Identifying and Prioritizing Strategies for Improving Financing Systems of Iran's Oil and Gas Industry

The oil and gas industry has huge financial turnover and major projects, especially in the upstream areas, require substantial financing. Hence, securing financing is one of the most important requirements for successful implementation of projects in this industry. In this research, we adopt a descriptive approach and rely on the opinion of experts, to identify and prioritize strategies for improving the financing system in the oil and gas industry. The results of the research show that the success of strategies for improving the financing system in the country's oil and gas industry depends on the three factors of regulatory infrastructure, structural factors and information transparency. In other words, by taking appropriate actions on these three factors, we can improve the financing system in the country's oil and gas industry. Based on our results, improving the regulatory infrastructure has the highest priority, followed by improving structural factors and information transparency.