2nd Edition

Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry Systems Engineering and Technology

By Adedeji B. Badiru Copyright 2025
242 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

242 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

242 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This volume focuses on the broad scope of systems engineering and recent energy technology developments as they relate to the oil and gas industry, which remains a lifeline to communities around the world. In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to, among other things, curtail the catastrophe that will befall the world from the increasing menace of global... Read more

1. Systems View of the Oil and Gas World. 2. Unique Characteristics of Oil and Gas Projects. 3. Foundation for Agile Systems. 4. Structuring Project Communication. 5. Critical Path Method. 6. Critical Path Drag. 7. Decision and Improvement Tools. 8. Extended Producer Responsibilities. 9. Case Study of Cost Growth in Transportation: Land, Air, and Space.

Biography

Professor Adedeji Badiru is a Professor Emeritus of Systems Engineering and Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). He was previously Professor and Head of Systems Engineering and Management at AFIT, Professor and Department Head of Industrial Engineering at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Dean of University College at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers, a Fellow of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. He is also a Program Evaluator for ABET. He has a BS in Industrial Engineering, an MS in Mathematics, an MS in Industrial Engineering from the Tennessee Technological University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. Professor Badiru is a prolific author, with over 40 books, 35 chapters, 160 journal and magazine articles, and 200 conference presentations. He is also a member of several professional associations and scholastic honor societies. Professor Badiru has received several worldwide awards for his professional accomplishments, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from Taylor and Francis Publishing Group in 2020.