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International Gas Business Management Certificate

Who should attend: 
  • Gas and energy related industry personnel seeking a broad understanding and knowledge of the international gas business industry.
  • The programme is also perfect for Consultants, Bankers, Accountants, Lawyers, Analysts, Economists, Risk Managers, Stock Market personnel, Legislators, Government and Development Agency officials, etc
5 days
Course aims: 

This highly popular intensive five-day programme provides a comprehensive overview of the technical, economics, commercial, marketing, financial and contractual aspects of the international gas business.

Discussions will cover a number topics, including the ‘gas chain,’ a detailed understanding of which is essential for anyone associated with the gas business. The result is an appreciation of the interdependence of each phase of the gas business and the implications of this for the commercial organisation, finance, operation and structure to commercialise gas reserves. There would also be discussions on gas utilization, gas projects’ structuring, plus key aspects of the upstream and downstream gas business, etc.

Course outline: 
  • Industry Overview, Definitions, Units, Conversion Factors, Jargon;
  • Oil Exploration, Drilling and Production
  • World Gas Supply and Demand
  • Gas Quality and Measurement - Richness, Impurities: sulphur, acidity, nitrogen, water; Treatment, Measurement, Specifications
  • Gas Supply Chain and Cost Structure - Production, Transport, Storage, Distribution, Sales and Marketing; Min gas trunk pipeline routes.
  • Gas Markets, Contracts and Pricing; Mature, regulated, open; developing;
  • Market Players; Commodity pricing: indexation, re-openers, spot-related,
  • Other contract terms.
  • LNG - LNG chain: liquefaction, shipping, storage, re-gasification
  • Gas to Liquids Technologies
  • Gas Commodity and Transportation Capacity Trading
  • Gas Industry Regulation - Ownership: state-owned, joint ventures, privatised, Price controls: allowed cost base, rate of return, incentivisation
  • Financing Gas Projects (including LNG, GTL) - Sources of Finance, Commercial Structuring, Key Issues affecting Finance
  • Gas for Power Generation - The ’dash for gas’ - key drivers, Economics: CCGT v. oil v. coal v. nuclear; Technology: efficiency gains, teething problems, cost and market trends; Gas supply: start-up, base-load, mid-merit, peaking
  • Gas Utilization - Outlook; Development Trend of Resource, Production and Demand, Highly Efficient Power Generation Technologies Based on Natural Gas Utilization;