IHRDC is a fully integrated training, publishing and consulting organization serving the worldwide petroleum, natural gas and electric power industries. IHRDC was founded in Boston in 1969, and has since developed, and offers to its worldwide clients, a broad range of advanced technical and management development programs, business workshops, custom video production, consulting services and extensive technology references, and other training products.

IHRDC offers its broad capabilities in many forms. It produces state-of-the-art video and multimedia programs, publishes training and technology reference products, conducts public and private programs in management, business, and technology and provides a broad range of multimedia production and consulting services for clients in energy centers throughout the world. More recently, it has embarked on the development of comprehensive simulation training multimedia systems for the energy industries.

IHRDC offers these extensive capabilities from its home office in Boston and branch offices in Amsterdam and Cairo. A staff of 35 full-time personnel, 150 worldwide associates, and 22 sales representatives provide support to IHRDC in its worldwide mission.