Identifying and Prioritizing Risks Related to Time Delays in Oil and GasProjects

A delay is an event that increases the completion time of a part of a project, which is one of the main problems inthe executive projects of the country and causes an increase in project costs and damages. project delays posesignificant risks that are dangerous for the project’s continuation. these risks are of particular importance in oiland gas projects. thus, this study aims to identify and rank the risks related to delays in oil and gas projects. thepresent study is applied in terms of orientation and quantitative in terms of methodology. the study’s statisticalpopulation is managers and experts on risk and delay in oil and gas projects in the country. among these people,15 were selected as the sample by judgmental sampling. two questionnaires of expertise and prioritization wereused for data collection, both of which had validity and reliability. the present study was conducted in severalsections. in the first step, the risks associated with project delays were extracted by reviewing works on projectrisk and delay. in this section, 19 risks were identified. in the next step, these risks were screened using thebinominal test, and 11 with a significance coefficient higher than 5% were excluded from the calculations. theremaining eight risks were prioritized using the codas distance technique. according to the relative evaluationmatrix data and the scores of each risk, the risks of sanctions, inflation, lawsuits, and complaints had the highestpriority, respectively. finally, research proposals were developed based on significant risks.