Acknowledging country risks and opportunities relative to key exports is essential in comprehending the effect of globalization on our world economy. Compare and contrast the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the Qatar and Saudi Arabian oil and gas industries through a review of the ten-year reports in the Oil & Gas Reports for each country; links are provided in the Required Readings area of this module. Identify the most important strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat for each country's long-term petroleum products industry outlook in your view.
- Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in supporting your answer unless the discussion calls for more. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references.
- You need to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this discussion question. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post answer. Normal course dialogue doesn't fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.