Recent years, offshore outsourcing has received large amount of attention from both industry and academia because of its attractive advantages such as cost reduction, talent access. As an alternative way to implement information systems in operation management, offshore insourcing has been greatly overlooked. Though organizations shun from the contractual obligations in offshore insourcing, the...

Human activities such as oil and gas production can enhance the natural level of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in by-product and waste streams. Iran has been among the top five oil producing countries since 2005. This high production rate emphasizes the importance of NORM management to ensure the safety of humans and wildlife. Petroleum storage and transport facilities are lo...

The BORA project is aimed at detailed and quantitative modeling of barrier performance, including barriers to prevent occurrence of initiating events, and barriers to avoid or reduce consequences. Challenges related to the modeling are reviewed, and some solutions are suggested.

Part of the work in finding petroleum areas consists of interpreting thin section taken from the sample rocks. Geologists uses many techniques to identifying the rock constituents, but one of the most efficient method relies on recognizing the visual pattern of the thin section using a microscope. This image recognition is a complex task that requires a lot of training. In this paper, we presen...