Subsea Well Intervention Readiness in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Augustinis Purificação ◽  
Julia Vieira dos Santos ◽  
Matheus Marins Gonzaga
Keyword(s):  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Market Opening ◽  
Equipment Availability ◽  
Local Supply ◽  
Oil Company ◽  
Unconscious Desire

Abstract The purpose of this study is to assess the subsea well intervention capabilities in Brazil from an operator point of view and how it compares to other regions in the world, in terms of equipment availability, technology and readiness. The object of this assessment will be restricted to the well access systems, given the numerous scenarios that can drive a subsea well intervention. The intent is to identify the main challenges an International Oil Company (IOC) and/or Local Oil Company (LOC) operating in Brazil must overcome in order to keep a robust and realistic contingency plan in case of any well integrity issue. Also, similar challenges are experienced whenever production restoration is needed and/or even opportunities for production enhancement are economically assessed to viable, or not. Last but not least, well access during the last phase of a well lifecycle (plug and abandonment) is also a key element. This will be discussed further in. Until the late 90's, the subsea oil industry in Brazil was restricted to the state-run operator and the supply chain to the business had developed itself around the mindset to maidenly supply a single state-run operator demand. After the market opening and consolidation of the IOC's and LOC's in the subsea market, a lack of local supply of several goods and services started to present itself. Since well access systems are expensive and the base case is that you won't use it unless you have a problem, there's a strong unconscious desire not to worry about it until you really need it. Sharing the same view, service companies tend to enforce the sale of these kits to the operator, rather than focus on a rental solution. Moreover, when service companies provide rental solutions, they are not kept in country and mobilization fees and lead time become a showstopper on many cases. In view of the scenario described above and ways of operation of the Brazilian market IOC's and LOC's a solution will be proposed to mitigate the risk of unavailability and reduce costs based on the sharing economy principles.

scholarly journals Online platforms: concept, role in the conclusion of contracts and current legal framework in Europe = Plataformas en línea: concepto, papel en la conclusión de contratos y marco legal actual en Europa

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 863
Author(s):  
Joana Campos Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The Way

Abstract: Companies like Airbnb, Amazon or Craigslist have challenged the traditional business models and are altering the way people have access to goods and services. This article explores why the concept of online platform is adequate to analyse this new reality from a contractual point of view. It then challenges the idea that all companies where the product or service is supplied by what appears to be a third-party are online platforms, using the example of Uber. Finally, it provides a brief overview at the current EU framework to provide a reflection on how a regime for online platforms could look like.Keywords: sharing economy, online platforms, Uber.Resumen: Empresas como Airbnb, Amazon o Craigslist han desafiado los modelos de negocio tradicionales y están cambiando la forma en que las personas tienen acceso a los bienes y servicios. Este artículo explora por qué el concepto de plataforma en línea es adecuado para analizar esta nueva realidad desde un punto de vista contractual. A continuación, se cuestiona la idea de que todas las empresas en las que el producto o servicio es proporcionado por lo que parece ser un tercero son plataformas en línea, utilizando el ejemplo de Uber. Por último, se aporta una breve visión general del marco actual de la UE para reflexionar sobre cómo podría ser un régimen para las plataformas en línea.Palabras clave: economía colaborativa, plataformas en línea, Uber.

The Public Purchase of Grain on Independent Delos

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Reger
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Aggregate Demand ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Third Century ◽  
The Public ◽  
Price Structure ◽  
Grain Trade ◽  
Local Supply ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Grain Prices

Earlier work has tended to view Delos as an entrepôt for the larger Hellenistic grain trade, but during the years of independence (314-167 B.C.) the island relied on the import of grain to satisfy local demand, and this was certainly the more important aspect of the trade in grain, at least from the Delians' point of view. This study explores several issues connected with the local supply of grain. From prices for grain reported in inscriptions and estimates of the local population, the aggregate annual demand for grain is estimated, and the price structure of grain derived; the ratio of wheat and barley prices on Delos is found to differ considerably from that known from Athens and Roman Egypt. The shortage of 282 B.C., assumed by earlier scholars from prices recorded for that year, is shown instead to be a period of atypically low prices. The impact of the sailing season on shipments of grain is explored, and an annual rhythm in grain prices and availability linked to the closure of the sea and the agricultural year is revealed. The Delians tried to reduce the impact of these fluctuations by the public purchase of grain on an irregular basis in the late fourth and third century, as attested through public loans; by the last quarter of the third century they had established a regular sitōnia fund to buy grain for resale at reduced prices. Comparison of funds available, grain prices, and the estimated aggregate demand suggest that the Delian sitōnia was able to cover a significant fraction of local demand; this contrasts with evidence from other cities. Some of the implications of these results for our understanding of the Hellenistic economy are briefly explored.

