering Services ◽  
Services Industry

scholarly journals Strategic Thinking: Intelligent Opportunism and Emergent Strategy — The Case of Strategic Engineering Services

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Pattinson
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Covering System ◽  
Emergent Strategy ◽  
Engineering Company ◽  
Engineering Services ◽  
The Relationship

This case study focuses on strategic thinking and opportunistic approaches to business growth and diversification. It begins by examining the recent purchase of ‘Quickcover’, a remote-controlled sports pitch covering system, by engineering company Strategic Engineering Services and the company's current dilemma – whether to continue to develop this type of product, or sell it and concentrate on its existing engineering services business. In recent years, Strategic Engineering Services has moved away from traditional heavy engineering and diversified into related areas such as engineering services, oil and gas industry recruitment, plant and equipment hire, instrument calibration and project management. The case considers the relationship between strategic thinking and entrepreneurial approaches to opportunity recognition, exploring the concept of intelligent opportunism as an approach that enables entrepreneurs to develop emergent strategies and take advantage of new opportunities. It explores these concepts in the context of the current dilemma of Strategic Engineering Services.

scholarly journals Politics, ecology, and the new anthropology of energy: exploring the emerging frontiers of hydraulic fracking

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna J. Willow ◽  
Sara Wylie
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Divide And Conquer ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Services Industry ◽  
Hydraulic Fracking

This article reviews recent literature relevant to the ongoing shale gas boom and introduces the Journal of Political Ecology's Special Section on hydraulic fracking. We highlight the need for ethnographic studies of the tumultuous social and physical transformations resulting from, and produced by, an unfolding frontier of energy production that unsettles social, economic, and ecological landscapes. We examine how intercommunity connections are vital to recognizing the shared structural conditions produced by the oil and gas industry's expansion, through examining the roles played by the oil field services industry, the sequestration of information and agnotology (the deliberate production of ignorance), divide and conquer tactics, and shared experiences of risk and embodied effects. Summarizing the contributions of the five articles included in the Special Section, we offer recommendations for further inquiry. We examine how social science studies of hydraulic fracking are producing new and innovative methodologies for developing participatory academic and community research projects.Key words: digital media, embodiment, energy, hydraulic fracturing, oil field services industry, shale gas

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