[open-economics] [Project-discussion] Oil Industry

Wed Feb 18 23:45:43 UTC 2015

Hi Rodney,

Could you elaborate on the type of framework we should look at? I mean,
situations like that happen often - I took advantage of something similar
to develop my thesis, for instance - but it was not clear the specific
topic that that framework covers (Prices, firm's behaviors, etc).

However, I understand that work involves merges in oil industry!?

Thank you for your collaboration.

2015-02-18 23:38 GMT+00:00 Rodney Beard <rodney.m.beard at gmail.com>:

> Hi Gustavo,
>
> as previously mentioned some of Gary Libecap's work on oil filed
> unitization and contracts would provide a framework for the type of data
> contained in the open oil database on contracts. My impression is that the
> work to date didn't look at this literature.
>
> Scholar search here:
> https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=libecap+oil+contract&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=
>
> Rodney
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Gustavo Silva <
> gustavosantaremsilva at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> After regaining my strength after a tough breakdown at another project, I
>> thought about what we could do to re-start the group. Most of the people
>> previously involved left the group and/or moved away to other things and,
>> thus, the group is kind of stumbling upon itself.
>>
>> It is crucial to rapidly get involved with a couple of projects and get
>> some results so that people realize we're alive and kicking.
>>
>> The oil industry is a very peculiar one and so I believe it is a great
>> start - specially since the literature is vague and not very concise in
>> specific matters. That is why the group has previously done a model of
>> an oil contract
>> <http://openeconomics.net/2013/10/22/open-model-of-an-oil-contract/>,
>> partnering up with Open Oil group. However, that research was not concluded
>> and we must proceed.
>>
>> In this specific thread, there are two main things I wish to know from
>> you:
>>
>>  1. Who's interested to get involved in this topic? I know Samira and
>> Rodney want to help, even though their contribution is kind of limited due
>> to real life commitments. However, as you understand, as more people get
>> involved, better for us.
>>  2. Which particular topics would you like to develop? Personally, I
>> would vote for theoretical models to, first, explain some firm's behaviors
>> in the market and, later, proceed with empirical analysis, using open data
>> - of course.
>>
>> Please let us know your thoughts. Even if we are only a few
>> collaborating, we can deliver amazing things, I am sure!
>>
>> Thank you in advance and I apologize to spam the OK's main mailing list,
>> but thought others would like to get involved with us.
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards / Obrigado e com os melhores cumprimentos,
>> Gustavo
>>
>>
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Best Regards / Obrigado e com os melhores cumprimentos,
Gustavo
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