THE SPECIFICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE COMMERCE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR OF INTERNET USERS

2021 ◽  
pp. 158-171
Author(s):  
Dmitrii V. Tyurin ◽  
◽  
Aleksandra O. Volkova ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Electronic Format ◽  
Online Commerce ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Technical Innovations

The article presents trends and innovations in the global and Russian markets regarding consumer behavior, analyzes the prospects for the development of online commerce, and suggests various approaches to increasing the share of online store customers and consumer retention in the era of digitalization and e-commerce. In particular, the authors analyzed the specifics of interaction with the audience on the example of a large online platform “Shopping live”. The practical skills of using innovative developments by marketers in terms of the development of mobile consumption of services and goods are demonstrated. The article takes into account the requirements that customers face in connection with the pandemic and forced self-isolation, in particular, the ability to use various technical innovations. It also demonstrates, as modern factors, the experience of practicing marketers, which influenced their work in the electronic format of selling goods and services, and in particular the use of new approaches in communication and customer orientation. The authors formulate approaches to the development of electronic promotion of goods and products of various industries from the point of view of consumer preferences, based on the specifics of the marketing strategy of large marketplaces, such as Wildberries, Aliexpress.

scholarly journals ФОРМУВАННЯ БРЕНД-КАПІТАЛУ КЛАСТЕРНОГО ПІДПРИЄМНИЦТВА НА ЗАСАДАХ ЕКОНОМІКИ СПІЛЬНОЇ УЧАСТІ

2020 ◽  
Vol 139 (5) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Олена Михайлівна Ніфатова ◽  
Яна Іванівна Онофрійчук
Keyword(s):  
Network Architecture ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
National Brand ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Brand Capital ◽  
Definition Of

The article seeks to explore the issues of building brand capital in cluster entrepreneurship on the principles of sharing economy. To gain better awareness and clarity, the study offers insights on major characteristics and contradictions embedded in the definition of a "sharing economy" which made possible to view it as a new socioeconomic model of doing business, according to which access to goods and services with excess opportunities is provided through online platforms. It is argued that the process of business activity in the frameworks of sharing economy triggers a new pattern of consolidation of individuals, consumers, entrepreneurs and companies (which is an integration association in nature) and therefore, the brand of an individual, consumer, entrepreneur, company or the state as a whole acts as an integrative element in the transition toward the concept of a new, sharing economy. The synergistic combination of structural and consumer capital formation models, substantiation of the main tenets of the modern concept of sharing economy and the projection of specific features of brand capital onto a three-level plane of macro-, mezo- and microeconomic levels offers a new cluster-based entrepreneurship model of building brand capital. Thus, the study of essential trends in brand capital formation within cluster entrepreneurship based on the principles of sharing economy has revealed that the core of this model is the virtual business environment of cognitive interaction of the sharing economy participants. The authors suggest that such simulated organizational structure  with a tiered peer-to-peer network architecture will facilitate the effect of integrity in the process of building the national brand capital (empowering ordinary people and entrepreneurs; utilizing resources effectively; enhancing the degree of corporate social responsibility; realizing the principles of fair distribution of value; more democratic arrangement of entrepreneurship and raising environmental awareness, as well as offering a new pattern of bringing people together) that fits modern global technology development trends.

scholarly journals USING THE SERVQUAL MODEL TO ASSESSMALL SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Larissa Maria Argollo de Arruda Falcão ◽  
Taciana De Barros Jerônimo ◽  
Fagner José Coutinho de Melo ◽  
Joas Tomaz de Aquino ◽  
Denise Dumke de Medeiros
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Service Performance ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Good Service ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Basic Performance

