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‘Freshhh’ on-line recruitment competition program of MOL Group

‘Freshhh’ on-line, recruitment and Employer Branding oriented competition was established in 2007 to address changing external and internal labour market trends.
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Enterprise-wide risk management at MOL Group

Setting the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) system as the integrated risk management practice of MOL Group is in the focus of our analysis: MOL has committed itself to use ERM in order to enhance risk awareness and mitigation programs on a companywide basis.
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Efficiency improvement (‘Eiffel’) programme at MOL Refining

Efficiency improvement is an operational requirement at MOL Group.
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The changing customer loyalty

The article describes the recent market developments which shaped the relationship between customers and retailers.
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The European petroleum industry in 2010

The article on the basis of EUROPIA materials summarizes the main developments and legislative processes (climate and energy, air quality and product) in the European oil industry in 2010.
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Group level catalysts and chemicals management

At the end of 2009 MOL Plc. R&M management decided to create an integrated catalysts and chemicals (CAC) management system for the MOL Group refineries.
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Ethics codes and ethics management in the oil and gas industry

Codes of ethics and in a broader meaning ethics management are essential instruments for integrating ethics principles and norms of ethics into everyday corporate practice.
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Geology and petroleum systems of Akri-Bijeel Block, Kurdistan region of Iraq

The studied area in Kurdistan region of Iraq lies across an apparent important topographic/structural boundary between southern lowlands and northern, folded and imbricated mountains.
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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico –
Reflections from the communications point of view

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be remembered as a landmark case which might possibly cause significant changes in the oil and gas industry as much as the 1989 Exxon Valdez case did.
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Will hydrogen play a substantial role in the future transport?

The global trends of decarbonization of transport, efficiency improvement of vehicle powertrains, increasing energy prices and the efforts towards a sustainable transport will determine the future of transport.
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System reliability , reliable systems

Reliability theory is an indispensable element in modern maintenance processes. The reliability of basic components and systems can be modelled by probability calculations and mathematical/ statistical tools.
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Ecotoxicological impacts of refining on surface waters

For the ecotoxicological characterization of crude oil processing wastewaters we aimed to assess the chemical contaminations and the toxicity of wastewaters produced in Duna Refinery (DR).
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Introduction to different instrumental analythical measurementsof polyolefins at Petrochemicals Division

A wide variety of modern tools are available for the analysis of plastics. Almost the same equipments and methods can be used, which are applied at the general organic and inorganic chemistry.
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Energy saving opportunities in petrol station operation

World is changing, and the quality and quantity of the known fuels is changing as well. However, the greatest change can be experienced in our surrounding, set in train and kept in development by our civilization. Therefore, the climate of the earth is changing in an accelerating way, and we can only estimate to the best of our present knowledge what the near future will hold for us. Today the necessity of changing our habits is absolutely clear, otherwise these proceedings become irreversible, endangering our being.
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The application of Live Loading technology at Duna Refinery, and its impact on VOC-emissions

The technological developments of the refineries were motivated primarily by the environmental legalisation in the last 10 years. Fugitive emissions from process equipments such as valves, connectors, pumps, etc. can account for 30% of a petroleum refinery’s total air emission. The European directives and recommendations, and the compliance with Best Available Techniques BATs inspire the refineries to implement a Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) program to find VOC leaks and repair them.
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Building leadership for the future: The role of new MOL Group leadership competency model and the 360-degree feedback in leadership development

To cope with strategic challenges, MOL Group managers need to become more effective at developing their managerial performance.
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Refinery shuttle

An innovative and efficient logistics solution for supporting the refinery operation optimized on MOL group level
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Hungarian economy, policy and the Hungarian American Oil Co. (MAORT)

The history of implementing commercial oil mining in Hungary is the story of long and thorny endeavours. The result for this small country of becoming an oil producer had been achieved by the steadfastness of purpose and the thorough grounding in the profession of its specialists.
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Business excellence: the LEGO game of money making

The ultimate goal of business organisations is to make money for the owners.
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Global base oil tendencies and the role of MOL's base stocks in the region

This paper would like to give answers on three basic questions, like how the global base oil trend was modified including driving forces in the last decade, what is the current status and what role will play MOL’s base oils in the region in the future and the coincidence of MOL’s base oil production technology development with the global one.
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How to win loyal customers

The marketing activities of the companies are focusing on direct channels instead of the formerly used mass mediums. It means that they prefer to use the BTL tools (DM letters, e-mails and targeted messages) rather than the ATL tools (TV, radio and press advertisements).
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Pims – A tool for optimizing downstream

The goal of this article is to introduce the MOL Group business optimization process and its supporter tool PIMS (Process Industry Modeling System) modeling and optimizing program package. PIMS is an effi cient aid in the group level planning and business optimization of the supply chain for MOL Group Downstream. This software is the most widely used one in the oil industry.
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