Learning to loue complexity

摘要

The offshore sector is one of the most complex businesses in the world. Very many, highly diverse, companies - from oil super majors to small service providers - have to work together seamlessly in circumstances that are highly unnatural to man. Nevertheless the sector is pretty successful at it and is as such a major contributor to a safe and prosperous world. However, based on 40 Deloitte interviews of executives of offshore oil and gas companies across all continents and all stages of the value chain, we conclude that complexity of the offshore value chain will continue to grow substantially in the next decade. We think four factors will drive this trend.