Petroleum Knowledge Management: Past Experiences for Future Initiations, A KM Case study iran oil industry 1946-1979

petroleum industry is one of the important and influential industries is the world from economic, technological and political aspects and so its knowledge management . Therefore the study and researching of knowledge management history in the petroleum sector could prepare a good experiment and base for future initiations. this essay seeks to display the situation of knowledge creation and management in the petroleum sector of iran NIOC especiallyin its establishment and developing periods.therefore type and numbers of the documents and scientific data which produced in this sector is gathered and extracted from printed resources and then investigated by content analysis. then the direction intensity and trend of knowledge production and structure and organization of knowledge management have been examined and presented.