This  paper  use  SERVQUAL measure  for  assessingthe  quality  of  the  administrative  services  in  a  large  mall,located in Brazil,  seen from the point of view of the currentservice  providers.  A questionnaire  was  used  to  interview 68service companies, and 5 CEO mall of this case of study. Twofactors were compared: the expectations and perceptions of theservice  providers,  the  comparison  enabled  the  strengths  andweaknesses of the quality perceived of the services offered bythe  mall  were  undertaken  as  a  case  study. Understand whatfeatures  and  level  of  service  must  have  in  order  to  meetconsumer needs, against on how consumers perceive the actualmall  performance  in  the  context  of  what  they  expected  to ensuring  good  service  to  classify  into  three  categories  offactors:  Basic,  Performance  and  Excitement.The  findings  ofthis study may prompt future research to create a new tool tohelp those managers and service companies in the process ofmaking decisions aimed at improving the strategic relationshipwith retail companies and thus to improve the quality of themall  services.  One  contribution  of  this  study  is  the  simpleproposed model used to understanding how quality processesaffect each organizational dimension of service performance.

scholarly journals Desafios regulatórios do Caso Airbnb: a intervenção do Estado no modelo econômico colaborativo | Regulatory challenges of the Airbnb case: The State intervention in the sharing economy model

KPGT_dlutz_1 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-230
Author(s):  
Jordana Viana Payão ◽  
Jonathan Barros Vita
Keyword(s):  
Law And Economics ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
Economy Model ◽  
Modelo Económico ◽  
Real State ◽  
Regulatory Challenges

Desafios regulatórios do Caso Airbnb: a intervenção do Estado no modelo econômico colaborativo Resumo: O objetivo deste artigo é analisar os desafios regulatórios do modelo econômico colaborativo, especificamente, os desafios da regulação dos serviços prestados pela plataforma Airbnb sob o ponto de vista do direito concorrencial, tributário, cível, urbanístico e imobiliário. Para tanto, o corte metodológico repousa sobre o papel do Estado perante os novos modelos econômicos. Com vistas a obter respostas e identificar eventuais inseguranças jurídicas, o estudo é desenvolvido com base na análise econômica do Direito. Palavras-chave: Airbnb. Economia Colaborativa. Intervenção Estatal. Regulação. ______ Regulatory challenges of the Airbnb case: The State intervention in the sharing economy model Abstract: The objective of this paper is to analyze the regulatory challenges of the sharing economic model, specifically the challenges of regulation of the services provided by the Airbnb platform from the point of view of competition law, tax law, civil law, urban and real state law, to that end, the methodological cut rests on the State role beyond the new economic models. To obtain answers and identify possible legal insecurities, the study is developed from the Law and Economics reference system. Keywords: Airbnb. Regulation. Sharing Economy. State intervention.

Platform social enterprises as a new model for co-production

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-86
Author(s):  
Maurizio Busacca ◽  
Flaviano Zandonai
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Relational Systems ◽  
Governance Models ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

The paper analyses the mechanisms of organisational integration in two social enterprises characterised by a strong orientation towards the creation and management of networks with the aim of gaining useful learning in the framework of the emerging debate on production and governance models that characterise platform organisations, in particular in the digital context. In order to do this, it deepens the dimensions of leadership, organisational knowledge and production in two Italian cases: Le Case del Quartiere, a network of social infrastructures in Turin, and TreCuori, a company and territorial welfare agency in Veneto. The two cases are analysed according to the literature of organisational studies which, since the 1980s, has deepened the issue of the progressive narrowing of organisational boundaries and the increase in interdependence between units and organisations variously located with respect to those boundaries. The main evidence that emerged from the case studies are two. The first, in contrast with the rhetoric of disintermediation associated with the sharing economy, identifies the key role of intermediaries who position themselves as third parties with respect to the demand and supply of goods and services in order to facilitate their meeting and, at the same time, foster the mechanisms of entrepreneurial use of knowledge and relationships. The second, with significant theoretical implications, identifies the "platform social enterprise" as an organisational model that introduces strong traits of cooperation in the relational systems that characterise mainstream platform-enterprises. The findings of the investigation offer an original contribution to the convergence between social innovation, collaborative economics and new governance models studies, with a shift from "platform capitalism" to "platform cooperativism" by organizations that use place-based social innovation models and give importance not only to relational and political-cultural factors, but also to co-production, co-working, collaboration and networking. Observed from this perspective, the platform social enterprise becomes a model to be more considered in order to propose a more cooperative, sustainable and democratic development trajectory of platforms.

