Designing a Model for Implementing Energy Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

By studying the complex process of energy policy formulation for the oil and gas sector in Iran, we notice that these policies are not fully implemented due to inefficiency of the executive model. In this paper, we use the qualitative research of data theory, to analyze the situation through a combination of semi-structured interviews and study of available data.  We use a snowball (chain reference) sampling method to select our interviewees.  While we had selected 30 persons to be interviewed, as we saw repetitive responses beyond the 10th person we only interviewed 20 persons. Data collection has started in December 2016. The interview began with questions about "the reasons for not implementing the energy policies of the country in the field of oil and gas" (open question), and the rest of the questions were based on the responses of the interviewee. All interviews were taken into account and analyzed several times to extract key points. Finally, the model was designed using the categories and components derived from the interviews, and the results were compared with other models of policy implementation. The results of our study is derived from the use of this composite model