| The Oil & Gas Industry - Synopsis Competency Description: Business managers are required to develop competency in oil field and production operations skills. Key behaviours • Recognise opportunities for process improvements • Appreciate the role of advanced refining processes • Appreciate innovative Surface & Sub-Surface Technologies • Understand the scope and structure of successful oil fields Topics to be covered • Petroleum formation and the Chemical nature of petroleum • Global petroleum reserves, supply and demand • The global energy mix • Natural gas and petroleum product, specifications • Oil and gas exploration and production • The shale oil and gas revolution & new processes MWD & LWD • Adding value: Petroleum refining & Natural gas processing The Oil and Gas Supply Chain Competency Description: As an oil executive, you are required to understand efficiency drivers in the energy business field. Key behaviours • Understand supply chain management, logistics; in relation to energy transportation • Appreciate the scope and structure of crude oil markets • Understand how energy contracts are managed and exchanged Topics to be covered • Field Development & Reservoir Management • Oil and Gas Supply Chain Management SCM • The Role of Major Network Design Decisions in a Supply Chain • Current issues in the oil and gas industry SCM • Modes of Transportation logistics and their Performance Trends • The monetization of natural gas (LNG, CNG, GTS, GTL, GTP, GTC) • Sales and marketing of petroleum products Project Finance and Economics Competency Description: As an energy executive, you are relied upon to understand and tackle oil and Gas energy issues. Key behaviours • Appreciate the Three Pillars of Energy sustainability and development • Comprehend how energy commodities are traded • Learn how financial performance is assessed Topics to be covered: • Economics of oil & gas projects • Energy Commodities and Markets • Energy Investment & profitability studies • Project selection criteria and key performance indicators • Oil and Gas energy project’s sensitivity analysis • Financial performance management in the oil industry • Derivatives, Energy Commodities and Markets Oil, Gas & Energy Industry Strategic Analysis Competency Description: As an energy professional, you are expected to appreciate how energy companies hedge against price fluctuations. Key behaviours • Choose the appropriate fiscal strategy required for oil and gas projects • Distinguish the merits between different pricing strategies • Prepare projects evaluations for appropriate project ranking and development Topics to be covered • Strategic interests and competitive advantage of IOC’s & NOC’s • Strategic value analysis for competitive advantage • Strategic challenges in the oil and gas industry • Fiscal regimes for the oil and gas industries • Project evaluation from a strategic perspective • Oil and gas energy risks and opportunities • Crude Oil pricing strategies Oil & Gas Industry Future Prospects Competency Description: As an energy planning professional, you are expected to evaluate and appraise risks and opportunities and formulate energy investment decisions Key behaviours • Appreciate risk assessment and management in energy transportation • Comprehend the effects of Peak Oil on the energy industry • Understand how geopolitics effects energy markets and oil and gas price s Topics to be covered • Oil & gas industry future prospects • OPEC & IEA • Evaluating the commercial viability of future energy project’s • Geopolitics and world Oil and Gas energy markets • The Peak oil debate and its consequences • Energy risk management, uncertainty and investment decisions • Some practical perspectives on risk and opportunity analysis |