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- Examines the spatial and temporal linkage between offshore supply vessels (OSVs) and oil and gas activity in the Gulf of Mexico
- First ever quantitative assessment on the marine vessels that support regional activity
- Provides insight and computational models to deal with the complexity and size of this system
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Activity Trends and Revenue
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Front Matter
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OSV Fleet Baseline
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Front Matter
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Model Framework and Activity Forecast
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Front Matter
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About this book
The purpose of this book is to examine the geospatial and temporal linkage between offshore supply vessels and oil and gas activity in the Outer Continental Shelf Gulf of Mexico, and to model OSV activity expected to result from future lease sales. Oil and gas operations occur throughout the world wherever commercial accumulations exist, but no quantitative assessment has ever been performed on the marine vessels that support offshore activity.
The OCS Gulf of Mexico is the largest and most prolific offshore oil and gas basin in the world, and a large number of marine vessels are engaged in operations in the region, but tracking their activity is difficult and requires specialized data sources and the development of empirical models. The challenge of modeling arises from the complexity and size of the system, and the particular limitations governing stochastic difficult-to-observe networks. This book bridges the gap with the latest technological perspective and provides insight and computational methods to inform and better understand the offshore sector.
Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico is presented in three parts. In Part 1, background information on the life cycle stages of offshore development and activity is reviewed, along with a description of the service vessels and port infrastructure in the region. In Part 2, OSV activity in the Gulf of Mexico is baselined using PortVision data to establish spatial and temporal characteristics of vessel activity. In Part 3, the analytic framework used to quantify the connection between OSVs, ports, and offshore activity is described, and activity expected to arise from the 2012-2017 OCS lease program isforecast.
Providing an invaluable resource for academics and researchers, this book is also intended for government regulators, energy and environmental analysts, industry professionals, and others interested in this often-overlooked sector.
Keywords
- Activity Trends and Relations
- Analytic Framework and Offshore Service Industry
- Future Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico
- Input-output Systems
- Marine Vessels Offshore Service Industry
- OSV
- Offshore Hydrocarbon Development
- Offshore Service Industry Computational Models
- Offshore Service Industry Stochastic Networks
- Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modelling
- Offshore Supply Vessels
- Oil and Gas Activity Computational Models
- Oil and Gas Activity Stochastic Networks
- Oil and Gas Activity in the Gulf of Mexico
- Oil and Gas Activity in the OCS
- Oil and Gas Activity in the Outer Continental Shelf
- Quantitative Assessment of Oil and Gas Activity
- Engineering Economics
Authors and Affiliations
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Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Mark J Kaiser
About the author
Mark J. Kaiser is a professor and director of the Research & Development Division at the Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University. His primary research interest covers the oil, gas, and refining industry and is related to cost assessment, fiscal system analysis, economic and infrastructure modeling, and valuation studies. He is widely published with work appearing across a broad spectrum of energy, engineering, mathematics, scientific and policy journals.
Dr. Kaiser received his doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Purdue University and has consulted and served as technical advisor to corporations and government agencies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico
Authors: Mark J Kaiser
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17013-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17012-1Published: 21 July 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36675-3Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17013-8Published: 09 July 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 316
Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations, 159 illustrations in colour
Topics: Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Offshore Engineering, Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics, Simulation and Modeling, Industrial Organization, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing