Oil & gas projects are some of the most complex in the world; they are often a series of interrelated problems which are increasingly difficult to solve. Bringing value and […]
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When it comes to the oil price, an economist’s forecast is only as good as the next person’s guess … here at io, we take a look at the macro […]
Introduction In 2011 78% of upstream oil and gas megaprojects faced either cost or schedule overruns according to an industry study by the Independent Project Analysis (IPA); in 2014, […]
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Part 1: Project Finance Funding gap in an uncertain world
In 2016 the Deloitte Centre for Energy Solutions published a report [1] that predicted an anticipated CAPEX funding gap […]
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The need for change and transformation in the way the oil and gas industry does projects has been io’s call to arms since its inception; it is precisely the reason […]
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Systems thinking and systems dynamics are two key components to systems theory and have been the mainstay of many industries since the middle of the twentieth century. Systems thinking is […]
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At the very heart of being human is the ability to have rational thought and ultimately make decisions, whether it be the smaller every day decisions we may make without […]
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