Essential Skills for Oil & Gas Managers and Supervisors
Oil, Gas & Petroleum · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900
Overview
This 5-day training course, Essential Skills for Oil & Gas Managers & Supervisors, is designed to provide essential knowledge and skills of the Oil and Gas sector from the managers and supervisors viewpoint for employees who are working in the field. It will provide the opportunity to study the Oil and Gas business from the perspective of the entire value chain, analyze Oil and Gas management strategies of major organizations and discover the unique business issues of today’s energy marketplace.
Learning Objectives
Have an overview of the Global Oil and Gas Industry, from discovery to production through to consumption
Understand the Geopolitics of Oil and Gas and the Major challenges facing the energy industry
Gain an overview of Refining processes and their impact on refining profitability
Evaluate the primary uses of Oil and Gas and their significance within the global energy industry
Understand the objectives, functions and commercial relationships between national oil companies and international organizations
Evaluate organizations with a positive safety culture that are characterized by communications founded on mutual trust, by shared perceptions of the importance of safety and by confidence in the efficacy of preventative measures
Gain and enhance good negotiating skills which are essential to the smooth running of the business
Understand alternative approaches to the process of negotiating successfully
Who Should Attend
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
Business Development Professionals
Strategic and Operational Planning Specialists
Corporate Planning Professionals
Negotiators and Contracting Professionals
Refinery Professionals
Working Managers
Supervisors
Engineers
Team Leaders
Safety Managers
Course Outline
Day 1 — The Nature and Formation of Fossil Fuels and Oil Reserves
Petroleum & Natural Gas Composition, Classification and Properties
Generation, Migration and Accumulation of Petroleum
Trapping Mechanisms and Seismic Surveys
Exploratory Drilling & Testing the Well
Day 2 — Production, Transportation and Distribution
Development of Oil and Gas Fields
Storage & Tank Farms
Pipelines and Tankers
Geopolitics and World Energy Markets
Day 3 — Introduction to Petroleum Industry Economics
World Petroleum Consumption, Supply, Prices and Prospects for the Future
The Refining Process & Complexity
Refining Margins and Profitability
Sales and Marketing of Petroleum Products
Day 4 — Financial and Energy Risk Management
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Time-value Considerations
Inflation and Time Value of Money
Apply the Present Value and Future Value Formulae (NPV)
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Day 5 — The Evolution of a Safety Culture
Culture and Safety
Leadership and Teamwork
Active Listening and Nonverbal Communication
Leadership, Communication and Barriers to Communication
Accreditation
Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.
What do Al-Khobraa oil, gas and petroleum courses cover?
The portfolio spans the full value chain: upstream exploration, drilling and well control; midstream processing, pipelines and gas treatment; and downstream refining and petrochemicals — plus process safety management (PSM), HAZOP studies, corrosion control and plant operations. Trainers are practitioners from the sector.
Who should attend an oil, gas and petroleum course?
These courses suit process, production and petroleum engineers, plant and field operators and supervisors, maintenance and inspection staff, HSE and process safety professionals, and technical or commercial staff joining the sector from another industry.
How long are oil, gas and petroleum courses, and where are they held?
Most Al-Khobraa oil, gas and petroleum courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.
What certificate will I receive?
Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.
Can oil, gas and petroleum training be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. Any Al-Khobraa oil, gas and petroleum course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.