An Evaluation of the Causes of Time Overruns in Oil and Gas Megaprojects: Sultanate of Oman Perspective

Abstract

Construction projects have been suffering from a slippage on an agreed and planned complete date which causes undesirable results. This paper reviews around Asian countries that shed light on the most important delay factors exist. Moreover, comparison of such oil and gas mega construction projects is investigated. Past researchers categorized the delay factors into different groups, some four and six group while others reached up to nine groups. Such studies were done on private and commercial buildings, infrastructure, and oil and gas projects. Most of the done studies picked up the delay causes for their questionnaires from a collection of literature reviews and local experts to fit geographical location and type of project. “Important index” has been used for most of those studies to analyze the data found. Material management has been found more vital in this industry. There is a real necessity to have more research studies in some countries like Oman to have success in delivering projects.

Keywords: Project; Construction Delay Factors; Causes of Delay; Time Overrun

Australian Academy of Business and Economics Review, vol 4, issue 4, October 2018, pp 214-222