December 2008, Quarter 0/12

IndustryMasters Oil & Gas

Simulation Run Time
The simulation will run for 12 Business Quarters (3 years), at a screen-refresh rate of 3 minutes per simulated Quarter. The simulation round therefore lasts 36 minutes - plus some start up time, as you familiarise yourself with the screens.

Topics Covered
Entrepreneurial Startup, Strategy, New Product Introduction, Product Lifecycle, Capacity Planning.

Your Starting Position
The initial share capital is 75.00M$ and your available investment budget is 173M$. You are competing against 4 virtual competitors: GulfOil Inc., Energy Corp Inc., GreenPower Inc. and EncoGas Inc.

Oil & Gas

Bio-Ethanol

Initial Investment: 89.83M$
Capacity: 11,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 24 months

Sales Price: 651$
Revenue: 7.16M$ / Month
Staff: 198

Crude Oil

Initial Investment: 128M$
Capacity: 154,060 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 24 months

Sales Price: 66$
Revenue: 10.21M$ / Month
Staff: 283

Gasoline

Initial Investment: 191M$
Capacity: 24,331 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 24 months

Sales Price: 625$
Revenue: 15.21M$ / Month
Staff: 421

Natural Gas

Initial Investment: 148M$
Capacity: 1,300,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 24 months

Sales Price: 9.10$
Revenue: 11.83M$ / Month
Staff: 328

Solar Panels

Initial Investment: 76.61M$
Capacity: 188 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 24 months

Sales Price: 32,500$
Revenue: 6.11M$ / Month
Staff: 169

Wind Turbines

Initial Investment: 81.01M$
Capacity: 142 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 24 months

Sales Price: 45,500$
Revenue: 6.46M$ / Month
Staff: 179