Business Dimensions  

Oil and Gas Dynamics



Designed For:
This course is specifically designed for business analysts, IT professionals, professional service groups, recruiters, customer or sale representatives who are either new to the industry or want to solidify their understanding of the oil and gas industry.

Overview:
This two day course provides the participants with a great overview and insight into the oil and gas business, the business environment, key business drivers, and the issues and challenges being faced.

Participants will solidify their understanding of the various functions and processes required to produce oil and gas and get the product to market, as well as the interrelationships between the core operational, governance and support functions. Participants build upon their understanding of the complexity and dynamics of the business and the implication and impact of those complexities to those providing support or services to the industry. Next session October 22-23, 2009.

Benefits:
The participants will strengthen their ability to understand and better serve their internal or external oil and gas clients, by understanding:
  • Key business drivers and conditions
  • Current industry challenges as well as future opportunities
  • The value chain from well head to burner tip
  • Relationship dynamics between the various functional, support and governance processes
  • Various business, relationship and partnering models in play

    • Prerequisites:
    None

    Course Content:
    Unit 1: Oil and Gas Business Environment
  • Global oil and gas industry
  • Canadian perspective
  • US perspective
  • Industry trends, concerns and characteristics
  • New resources
  • Social, political and environmental concerns

    • Unit 2: Oil and Gas Value Chain
  • Industry segments
  • Business models
  • Industry profile
  • Organizational structures and components

    • Unit 3: Oil and Gas Business Dynamics
  • Governance processes
  • Budgeting and planning
  • Financial accounting and reporting
  • Audit
  • Primary processes
  • Exploration and production
  • Processing
  • Transmission
  • Marketing
  • Refining and distribution
  • Support processes
  • Production accounting
  • Tax and treasury
  • Land, drilling and technical services
  • Human resources
  • Information management

    • Unit 4: Business Solution Initiatives
  • Typical industry problems and solution opportunities
  • Business shifts and transformations
  • Implications for IT and other service groups

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    Training Category:
    Classroom Training

    Price:
    $1295.00

    Registration:
    Registration for this event is currently closed.

    Refer to Schedule for complete list of courses scheduled.