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

Thu Feb 19 17:15:20 UTC 2015

Recent paper on unitization that I just ran into

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nrm.12042/abstract

It has a nice analysis of oil contracts before going on to a theoretical
model. This gives us another basis of comparison besides Libecap's work on
contracts and unitization.

Rodney

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Gustavo Silva <
gustavosantaremsilva at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rayna and Peter.
>
> Thank you for bringing your thoughts into this.
> I have tried emailing Open Oil before to see if there was a possible
> collaboration between groups. I got no answer back then.
> However, since you two are from that group, perhaps you could collaborate
> with us simultaneously. Perhaps we will end up discussing something that
> needs a specific input and Open Oil already has that - If you work with us,
> you will know that and, therefore, you can let us know *that* already
> exists.
>
> I am going to gather the names and emails of those who said that were
> interested in getting involved - Waiting for Peter's confirmation though.
> Soon, I will email you about a possible video conference we should do to
> discuss specific details about the project, before we actually start with
> something. How does that sound?
>
> 2015-02-19 9:51 GMT+00:00 Rayna <rayna.st at gmail.com>:
>
>> I second Peter here. I'd be interested to be involved anyhow. Disclosure:
>> I am working on a project aiming to train Iraqi NGOs and local govt
>> officials on technology for transparency. (And yes, I am supposed to go
>> there :) ) Among the main demands, what I see relates to transparency in
>> the aid, oil industries and the military (the latter two being my main
>> focus of interest).
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing more,
>> Rayna
>>
>> 2015-02-19 6:21 GMT+01:00 Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>:
>>
>>> I am in close touch with OpenOil as we are both Shuttleworth
>>> Fellows/projects and we recently had a joint hack in Berlin. Should this be
>>> revisited with OpenOIl? It looks complementary.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:26 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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>>>
>>>
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> Gustavo Silva
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