LSBFModule Contemporary Issues in Oil, Gas and EnergyAssignmentTitle
\nLSBF
\nModule
\nContemporary Issues in Oil, Gas and Energy
\nAssignment
\nTitle The oil and gas industry: business or politics?
\nAssignment Type Academic Essay
\nWord Limit 3,500 \u2013 4,000
\nWeighting 100%
\nPlagiarism When submitting work for assessment, students should be aware of the LSBF guidance and regulations concerning plagiarism. All submissions should be your own original work.
\nYou must submit an electronic copy of your work. Your submission will be electronically checked.
\nHarvard
\nReferencing &
\nSpecial
\nInstructions The Harvard Referencing System must be used. The Wikipedia website must not be referenced in your work.
\nYou are allowed to upload only ONE attachment (e.g. an Excel sheet) in addition to your original assignment, unless there is a requirement for more than one document in the assignment brief.
\nYou must upload your assignment in PDF or Word document format. Your paper will not be graded if it is submitted in any other format.
\nIf you submit your assignment as a PDF version, please include the exact word count of the assignment on the title page.
\nLearning Outcomes On successful completion of this assignment you will be able to:
\n1. Critically appreciate the origins of oil and gas and the main exploration and exploitation techniques.
\n2. Critically evaluate the relative value of the oil and gas business.
\n3. Critically analyse how oil and gas are delivered to their destinations and the relative costs.
\n4. Critically evaluate global energy policies, trends and alternative energy sources.
\n5. Have a thorough understanding of the significance and business and politics of various global regions in the global energy industry.
\nGrading Criteria Postgraduate Grading Criteria for this assignment is available at the end of this document.
\nYour Task
\nAccording to Ustima (2015), energy is a business. Yet it is so heavily politicised, so transnational and globalised, and so necessary for countries\u2019
\neconomic wellbeing and security that it cannot simply be viewed as a clearcut business, although for the most part that\u2019s how it runs.
\nYou are required to critically evaluate and examine the relevant literature to explore the above statement with a special focus on the following factors:
\n1. The main theories on the origins of oil and gas (20%) (LO1)
\n2. The role of International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the global oil and gas industry (20%) (LO2)
\n3. The concept of energy security (20%) (LO4)
\n4. The importance of large volume tanker trade in LNG for the global energy market (20%) (LO3, LO5)
\n5. The importance of unconventional sources of oil and gas and its effect on the global energy market (20%) (LO4, LO5)
\nGuidelines Please read all questions and information provided carefully. Answers should be an appropriate length, keeping in mind the question requirements and total word count allowance.
\nIn addition, your assignment should demonstrate the following qualities:
\nA critical appreciation of relevant literature and its use to support your argument, substantiate calculations, and address other aspects of the assignment.
\nTaking ownership of the content, being prepared to debate and argue a personal position, and providing evidence of evaluative skills. A submission made up of extracts from published sources which is descriptive or simply theoretical regurgitation is not acceptable. Your submission must have interpretation and consideration of the challenges and issues of applying theory to practice.
\nLogical flow of ideas and treatment; appropriate selection of real-world factors related to the companies under scrutiny.
\nEvidence of additional personal research, and the ability to analyse material from a variety of appropriate, relevant perspectives.
\nPresentation, structure, appropriateness of methodology, breaking into section headings\/subheadings, tidiness.
\nMarks will be awarded for proper referencing and originality of work. Also note that plagiarism is a serious offence and your submission will be electronically checked.
\nYour report must be handed in electronically no later than the given date of submission.
\nGrading Criteria
\nGrading
\nCriteria 70%+ (Distinction) 60-69% (Merit) 50-59% (Pass) 0-49% (Fail)
\nGeneric skills: communication and presentation. Comprehensive and correctly structured assessment. Style of
\nwriting is very fluent and develops a coherent and logical argument. Excellent referencing. Well structured report which follows appropriate format but some aspects of layout and referencing could be improved.
\nStyle of writing is fairly
\nfluent. Good referencing. Good report in most aspects but suffers from variations in quality and the layout contains some inadequacies. Style of writing is satisfactory. Referencing needs improving. Very poor report which is incorrectly structured and contains major errors and omissions. Style of writing is descriptive, lacks coherence and fluency.
\nPoor referencing.
\nKnowledge &
\nUnderstanding Demonstrates excellent knowledge of theory and provides critical theoretical underpinning. Very good interpretations and summarising of main themes. Wide range of knowledge demonstrated and evidence of good understanding of the topic (sample nursing essay examples by the best nursing assignment writing service).
\nAbility to interpret and summarise succinctly. Good range of knowledge
\ndemonstrated but with some room for improvement. Some understanding displayed of the topic (sample nursing essay examples by the best nursing assignment writing service).
\nSummary and
\ninterpretation are satisfactory. Very poor range of knowledge, research and interpretation of information that is subjective and lacks conceptual coherence. There is no
\nclear identification, understanding or interpretation of main themes.
\nAnalysis Excellent use of theoretical and conceptual models to guide analysis linked with a critical discussion of main themes.
\nHas demonstrated an ability to discriminate in the use of more abstract concepts and techniques. Very good use of the theoretical and conceptual models with good critical discussion. Has applied a range of
\nanalytical skills with greater independence and understanding of more abstract data or concepts.
\nUse of theory and concepts limited in scope and depth but relevant. Application could be improved and there is a tendency towards description rather than application of concepts.
\nVery poor use of theory
\nand very little application of core concepts.
\nVery little or limited analysis and Assessment in relation to fundamental principles and concepts.
\nSynthesis\/ Creativity\/ Application Logical presentation of themes with appropriate examples being demonstrated. Very good demonstration of synthesis. Models have been clearly applied to the argument. Very good account of main themes with sound application. Good attempt at applying models to the argument. Fairly good attempt at synthesising the salient points. Good account of main themes with some attempt at application. Limited evidence of synthesis. Very poor account of main themes with little or no application. No links between models and argument.
\nAssessment Shows clear evidence of in-depth critical reflection and Assessment of the argument by providing a robust defence of the opinions presented in the assessment. Shows evidence of
\ncritical reflection and Assessment and a fairly cohesive defence of the argument Shows some evidence
\nof critical reflection but could have been developed. Shows little or no evidence of critical reflection and needs to be much more developed. There is no defence of the opinions presented.<\/p>\n
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AssignmentTitle LSBFModule Contemporary Issues in Oil, Gas, and Energy<\/p>\n
LSBFsModule<\/p>\n
Current Oil, Gas, and Energy Issues<\/p>\n
Assignment<\/p>\n
The oil and gas industry: a matter of business or politics?<\/p>\n
Type of Assignment Academic Essay<\/p>\n
Word Count: 3500 \u2013 4,000<\/p>\n
100 percent weighting<\/p>\n
Plagiarism When submitting work for Assessment, students should be aware of the LSBF’s plagiarism guidelines and restrictions. All contributions must be your own unique work.<\/p>\n
You must submit an electronic copy of your work. Your submission will be electronically checked.<\/p>\n
Harvard<\/p>\n
Referencing &<\/p>\n
Special<\/p>\n
Instructions The Harvard Referencing System must be used. The Wikipedia website must not be referenced in your work.<\/p>\n
You are allowed to upload only ONE attachment (e.g. an Excel sheet) in addition to your original assignment, unless there is a requirement for more than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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