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Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Industry of U.S.A. (SIC code: 3533; equivalent NAICS code: 333132)

Industry Description1:

"Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery and equipment for use in oil and gas fields or for drilling water wells, including portable drilling rigs. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing offshore oil and gas well drilling and production platforms are classified in Industry 3731. Examples of products in this industry include:

• Bib, rock: oil and gas field tools
• Derricks, oil and gas field
• Drill rigs, all types
• Drilling tools for gas, oil, or water wells
• Gas well machinery and equipment
• Oil and gas field machinery and equipment
• Water well drilling machinery
• Well logging equipment
• Well surveying machinery" Project Tasks Please analyze the external environment of the U.S. Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Industry based on the following six segments: Demographic, Economic, Political/Legal, Socio-Cultural, Technological, and Global. You will need to search in UHV library and other reliable sources from the Internet for data, reports, and other resources as references of your project report. We have already discussed those six segments of U.S. Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Industry in the learning module 9's discussion board. You are encouraged to get hints from the discussion board, but please don't simply copy and paste. The outcome of your analysis is an essay with 6-8 pages (double-spaced, 12 pt "Times New Roman" font, 1-inch margins, excluding cover page, exhibits, and references) in "Word" or "PDF" format. 1 https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sic_manual.display?id=758&tab=description 1

The case analysis will be extremely helpful to your capstone case analysis in MGMT4309 (strategic management) class.

Guideline and Requirements

1. Readthiswholedocumenttwice.
2. Readthesampleessayinthecaseprojectfoldertogetaroughideaaboutwhatto include and how to analyze. But keep in mind that you need to follow the length requirement specified in this document.
3. Read the related book chapters AND the three documents provided in the case project folder.
4. Structure:Youressayshouldincludethefollowingcomponents:
   1. Cover page;
   2. Executive summary (less than one page);
   3. Main body of analysis including the six segments. Read the structure guide in the project instructions. You need to follow that structure in your writing, but you can add more sections and details if you think necessary.
   4. Summary and integration (about one page)
   5. A reference list (with at least five entries).
5. You need to do research on data and reports on the industry through UHV online library and the Internet. See the following section for details.
6. Format: You need to follow APA writing style. Here is a guide for APA format: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
7. Submissiondeadline:December8th,mid-night.(Nodraftmissionbeforethe deadline required) through TurnItIn submission. Please submit your final paper a few days before the deadline so that you can have time to revise if the similarity rate is high. You can have multiple submissions but only your last attempt will be graded.