How have shocks to supply and demand affected global oil prices; and what are key policy implications following the resurgence of oil production in the United States? Highlights: − The recent collapse in global oil prices ...

This paper reviews the economic fundamentals for regulation in the oil industry, with a focus on the current regulatory proposal for the Brazilian oil industry. The observed exploration and production (E&P) contracts foresee ...

The literature shows that Petrobras's specialized knowledge in deep-water exploration helped it maintain its dominance of the oil sector in Brazil. This article contributes to the literature by throwing light on how this ...

A comparative analysis of the divergent trajectories within the oil sector in Ecuador and Norway in the time period understood from 1970 to 2012, through a description of the development of the oil sector with its various ...

This work presents the modeling and development of a methodology based on Model Predictive Control - MPC that uses a machine learning model, based on Reinforcement Learning, as the method for searching the optimal control ...

The article analyses the relationship between social policy and economy in Brazil from the pre-salt exploration to the present day. The announcement of oil reserves in the pre-salt layer resulted in rapid changes in the ...