Oil and Gas MBA for Executives

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

Oil and Gas MBA for Executives

Introduction

This 5-day MBA course is a practical learning program designed to develop the management skills of oil & gas professionals through a detailed and in depth understanding of the oil and gas industry, its place in the energy sector, its importance for the different countries. Through this course, participants will learn about the oil and gas demand and supply and will be in an ideal position to discuss the issues of energy reserves, the situation of prices and their evolution while leaving with a business perspective to create a greater value in the industry. No prior technical or business knowledge is required to attend this course

Objectives

    • Introductions
    • Energy Supply and Demand
    • Oil and gas reserves - The Peak Oil Debate:
    • Geography and Geopolitics of Energy
    • Oil, gas and energy prices – the players in the energy scene
    • Oil and gas exploration and production – the upstream oil business
    • Economic aspects of exploration and production
    • Crude oil and oil products markets
    • The Downstream Oil Business
    • The Gas Business
    • The Main Actors in the oil industry and changing dynamics: OPEC, NOC, IOC, Independents, Service companies, EPC companies.
    • Safety, Environment and Decommissioning

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for professionals based in the oil & gas industry who wish to broaden their understanding of the petroleum industry and to put themselves in a better position to become more efficient in their work including executives, managers, directors, advisors, specialists, engineers and researchers across departments in the petroleum industry.

Course Outline

  • Classification of energy
  • Energy measure
  • Oil and gas supply chain
  • Evolution of energy demand
  • Impact of the political and economical factors
  • Energy consumption and wealth
  • Impact of energy availability and prices
  • Energy reserves: Proven, probable, possible reserves
  • Unconventional oil & gas • Oil, gas and coal flows: production and consumption
  • Present situation of oil prices
  • Role of market structures: demand - supply
  • Basics of the exploration and production activities
  • Techniques, investments and costs in oil and gas E&P project investment evaluation
  • Production Sharing Contracts (PSC)
  • Joint Ventures with National Oil Companies
  • Physical oil market
  • Exchanges and futures, options and swaps trading
  • Transportation of crude oil and products
  • Refining processes and economics
  • Natural Gas chain, markets, contracts, players and strategies
  • Evolving roles of OPEC, IOC and NOC
  • Economics of environmental action
  • Global warming

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