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EG-CaNU |
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EG-CaNU |
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eng |
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eng |
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658.4 |
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Hisham Ali Yousef El Sayed |
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The Impact of Technology Management Implementation on Improving Sustainability Performance: |
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Case of the Egyptian Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Industry/ |
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Hisham Ali Yousef El Sayed |
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2023 |
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190 p. |
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ill. |
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21 cm. |
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Supervisor: Alaa Eldin Adris |
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Thesis (PH.D)—Nile University, Egypt, 2023 . |
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"Includes bibliographical references" |
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Contents:<br/>TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/>Dedication...............................................................................................................................................ii<br/>Acknowledgment...................................................................................................................................iii<br/>Declaration.............................................................................................................................................iv<br/>Abstract...................................................................................................................................................v<br/>Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................vii<br/>List of Abbreviations .............................................................................................................................xi<br/>List of Figures.......................................................................................................................................xii<br/>List of Tables.......................................................................................................................................xiv<br/>Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................1<br/>1.1 Background of the Study ..............................................................................................................1<br/>1.1.1 Sustainability and SDG..........................................................................................................1<br/>1.1.2 The environmental and social impacts of the petroleum industry .........................................2<br/>1.1.3 Focus on technologies to manage sustainability ....................................................................3<br/>1.1.4 Technology and technology management definitions............................................................4<br/>1.1.5 Sustainability and sustainability performance definitions .....................................................5<br/>1.2 Context of the Research ................................................................................................................6<br/>1.3 Organization of the Dissertation ...................................................................................................7<br/>Chapter 2 TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE FOR <br/>PETROLEUM REFINERIES AND PETROCHEMICAL COMPANIES.............................................8<br/>2.1 Petroleum industry........................................................................................................................8<br/>2.1.1 Upstream petroleum operations.............................................................................................8<br/>2.1.2 Midstream petroleum operations ...........................................................................................8<br/>2.1.3 Downstream petroleum operations ........................................................................................9<br/>2.1.3.1 Petroleum refineries........................................................................................................9<br/>2.1.3.2 Petrochemical plant.......................................................................................................11<br/>2.1.4 The Importance of the petroleum industry...........................................................................12<br/>2.1.5 Egypt's downstream petroleum industry ..............................................................................17<br/>2.2 Technology Management for Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Companies..................19<br/>2.2.1 Background of technology management..............................................................................19<br/>2.2.2 Current technologies in petroleum refineries and petrochemical companies.......................21<br/>2.2.2.1 Process technologies.....................................................................................................21<br/>2.2.2.2 Maintenance technologies.............................................................................................22<br/>2.3 Sustainability Performance in the Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Companies...........22<br/>viii<br/>2.3.1 Background of sustainability ...............................................................................................22<br/>2.3.2 Sustainability performance in the petroleum refineries and petrochemical companies.......23<br/>2.3.2.1 Sustainability practices .................................................................................................23<br/>2.3.2.2 Triple Bottom Line........................................................................................................24<br/>2.4 Problem Statement......................................................................................................................26<br/>2.5 Research Questions.....................................................................................................................28<br/>2.6 Summary.....................................................................................................................................28<br/>Chapter 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................................................................29<br/>3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................29<br/>3.2 Research Objectives....................................................................................................................29<br/>3.3 Research framework and Hypotheses.........................................................................................30<br/>3.3.1 Technology management and sustainability performance ...................................................30<br/>3.3.2 Process technology and sustainability performance.............................................................31<br/>3.3.3 Maintenance