15 Attributes of Upstream Oil Industry

1. Knowledge Intensive
2. Technology Intensive
3. Capital Intensive
4. Risk Intensive
5. Price Sensitive
6. Environmentally Sensitive
7. Geo-politically Sensitive
8. Probabilistic Outcome
9. Global & Local Dimensions of Outputs
10. Global Supply Chain of Components and Services
11. Multi-Disciplinary Industry
12. Multi-Regional and Multi-National Industry
13. Geographically Skewed Industry
14. Inhospitable Co-ordinates (In Angola, not in Switzerland; High Seas, Deserts etc)
15. Low Longevity Industry (Spanning less than 300 tears: 1850-2150?)
    
    Needless to say, that the top E&P Leadership, both present and aspiring, need to possess qualities to address these attributes.