INTRODUCTION
Participants on this Strategic Management in Upstream Oil and Gas training course will gain a good understanding of how oil and gas companies manage the strategic goals of their business, which typically include the acquisition and operation of multiple oil and gas assets (fields and reservoirs).
This GLOMACS Strategic Management in Upstream Oil and Gas training course is designed to equip early- and mid-career professionals for future business leadership roles within international oil and gas exploration and production organisations, but is also of great benefit to other professionals who need to understand the strategic goals and business methods of oil and gas companies.
Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will:
- Have an understanding of the role of the strategic management function within an international oil and gas company
- Understand the background to, and scope of, the oil and gas industry
- Understand the role of the wide range of professional disciplines that contribute to oil and gas exploration and production
- Understand the work of multi-disciplinary field development planning teams, as they strive to decide upon the most valuable ways to develop oil and gas fields
- Recognise the importance of effective early planning decisions (concept selection and ‘front-end loading’) in delivering successful projects
Training Methodology
This training course is both practical and theoretical, and is delivered by means of:
- Interactive presentations and tutorials
- Team and individual workshop exercises
- Onscreen worked examples
- Videos and posters
- Debates and discussions
- Guided self-study and research
- Quizzes
- Case studies
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This Strategic Management in Upstream Oil and Gas training course is designed to equip early and mid-career professionals, from a variety of backgrounds (geoscience, engineering and commercial) for working with or within the strategic management function of international oil and gas companies, and for future business leadership roles.
This GLOMACS training course is particularly suitable for oil and gas professionals that want to:
- Gain an understanding of how their role fits into the ‘bigger picture’ of asset development, and the oil business in general
- Prepare for greater involvement and leadership roles in field development, strategic management and decision making
- Equip themselves for working within close-knit, value-focused, multi-disciplinary, fully-integrated asset development teams working on complex, large-scale projects
- Gain an understanding of the very broad scope of field development engineering, and the complexity and challenges of facilities engineering on mega projects