The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Iranian Oil and Gas Industry Planning:A Survey of Business Continuity Challenges  

作　　者：Seyyed Abdollah Razavi Ali Asgary Marjan Khaleghi 

机构地区：[1]Department of Energy Economics and Management,Tehran Faculty of Petroleum,Petroleum University of Technology,1453953153,Tehran,Iran [2]Disaster&Emergency Management,School of Administrative Studies,Faculty of Liberal Arts&Professional Studies,York University,Toronto,ON,M3J 1P3,Canada [3]Department of Industrial Engineering,Abadan Faculty of Petroleum,Petroleum University of Technology,6318714317,Abadan,Khuzestan,Iran

出　　处：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》2022年第3期391-400,共10页国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）

摘　　要：The Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected various aspects of life,and its compounding and cascading impacts have been observed in most industries and firms.The oil and gas(O&G)industry was among the first to experience the impacts as the pandemic began due to the global economic recession and a sharp decline in demand for oil.The pandemic revealed major risk management and business continuity challenges and uncovered some of the vulnerabilities of the O&G industry and its major companies during a prolonged global disaster.Examining and understanding how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the O&G sector in different countries,considering their unique circumstances,can provide important lessons for managing the current and future similar events.This study investigated various impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the O&G industry using Iran's Pars Oil and Gas Company(POGC)as a case study.Data were collected through indepth interviews with key managers of the company.Qualitative methods,specifically thematic analysis,were used to analyze the data.Findings of this study provide further insights into how the pandemic impacted the operations,risks,and business continuity of the POCG.The results show that the pandemic caused significant operational,financial,and legal impacts by disrupting routine maintenance,reducing the availability of human resources under the public health measures and mobility restrictions,increasing processing and delivery times,increasing costs and decreasing revenues,and delaying contractual obligations.

关 键 词：Business continuity Covid-19 pandemic Global disaster Iran Oil and gas industry Pars Oil and Gas Company 

分 类 号：F416.22[经济管理—产业经济]