Overview of Project Management
Applied Project Management; Project Definition: Developing a Project Execution Plan; Setting up a Project Organization; Resource Scheduling, Cost Estimating; Controlling Project Execution; Project Controls: Planning and Scheduling; Cost Engineering; Detailed Engineering; Procurement; Subcontract Administration and Control: Construction Management, Construction Progress, Productivity, and Supervision; Project Accounting and Auditing.

Application of Project Planning and Management to Energy Projects
Steps in the Development of a Petroleum Project: Screening Studies, Feasibility Studies; Detailed Engineering, Environmental Studies; Financing Construction and Operation. Project Management Examples of Energy Projects: the Integrated Field Development Decision and the Integrated Planning and Development of an International Combined-Cycle Power Plant.

Financing of Energy Projects
Financing Petroleum Projects; Sources of Debt and Equity; Preparing the Financing Proposal; Negotiating Financing; Reaching the Decision to Proceed; Project Financing: Structuring, Role of Multilateral and Bilateral Agencies; Project Financing Case Studies: Project Financing of International Oil, Gas and Power Projects; Case Studies.

Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Challenges in Petroleum Operations
Worldwide Developments in HSE Performance, Management and Regulations; Key Technical, Managerial and Societal Issues and Responses; Sustainable Development, Eco-efficiency, Social Impact; Factors that Affect Cost; Integration of HSE in the Business; Risk Acceptance/Tolerance, Due Diligence, Accountability, Liability; Integrated Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems, International Standards, ISO 14001 Certification, EMAS Verification, Audit, Reporting and Assurance to Stakeholders.

Petroleum Law
Legal Issues in Petroleum Management; Transnational and International Oil and Gas Law; The Role of Law in Commercial Relations: Role of the Legal System; Role of the Attorney; Commercial Relationships; Governmental Relationships; Oil and Gas Contracts and Agreements; Crude Oil Sales and Transportation; Risk Management and Dispute Resolution, Arbitration; Litigation; Case Analysis and Discussion; Taxation.

Strategic Management, Planning and Implementation
Strategic Management and Business Policy; Scanning the Environment; Strategy Formulation; Strategy Implementation and Control; Fundamental Changes and Resulting Transformations in the Energy Industry: The Underlying Drivers; Practical Approaches for Change; The New Performance Measures; Implementing the Balanced Scorecard.

Leadership Skills Needed for High Performance Organizations
Effective Leadership and Management: Motivation; Managerial Styles; Organizational Climate; Goal Setting and Action Planning; Leading Change Methodology; Simulation, Presentation, Discussion, Case Studies, Small Group Work, and Assessment.

Case Study: Transforming the US Marketing and Refining Division of a Major Oil Company
How a Major Oil Company, Between 1992–96, Went From Last to First in Net Margin Per Gallon in the Marketing and Refining of Gasoline in the US. How Strategic Planning, Leadership Skills and the Use of the "Balanced Scorecard" Were Fundamental To This Success.

Negotiating Skills Workshop: Getting to Yes
The Essentials of Positive Negotiation: The Process of Positive Negotiation Developed at the Harvard Negotiation Workshop: Key Objectives; Interests; Options; Standards; People; Alternatives (BATNA); Closure; Case Studies.

Manpower Planning, Virtual Learning and the Continuous Learning Organization
The Role of Manpower Planning and Development in the Performance of the Organization; Strategic Analysis; Defining Job Specific Development Plans; Advantages of a Learning Organization in Achieving Competitive Success; Creating a Learning Organization; The Five Disciplines of Organizational Learning; Delivery Systems That Support Organizational Learning; Case Examples of Learning Organizations.

Crisis Management: Responding to the Media
Introduction/Types of Crises; Why Crisis Communication is Critical Today; What is Effective Crisis Communication; How the Media Looks at a Crisis; Preparation and Anticipation; Methodology; LID (Limited Information Dissemination) Strategy; Planning; Benefits of Good Crisis Communication; Follow-up to a Crisis.

Applications of the Internet in the Petroleum Industry
Developments in IT Technology; Storage; Transmissions; PC’s. Learning and Knowledge Sytems e-commerce and portal applications.