Share or Lose

2021 ◽  
pp. 267-285
Author(s):  
Kamil Yagci ◽  
Mahmut Efendi ◽  
Sureyya Akçay
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Technology ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Impact

In addition to the development of social technology and the widespread use of the internet, the fact that people are getting used to sharing their goods and services has made the concept of sharing economy a popular issue. Sharing economy is “a potential new way for sustainability,” and it is noted that it would disrupt the unsustainable hyper-consumption practices directing capitalist economies. In this regard, the importance of sharing economy becomes prominent. In this study, first of all, basic information was given about sharing economy and then the concepts about how it made progress were introduced. In the next step, the definitions of sharing economy were given, the importance of sharing was mentioned, and then the products used in sharing economy were mentioned. In the following stage, the benefits of sharing economy to nature were addressed, and the weaknesses and dark sides of sharing economy were revealed. Finally, the impact of the sharing economy on the service sector was emphasized, and opinions were presented for future research on this subject.

A practical guide to IT OT convergence – getting value from your business analytics

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 526
Author(s):  
Russell Byfield
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Regulatory Control ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
Business Operation ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Industrial Internet ◽  
Hybrid Solution ◽  
Different Sources

A lot of time, effort and money has been and is being spent by operating companies and service companies in collecting data from many different sources, agglomerating that data, carrying out analytics on that data with the intention of turning that data into actionable insights that positively impact safety, environment, operations and profitability. This has been done with varying levels of success by approaching the problem from either an information technology (IT) or an operational technology (OT) point of view. What we are finding is that the best outcomes are achieved by having IT and OT domain experience with operational industry expertise within the same team. This has proven to be the case in other industries. There is also a need to understand edge and cloud actionable insights delivery in order to determine the optimal balance of edge and cloud delivery in a hybrid solution model. There is a continuum of analytics from high speed analytics at the edge, for such things as assisting regulatory control and real-time safety system diagnostics, to data lake analysis in the cloud, for planning, supply chain and business prioritisation and optimisation. Some analytics are best done at the edge; some are better done in the cloud. It’s a ‘horses for courses’ approach. The nature of the desired outcome, the required actionable insight and the nature of the data gathering are critical in determining the most effective approach. This paper discusses several examples of how this integrated IT OT approach took a desired outcome and turned it into an analytics platform that delivered significant value to the business. This paper cites examples of edge and cloud analytics that are enabled by integrating clever and sufficient industrial internet of things (IIoT) connectivity, which lead to actionable insights. These, in turn, ensured the correct action was effectively applied to the correct part(s) of the business operation, resulting in effective achievement of the desired outcome.

scholarly journals Single-Solution-Based Vortex Search Strategy for Optimal Design of Offshore and Onshore Natural Gas Liquefaction Processes

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abdul Qyyum ◽  
Muhammad Yasin ◽  
Alam Nawaz ◽  
Tianbiao He ◽  
Wahid Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Optimal Design ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Aspen Hysys ◽  
Design Variables ◽  
Single Solution ◽  
Natural Gas Liquefaction

Propane-Precooled Mixed Refrigerant (C3MR) and Single Mixed Refrigerant (SMR) processes are considered as optimal choices for onshore and offshore natural gas liquefaction, respectively. However, from thermodynamics point of view, these processes are still far away from their maximum achievable energy efficiency due to nonoptimal execution of the design variables. Therefore, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production is considered as one of the energy-intensive cryogenic industries. In this context, this study examines a single-solution-based Vortex Search (VS) approach to find the optimal design variables corresponding to minimal energy consumption for LNG processes, i.e., C3MR and SMR. The LNG processes are simulated using Aspen Hysys and then linked with VS algorithm, which is coded in MATLAB. The results indicated that the SMR process is a potential process for offshore sites that can liquefy natural gas with 16.1% less energy consumption compared with the published base case. Whereas, for onshore LNG production, the energy consumption for the C3MR process is reduced up to 27.8% when compared with the previously published base case. The optimal designs of the SMR and C3MR processes are also found via distinctive well-established optimization approaches (i.e., genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization) and their performance is compared with that of the VS methodology. The authors believe this work will greatly help the process engineers overcome the challenges relating to the energy efficiency of LNG industry, as well as other mixed refrigerant-based cryogenic processes.

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