TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The international energy agency states that the world’s primary energy needs are expected to grow to 55 per cent until 2030. Therefore, oil and gas industry as the main energy source will be more crucial where building or advancing new capacities is required. Because the reports highlight the delay as a recurring problem, thereby, more in-depth investigation to find out the main contributing causes is needed.Design/methodology/approach Root cause analysis (RCA) was applied to identify, rank, analysis and categorize the main sources of this problem.Findings Based on RCA procedure; Pareto analysis showed that 84.7 per cent of the delay is because: the radar chart indicated no difference in perception of the participants regarding the importance of the root causes, correlation analysis suggested strong relationship among the participants and the cause-and-effect diagram emphasized more on operational, human and equipment categories, which in total account for 51.86 per cent of the delay.Originality/value The risk planners of large-scale projects can consider these root causes as the main items to analysis, monitor and control, as they are vitally important for project success.
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SN  - 1750-6220
DO  - 10.1108/IJESM-04-2018-0014
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-04-2018-0014
AU  - Sweis Rateb
AU  - Moarefi Alireza
AU  - Amiri Mahmood Hosseini
AU  - Moarefi Soad
AU  - Saleh Rawan
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Causes of delay in Iranian oil and gas projects: a root cause analysis
T2  - International Journal of Energy Sector Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 630
EP  - 650
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -