Assessing the viability of research cooperation for petroleum exploration and production: A case study of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Nigeria and CUG, Wuhan, China

摘要

This paper grew out of a need to establish research as an integral and very important aspect for successful petroleum exploration campaigns.Two research institutions were identified for a proposed joint research collaboration with a view toward the effective exploration of Nigeria's inland basins.The findings of this collaboration will serve as a report agency that can be accessed and leveraged by any potential investor operating in the region.We developed a numerical model that can be used by the collaborating institutions to validate the viability of their relationship and enhance their research capacities.The model was built based on six different constructs and thirty measurable variables, which morphed into a set of equations that can be applied to simulate the collaboration process.The proposed co-operating partners (FUT-CUG), were identified based on a literature review to be a best fit for a mutually beneficial research collaboration that will yield a tangible result, thus opening opportunities for potential investors.