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mercredi 25 février 2015

Some Things You Ought To Know So Far As Oil And Gas Service Companies Are Concerned

By Olivia Cross


There are a number of businesses involved in the petroleum industry and these firms make a lot of profits every year. Though some of the oil and gas service companies in Houston TX are integrated, others are not. This notwithstanding, all these service providers, as they are usually referred to in the industry, carry out their operations based on the way they are place strategically in the industry. These firms make their profits at the exploration, drilling, completion, production or abandonment stage.

It is important to note that most of the integrated firms divide their specific line of business into several categories. These include; upstream or downstream activities, and based on their business objectives they can undertake all or part of the categories mentioned. In fact, it all depends on how long they have been operation in the market, capital base, as well as technological know-how.

The companies that are always in line with upstream category are often involved in production and exploration of the oil and gas resources. This is a little bit different with those that focus their energies on downstream; of which, includes, refinement of the products and marketing activities to sell on different markets. However, not perform well in all the categories that have been mentioned.

There is always one thing that you should know about most; if not all, of the integrated service providers that operate in this industry. Oftentimes, they are counter-intuitive meaning that they do not behave according to the demands of the market forces. In other words, they will not make enormous profits even when prices of the end products rise-variable factors put into consideration.

This industry is quite volatile and competitive; and so are there many problems that these businesses face. The most prevalent that they come across include; health and safety issues, innovation, performance of complex tasks and, environmental matters. Importantly, is the performance of the companies and the equipments they use in the process of manufacturing oil and gas products.

The technological advancement has made it possible for many of these firms to automate their activities. The automation is very visible in the area of data collection and analysis. This is the main reason why room for errors in dangerous areas and tasks are currently minimized leading to effective operation. As a result, overhead and its associated costs when running these operations, are reduced drastically.

Maintenance using automation has moved to different level and has improved the level of exploration drilling and production. At the moment, implementation of radio frequency in addition to using other related sensors has made tracking activities easier. This is the reason why it is possible for these firm to monitor activities anywhere with ease. They normally use simple techniques to keep equipments running without hiccups.

The top oil companies that do rake in profits in gas business around the globe include; Exxon Mobile, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Saudi Aramco, and Chevron Corporation. The others that fall in this bracket of top businesses include; Total SA, Pemex, and Gaz Prom. These are only but a few, but there literally hundred of companies some of which are integrated and high performers in the industry.




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