A Highly Interactive Training Course On

Essential Skills for Oil & Gas Professionals

Oil & Gas Management Competencies

16-20 Dec 2024
London
$5,950
24-28 Feb 2025
Dubai
$5,950
01-05 Jun 2025
Cairo
$5,950
08-12 Sep 2025
Dubai
$5,950
24-28 Nov 2025
Dubai
$5,950

Course Overview

The Oil & Gas industry is undergoing the most significant changes that we have seen for two decades as a result of an increase in oil production and a simultaneous decrease in demand. Sustained low oil prices are changing the geopolitical landscape of the oil and gas business. The shale oil and gas revolution has resulted in the need for new business models, with many mergers in the international oil companies both upstream and downstream of the oil and gas supply chain. With the international demand for petroleum products reaching record levels, so too is the complexity of issues facing the Oil & Gas industry.

This Essential Skills for Oil and Gas Professionals training course provides the essential skills to build a proactive knowledge base of the oil and gas industry, as well as the necessary competencies to meet the challenges it faces.

Training Objectives

By the end of this COPEX training course, participants will be able to:

  • Build knowledge as to the nature and challenges facing the oil and gas industry
  • Understand the key players and commercial drivers
  • Examine the industry structure with specific emphasis on the complete value chain
  • Understand framing agreements including joint ventures and product sharing contracts
  • Examine the importance of effective project planning and execution including risk management and Earned value management analysis

Training Methodology

This training course will be highly participatory and your seminar leader will present, guide and facilitate learning, using a range of methods including discussions, case studies and where appropriate, these will include real case examples. The training course will be concluded with a capstone exercise.

By combining analysis, problems and examples with real case studies - lessons learned from the seminar will be applied to your organisation. Key performance indicators (KPIs) for the critical success factors (CSFs) will focus attention on high priority action plans for taking back to your organisation.

Who should Attend?

This COPEX training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Oil and Gas professionals:
    • Senior and middle managers
    • Accountants and finance professionals responsible for financial accounting, treasury, internal audit,budget preparation and management reporting
    • HR, contracting and procurement and IT professionals
    • Line managers with strategic planning and operational budgeting responsibility
  • New entrants to the Oil & Gas industry
  • Professional advisers and Business Consultants

Training Outline

Day One: The Oil and Gas Industry Commercial Drivers - Overview
  • The nature of the Oil and Gas industry
  • Upstream, midstream and downstream operations
  • Exploration, evaluation production and reserve estimates
  • Structures and business models -Lifting and production costs
  • Strategic challenges and opportunities facing the industry’s key players
Day Two: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Arrangements
  • IOC’s & NOC’s Fiscal agreements &contracting strategies for the oil and gas industries
  • Reward structures and options
  • Importance of project planning
  • Front end loading - Hot spots and challenges
  • Capital project planning and execution
  • Implementing effective project control framework
Day Three: Oil and gas Project Economics, Cost & Estimation
  • Evaluating project opportunities
  • Cash-Flow Analysis and Time Value of Money
  • Key Profitability Indicators NPV, IRR, UTC, Payback
  • Calculating a discounted cash flow
  • What is a cost estimate and what factors influence an estimate?
  • Earned value management analysis for measuring project performance and reporting
Day Four: Risk Management Application
  • What is risk management and why it is important?
  • Risk management as applied to capital projects.
  • Specifying objectives and identifying project uncertainties
  • Technical and non-technical risks
  • Risk register review and analysis
  • Stakeholder identification and mapping
Day Five: Oil and Gas Capstone Case Study
  • Case study – The Shale Gas Revolution in the United States
  • Impact of shale gas on the world Oil and Gas stage
  • Geopolitics of Oil and Gaspricing
  • Summary and course wrap up

Certificates

  • Copex Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

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training course for you!

At Copex Training, we offer customizable courses designed to fit your specific needs. whether it's refining procurement practices or enhancing leadership and management skills, we tailor our programs to meet your unique goals and challenges. Let us create a training solution that delivers real results for your team.
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When will I receive the confirmation for my registration/s?

Upon successful registration, processing window will take not more than 24 hours from the time of registration. An email including the registration confirmation, invoice and joining instructions will be sent to the provided email address.

What is included in the training fee?

Published training course fees are inclusive of the training venue, training manual, writing materials, lunch and coffee breaks with refreshments over the entire duration of the training course.

What are the available payment methods?

The training course fee can be settled by either:

  • Bank transfer
  • Credit Card

How many hours per day, and what are the timings of your training courses?

Our training courses will run for 5 hours per day. The standard daily timing is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm including the coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

Where do you usually hold your training courses?

Our training courses courses are being held at five-star hotels in prime and iconic destinations across the globe. Cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Houston, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, etc.

Do you provide hotel booking assistance to your delegates?

Once officially registered, we can assist by providing the corporate rates provided by the hotel where the training course will be conducted. Early confirmation will enable us to secure the room at reduced rates

In case of failure to attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the circumstances presented. Generally, cancellations must be initiated in formal writing at least 14 days prior to the commencement date of the training course. Further, the option to shift an existing registration to another training course on a later date is possible. Otherwise, a full refund will be initiated.

What will I receive after the training course?

Delegates who will attend and successfully complete the training course will earn a COPEX Certificate of Completion. This certification is designed to validate the successful knowledge transfer, and that the desired learning objectives and outcomes to further advance your professional competency are achieved.