Browsing Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning (TN-ISØP) by Title
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Investeringsbeslutning i olje- og gassindustri under usikkerhet - metodeforslag for usikkerhetshåndtering i investeringsprosjekter for TOTAL : en utredning innenfor petroleumsøkonomi
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Med utgangspunk i stadig større usikkerhet, ustabilitet og konstante forandringer i petroleumsindustrien er det i denne oppgavens utredning tatt for seg og redegjort for de viktigste elementene ved en investeringsbeslutning ... -
Investigating eor for ss by low salinity water
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)Water flooding has for a very long time been used to improve oil recovery, in the recent years researchers have become aware of the effects from controlling the salinity and composition of the injected water. Low salinity ... -
Investigating successfulness in the CBR implementation for ConocoPhillips Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)The objective of this thesis is to investigate successfulness in implementation of a project tool called the Contingency Breakdown Report (CBR), which is a key document for project approvals at ConocoPhillips. The CBR ... -
Investigating the impact of human and organizational factors on complex industrial project
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-14)Most of the projects letdowns are encountered in production industries such as oil and gas Production industries are attributed to human factors; at the same time repercussions related to such incompetence consistently ... -
Investigating the implementation of the safety-diagnosability principle to support defence-in-depth in the nuclear industry: A Fukushima Daiichi accident case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)‘Defence in depth’ (DID) is a fundamental safety principle applied in several industries, including nuclear. The key is to protect safety critical systems by employing multiple layers of protection, i.e. barriers. The ... -
Investigating the Polar Code’s function-based requirements for life-saving appliances and arrangements, and the performance of survival equipment in cold climate conditions – test of SOLAS approved desalting apparatus at low temperatures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)As the sea ice extent steadily decreases, the Arctic region is simultaneously experiencing extensive growth in commercial shipping activities, in areas which previously were considered inaccessible for most ships during ... -
Investigating Transport Energy Consumption Patterns on Sustainable Campuses
(Master thesis, 2023)This research investigates the energy consumption patterns of the students at the University of Stavanger, particularly that of the students residing in student housing facilities (SIS). An energy estimation methodology ... -
Investigation into development of safety levels on Norwegian installations in the north sea post-1990
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)There have been no major fatal accidents in the Norwegian sector after 1985, and those which occurred before that are not considered very relevant to the current investigation, because circumstances and policies differed ... -
Investment Companies' Performance Maintenance Under the Greenhouse Gas protocol
(Master thesis, 2023)The amount of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions has seen a substantial increase the past decades resulting in record-high CO2-levels in the atmosphere. In an effort to reduce emissions, several organizations established ... -
Investments in natural gas - an empirical analysis with emphasis on the shale gas revolution
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)The main objective in this thesis is to investigate how various factors are influencing investments in the US natural gas industry. The thesis puts a special emphasis on the “Shale Gas Revolution” that struck the US natural ... -
Is capture-based aquaculture viable? The case of Atlantic cod in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Capture-based aquaculture (CBA) is an important branch of the aquaculture industry that differs from closed cycle farming in that the stocking material consists of captured wild fish or other aquatic organisms. By skipping ... -
Is resilience a favourable concept in terrorism research? The multifaceted discourses of resilience in the academic literature
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The concept of resilience is frequently found in academic documents describing the favoured solution for how to address the threat of terrorism. Despite this, few attempts have been made to critically examine what resilience ... -
Is Resilience a Good Concept in Terrorism Research? A Conceptual Adequacy Analysis of Terrorism Resilience
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03)Resilience has been suggested as a unifying concept in terrorism research. This article investigates the conceptual adequacy of resilience applied to terrorism. The framework for criteria for conceptual adequacy was applied ... -
Is the Sell-Off of Oil and Gas Companies in the Government Pension Fund Global an Effective Way of Reducing Norway’s Exposure to Oil Price?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)This thesis examines the decision to pull the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global out of oil and gas companies. The risk and returns of a portfolio with and without oil and gas companies has been studied together with ... -
ISO 27005s bidrag til bærekraftig utvikling – En studie av hvordan en standard for risikostyring innen informasjonssikkerhet kan bidra til bærekraftig utvikling.
(Master thesis, 2023)Studien dreier seg om risikostyring innen informasjonssikkerhet og om hvordan det kan bidra til bærekraftig utvikling. Bærekraftig utvikling handler i stor grad om å velge løsninger som balanserer belastningen disse har ... -
ISO/IEC 27001 sin innvirkning på digital sikkerhetskultur.
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne masteroppgaven utforsker hvordan implementering av ISO/IEC 27001 kan påvirke og potensielt styrke den digitale sikkerhetskulturen i virksomheter. Studien understreker at ISO/IEC 27001 presenterer ingen direkte kobling ... -
IT-risikostyring av offshoreinstallasjoner
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)Denne oppgaven vil kartlegge hvorvidt det er et behov for bedre risikoanalyser og rutiner ettersom offshoreinstallasjonene på norsk sokkel får stadig økt innføring av digitaliserte styrings- og sikkerhetssystemer. Oppsiden ... -
Ivaretakelse av veteraner etter internasjonal tjeneste
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2015;, Master thesis, 2015)Det er over hundretusen kvinner og menn som har deltatt i over hundre internasjonale operasjoner, i mer enn førti land og på fire kontinenter. Ivaretakelsen av dette personellet er et samfunnsansvar som omfatter flere ... -
Jernbanens bidrag til transport og evakuering av syke og sårede
(Master thesis, 2021)Norge er et langstrakt land, med store avstander, og til dels store avstander til sykehus. Der-som en omfattende krise rammer landet vårt, kan det medføre kapasitetsutfordringer med å transportere syke og sårede til sykehus. ... -
Justering av verktøy for sårbarhetsvurdering av informasjonssystem
(Master thesis, 2023)Ifølge ny kunnskap om sårbarhet og risiko defineres sårbarhet generelt som «risiko gitt at en risikohendelse oppstår» (Aven og Thekedi, 2022, s.37). En risikohendelse kan oppstå, eller ikke oppstå, avhengig hvordan systemet ...