technology and sustainability performance ....................................................31<br/>3.4 Research Significance.................................................................................................................33<br/>3.5 Research Design..........................................................................................................................34<br/>3.6 Measurement Procedure..............................................................................................................37<br/>3.7 The setting (Medium of Study)...................................................................................................44<br/>3.8 Population and Sampling ............................................................................................................44<br/>3.8.1 Population ............................................................................................................................44<br/>3.8.2 Sampling ..............................................................................................................................45<br/>3.9 Data collection ............................................................................................................................46<br/>3.9.1 Secondary data .....................................................................................................................46<br/>3.9.2 Primary Data ........................................................................................................................46<br/>3.9.2.1 Interview .......................................................................................................................46<br/>3.9.2.2 Questionnaire ................................................................................................................47<br/>3.10 Summary...................................................................................................................................48<br/>Chapter 4 RESULTS AND DISSCUSSIONS......................................................................................49<br/>4.1 Demographic analysis.................................................................................................................49<br/>4.1.1 Respondents profile..............................................................................................................49<br/>4.1.2 Companies profile................................................................................................................51<br/>4.2 Technology management and Sustainability Performance across Respondents’ companies .....55<br/>4.2.1 Technology management across respondents’ companies...................................................55<br/>4.2.1.1 Process technology........................................................................................................55<br/>4.2.1.2 Maintenance technology ...............................................................................................58<br/>ix<br/>4.2.2 Sustainability performance across respondents’ companies................................................60<br/>4.2.2.1 Economic sustainability ................................................................................................60<br/>4.2.2.2 Environmental sustainability.........................................................................................63<br/>4.2.2.3 Social sustainability ......................................................................................................66<br/>4.3 Descriptive analysis....................................................................................................................69<br/>4.3.1 Data normality .....................................................................................................................70<br/>4.3.2 Checking for outliers (Grubbs’ Test)...................................................................................71<br/>4.3.3 Data reliability and validity..................................................................................................71<br/>4.3.3.1 Data reliability...............................................................................................................71<br/>4.3.3.2 Data validity..................................................................................................................72<br/>4.3.4 Sampling adequacy test........................................................................................................73<br/>4.3.5 Multicollinearity test............................................................................................................74<br/>4.4 Data Analysis..............................................................................................................................75<br/>4.4.1 Regression analysis..............................................................................................................75<br/>4.4.1.1 Impact of TM on SP......................................................................................................75<br/>4.4.1.2 Impact of PT and MT on EC.........................................................................................76<br/>4.4.1.3 Impact of PT and MT on EN ........................................................................................78<br/>4.4.1.4 Impact of PT and MT on SC.........................................................................................79<br/>4.4.2 Hypothesis tests ...................................................................................................................81<br/>4.4.3 Revised research framework................................................................................................82<br/>4.4.4 Priorities of current TM and SP factors ...............................................................................82<br/>4.4.4.1 Factors normalization....................................................................................................83<br/>4.4.4.2 Factors prioritization.....................................................................................................84<br/>4.4.5 Drivers and barriers of technology management and sustainability performance ...............91<br/>4.4.5.1 Drivers of technology management and sustainability performance ............................91<br/>4.4.5.2 Barriers of technology management and sustainability performance ...........................92<br/>4.5 Interview results..........................................................................................................................94<br/>4.6 Discussion...................................................................................................................................99<br/>4.6.1 RQ (1): The impact of TM on SP.......................................................................................101<br/>4.6.1.1 The revised research framework .................................................................................102<br/>4.6.2 RQ (2): Priorities of current TM and SP factors and practices used by petroleum refineries <br/>and petrochemical companies.....................................................................................................103<br/>4.6.2.1 Implementation of TM practices.................................................................................104<br/>4.6.2.2 