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A Bayesian Risk Assessment of the Saudi Arabian Oil Supply Chain, 2001-2010

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dc.contributor Stansfield, Prof. Gareth
dc.creator Janczak-Hogarth, David Scott
dc.date 2017-04-18T11:19:51Z
dc.date 2015-01-05
dc.date 2017-04-18T11:19:51Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-23T10:01:12Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-23T10:01:12Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10871/27142
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/256766
dc.description The thesis assesses risks to the Saudi Arabia oil supply chain employing Bayesian methodology. The geopolitical impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre introduced potential new risks to the Saudi oil supply chain. The thesis will identify a series of risks and determine the likelihood and magnitude of potential disruptions the threats could cause. Thorough testing is undertaken employing Bayesian methodology. Bayesian methodology assists in discounting implied, overstated and misplaced threats. Data is collected from a number of various sources including current academic literature, experts in the shipping, security and oil field services industry. The data is arranged and the results tested in order to reveal live or benign threats to the Saudi oil supply chain. Final analysis reveals that there are six major threats to the Saudi oil supply chain, dwindling skilled ex-pat workers, terrorism, new tanker design, a closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi internal instability and developments in technology. The six threats are cross referenced and analysed at depth to determine whether they would individually or combined have a significant disruptive impact on the Saudi oil supply chain.
dc.language en
dc.publisher University of Exeter
dc.publisher Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
dc.title A Bayesian Risk Assessment of the Saudi Arabian Oil Supply Chain, 2001-2010
dc.type Thesis or dissertation
dc.type PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies
dc.type Doctoral
dc.type PhD


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