Managing Oil & Gas Production Business

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
17 May 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
20 Sept 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Managing Oil & Gas Production Business

Introduction

This Managing Oil & Gas Production Business training course will provide the key learning points to improve the efficiency of the oil and gas production business. The Oil and Gas industry has a very important role in the global economy and is the main source of income for many governments. The Oil and Gas industry is characterized as capital-intensive, highly risk, and requires state-of-the-art technology. With the current crisis in energy worldwide, challenges related to climate change, alternative energies, and energy substitutions, there is a bad need to improve the efficiency of the oil and gas projects by professionals who have a wide-ranging and extensive understanding of the Oil and Gas industry, including economics evaluation and decision-making skills.

This Managing Oil & Gas Production Business training course will highlight:

  • Upstream Oil and Gas Life Cycle
  • Cost Management in oil and Gas Projects
  • Petroleum Economics
  • Oil and Gas Production Contracts
  • Decision Making in the Oil and Gas Industry

Objectives

    At the end of this Managing Oil & Gas Production Business training course, you will learn to:

    • Understand the value chain of the oil and gas industry.
    • Understand how to operate efficiently your oil and gas fields
    • Understand the upstream petroleum economy.
    • Evaluate the different opportunities and make effective decisions related to Oil and Gas operations
    • Understand the different oil and gas production contracts and the effect of them on operations

Training Methodology

Delegates to this Managing Oil & Gas Production Business training course will receive a comprehensive understanding of the subjects covered by the training course outline with the instructor applying a variety of proven teaching and facilitation techniques. Training course methodology includes PowerPoint presentations, hands-on examples on Excel Software, case studies as well as active discussions

Who Should Attend?

It is designed for all personnel in the oil and gas industry, or associated industries needing to improve their knowledge and understanding of managing the oil and gas production business.

This Managing Oil & Gas Production Business training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Managers and Government Officials
  • Petroleum economists
  • Businessmen and financiers
  • Reservoir and Production Engineers
  • Energy industry journalists and reporters
  • Planning and Development Analysts/Executives
  • Commercial Analysts/Executive/Managers

Course Outline

Day 1: Oil and Gas Industry Value Chain

  • Characteristics of upstream oil and gas business

  • Phases of upstream oil and gas operations

  • Challenges in upstream operations

  • Oil & gas reserves, production, consumption & trade

  • The role of the integrated professional team in managing the business

Day 2: Petroleum Economics

  • Net cash flow: Definitions, gross revenue, capital costs, operating costs, abandonment costs, and government take

  • Economic life reserves, abandonment

  • Profit income tax and loss carry forward

  • Sunk costs

  • Inflation

  • Economic indicators, NPV, IRR, CPI, and payout time.

Day 3: Petroleum Contracts

  • Principal licensing and contractual arrangements

  • The modern concession contracts

  • The production sharing contracts

  • Participation agreements and joint operation agreements (JOA)

  • Service contracts, pure service contracts, risk service contracts

  • Financing in the international oil & gas industry

  • Comparative analysis of the different contract forms

Day 4: Decision-Making in the Oil and Gas Industry

  • Decision tree analysis

  • Value of information

  • Exploration drilling decisions

  • Production decisions

  • Making management decisions under conditions of certainty

Day 5: Risk Analysis

  • Uncertainty in oil and gas projects

  • Risk-free return

  • Risk of the proposed project

  • Treatment of risks in project appraisal

  • Sensitivity analysis

  • Portfolio analysis

  • Hedging – risk management

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