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 International
Gas Business Management Certificate Program |
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First
Offering: May 12-23 |
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Second
Offering: September 29-October 10 |
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This highly regarded natural gas business
management program will be offered twice in Boston during 2003.
Managers at all levels of the organization will benefit from
this carefully designed, integrated gas business program. Lectures
by carefully selected faculty are devoted to the important aspects
of today’s integrated international gas industry, from
exploration and field development to the key gas markets including
LPG, gas distribution, power generation, petrochemicals, gas-to-liquid
conversion and LNG projects. An integral part of the program
is the team participation in a highly regarded, integrated gas
business workshop. During the workshop, participants, working
in teams, develop and manage a vertically integrated gas business
over a 20- year horizon. This program consistently receives
very high praise by all of its participants. |
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| International
Oil, Gas and Power Project Development and Management |
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UNIT 1: Financial and Risk Analysis of Oil,
Gas and Power Projects |
June 2-6 |
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This week is devoted to three
major areas: (1) developing the skills required to prepare comprehensive
financial analysis templates using Excel and the presentation
of results using Power Point; (2) using those templates to model
a selection of international oil, gas and power projects power:
and (3) learning to analyze project risks and incorporating
those risks into the model projections. Focus will be placed
on three projects: an exploration and production project, a
pipeline project; and a gas-fired project. Teams of participants
will present their analysis of the projects at the end of the
week. |
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UNIT 2: Commercializing Oil, Gas and Power
Projects |
June 9-13 |
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During this week participants
will learn the procedures required to commercialize energy projects
from initial screening studies through financing, construction
and start- up. In essence they will continue the work of Unit
One by developing business plans, negotiating key project agreements,
planning the development schedules, analyzing all risks, securing
financing for the projects, and managing them through start-
up. The projects will then be managed over a simulated period
of 20 years. |
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UNIT 3: International Oil, Gas and Power
Agreements & Regulation |
June 16-20 |
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This week allows managers, lawyers
and regulators to learn the structure, major provisions and
negotiation pitfalls associated with the key agreements involved
in oil, gas and power projects. A second focus of the week is
to learn the important elements of oil and gas regulation: regulatory
authority, regulatory practice in various countries, and the
important roles that regulators play in successful commercial
oil and gas projects. Attendees will become familiar with the
important roles that lawyers, regulators and managers play in
the negotiation and implementation of energy projects. |
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| NEW
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| Essential
Skills for International Oil and Gas Managers and Leaders |
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UNIT 1: Effective Business Communication
for Oil and Gas Management |
June 9-13 |
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This program is devoted to all
aspects of management communication: written documents, including
email, power point presentations, communications with senior
management and various stakeholders; verbal communications,
including running meetings, making presentations to senior management
and stakeholders, and more formal speeches to outside organizations
and the press; and the new world of video and internet-based
media presentations. This important week is facilitated by Mary
Munter, who teaches Effective Business Communications at the
Amos Tuck School of Management at Dartmouth College and for
many major companies worldwide. |
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UNIT 2: Essential Negotiation, Management
and Leadership Skills |
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of Oil and Gas Managers |
June 16-20 |
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This important week allows participants
to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key skills required
by successful oil and gas managers and executives. The first
half of the week focuses on learning and practicing, with realistic
oil and gas case studies, the highly regarded negotiation process
developed at Harvard University that is outlined in the book
"Getting to Yes". The second half of the week is devoted
to cataloging the critical skills required of oil and gas managers
as they move from first management positions to senior executives.
Participants will find this week to be a valuable way to identify
their own needs and, more importantly, to develop a competency
model for their own organization. |
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| International
Petroleum Management Certificate Program |
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September 8-October 3 |
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This is the thirteenth offering
of this carefully designed oil and gas management program which
participants have consistently called the BEST management program
in the petroleum industry today! This four- week program, open
to all levels of management, can be taken consecutively in one
year or individually over a period of a few years. The first
two weeks are devoted to an intensive and comprehensive presentation
of the key business aspects of the international petroleum industry,
from upstream to downstream. The final two weeks cover the important
functional management topics and leadership skills needed to
remain competitive in today’s industry. Coverage includes
the technical, economic, environmental, legal, financial, marketing,
human resources and accounting issues facing today’s manager
in each of the functional areas of the petroleum industry. This
is followed by strategic planning, organizational change, and
project-related management know-how; and key leadership and
negotiating skills required by today’s international petroleum
industry manager. The instructional format includes a careful
balance of lectures by a strong and diverse faculty chosen for
their excellent communication skills, and a challenging petroleum
business workshop in which participants build an integrated
oil company. |
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Gas Business Workshops |
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Expetra: Atlantic Basin Gas Business
Game |
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• Bariloche, Argentina |
February 16-21 |
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• Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
March 9-14 |
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This intensive, one-week program
examines the integrated technical, economic, business and market
factors that shape the international gas industry and the management
skills needed to operate effectively within that industry. The
instructional format consists of lectures by experienced experts
and team participation in a practical gas business game. In
the business game, teams make key business decisions as they
explore for gas in the fictitious Republic of Expetra (Atlantic
Basin), develop a regional gas infrastructure, and allocate
reserves to downstream gas market, and then manage their integrated
gas company over a 15 year production period. This learning
process is always rated very high by participants for effectiveness
and enjoyment. This program will benefit management, administration,
project developers, and technical personnel who wish to broaden
their knowledge of the business environment and "best management
and project development practices" of the natural gas industry
today. This extremely popular Workshop is offered frequently
on an in-house basis for major companies. |
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Petroleum Business Workshop |
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Sandland: West African Petroleum
Business Game |
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• Caracas, Venezuela |
November 17-21 |
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This Workshop is designed for
managers and specialists involved in one or more functional
areas of the international petroleum industry who seek an integrated
understanding of the international petroleum business - from
early exploration to the sale of oil and gas products. A specially
designed business game, set in Sandland, a West African republic,
provides a challenging and enjoyable way for participants to
internalize the essential technical, financial, legal, business
and project commercialization knowledge that is presented in
the lectures. This program will benefit managers, administrators,
project developers and technical personnel who wish to broaden
their knowledge of the business environment and "best management
practices" of the international petroleum industry today.
"I strongly recommend this program to every oil and gas
manager. It will expand your vision of the industry and make
you a much better manager!" |
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