Implementation of SP practices ..................................................................................105<br/>4.6.3 RQ (3): Drivers and barriers for technology management and sustainability performance <br/>for Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Companies............................................................106<br/>x<br/>4.6.3.1 Drivers of technology management and sustainability performance ..........................106<br/>4.6.3.2 Barriers of technology management and sustainability performance .........................107<br/>4.7 Implications...............................................................................................................................107<br/>4.7.1 Theoretical implications.....................................................................................................107<br/>4.7.2 Managerial implications.....................................................................................................109<br/>4.8 Summary...................................................................................................................................110<br/>Chapter 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.............................................................112<br/>5.1 Conclusions...............................................................................................................................112<br/>5.2 Research contributions..............................................................................................................114<br/>5.3 Research recommendations.......................................................................................................115<br/>5.4 Proposed guidance framework for implementing technology management factors.................116<br/>5.5 Research limitations..................................................................................................................122<br/>5.6 Future research needed .............................................................................................................122<br/>REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................123<br/>APPENDICES ....................................................................................................................................132<br/>Appendix A Interview.....................................................................................................................132<br/>Appendix A.1 Consent form for the interview............................................................................132<br/>Appendix A.2 Interview form.....................................................................................................134<br/>Appendix B Survey Questionnaire .................................................................................................136<br/>Appendix B.1 Questionnaire in English language ......................................................................136<br/>Appendix B.2 Questionnaire in Arabic language .......................................................................143<br/>Appendix B.3 Questionnaire link & QR code ............................................................................149<br/>Appendix C Descriptive statistics of factors of TM and SP aspects...............................................150<br/>Appendix D Checking for outliers (Grubbs’ Test) .........................................................................152<br/>Appendix E Author’s Published Paper ...........................................................................................157 |
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Abstract:<br/>In the age of globalization and technology, petroleum plants seek to maximize revenues while <br/>minimizing negative consequences on the environment and other variables. Regulators, <br/>investors, and society as a whole are putting more and more pressure on petrochemical and <br/>petroleum refineries to reduce their environmental impacts. Because of this, petroleum <br/>enterprises must ensure that every aspect of their operations balances economic, environmental, <br/>and social sustainability.<br/>The continuous technological development in terms of operation and maintenance creates new <br/>challenges and pressures for companies, which requires dealing with the use of technologies <br/>and alternatives that are economically feasible and have a low impact on the environment by <br/>using technology management. As a consequence of this, the connection between technology <br/>management (TM) and sustainability performance (SP) makes it possible to have flexibility in <br/>the development of long-term strategic goals as well as the capability to adjust to unanticipated <br/>events.<br/>The study investigated the impact of TM and its practices through process and maintenance <br/>technologies on the SP of petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants in terms of economic <br/>(EC), environmental (EN), and social sustainability (SC). Consequently, a new proposed <br/>conceptual framework and seven hypotheses have been presented in order to provide a clearer <br/>and more thorough comprehension of these aspects.<br/>Data were collected from sixty-five professionals who are petroleum experts in the Egyptian <br/>refineries and petrochemical plants through a survey (structured questionnaire). The data were <br/>checked for normality, reliability, and validity before analysis.<br/>Regression analysis and hypothesis testing were carried out for data analysis and the <br/>relationship between technology and sustainability aspects, followed by the priorities of TM <br/>vi<br/>and SP practices and the identification of drivers and barriers for petroleum companies. <br/>The findings of the study demonstrated that TM significantly and directly influences SP. The <br/>study also showed that the three components of SP (EC, EN, and SC) are positively impacted <br/>by process technology (PT). Despite helping to promote economic and environmental <br/>sustainability, maintenance technology (MT) has a negligible direct impact on social <br/>sustainability. Petroleum plants must therefore advance their process technology in order to <br/>produce economic gains and maintain social and environmental sustainability. The size, age, <br/>ownership, or nature of the operations of the company had no bearing on the study's results, <br/>which were independent. <br/>Prioritizing TM and SP factors can help petroleum companies evaluate their processes and <br/>maintenance practices and improve their performance, which will direct them to technological <br/>development and focus on the most crucial issues.<br/>With the drivers and barriers to implementing TM and SP identified, petroleum companies will <br/>be able to identify areas for improvement, develop strategies, and allocate resources to <br/>overcome the challenges they face, which will enable continuous improvement of the <br/>downstream petroleum sector as a whole.<br/>The study is considered a guide for industry decision-makers and executives and highlights the <br/>importance of TM and SP.<br/>Keywords: Technology management. Sustainability performance. Oil Refineries. <br/>Petrochemical companies. Framework |
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