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  • Season of Change
  • Partnership with Nord Pool
  • Oil Trading Orientation
  • Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology
  • Limited Space Available
  • SP1 By Popular Demand
  • LPG Trading and Pricing
  • Rio Oil & Gas Expo 2008
  • Feedback Forum - NEW!
  • Daily Industry Briefs
  • Last Call
  • Your Vote Counts - NEW!
  • Readers' Choice - NEW!
  • Spotlight Series: Mr. Nigel Harris
  • Are You An Energy Expert?
  • Editor's Corner
September, as the regenerative month, has us making upgrades to this newsletter as we head into another peak season for training within the energy, commodity and derivatives sectors. I will leave it to Kristi Ruskuski, our new newsletter editor, to highlight the changes
in her Editor's Corner. What you see as new and different is just the beginning of positive things to come your way as we enter the final third of 2008 and soon into 2009. I do, however, want to call your attention to all the courses debuting with this season. It is quite a list. Do take time to check them out. If you would like to have any of these take place in-house, we'd be happy to oblige.

Gas and Power Trading: The European Perspective

27 - 31 October 2008 Oxford, UK

Global Drivers of Price and Quality in Residual/Bunker Fuel Markets: Investigating the Value Chain and Structural Changes

1 - 3 December 2008 Singapore

LNG Shipping - A Voyage of Discovery

10 - 12 November 2008 Oxford, UK

Global Drivers of Price and Quality in Residual/Bunker Fuel Markets: Investigating the Value Chain and Structural Changes

3 - 7 November 2008 Oxford, UK

Downstream Oil Products Marketing

17 - 21 November 2008 Oxford, UK

A Biofuels Overview

12-13 November 2008 Oxford, UK

Have a great month and happy training!

Best regards,

Jobert E. Abueva
Global Marketing Director
jabueva@oxfordprinceton.com
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A partnership between The Oxford Princeton Programme and Nord Pool ASA enables us to offer a new course on the Nordic Power Market.

The Nordic Power Market

London, UK
16 October 2008

Participants will gain detailed insight and understanding into how physical and financial trading is conducted in this high-profile power exchange. The course offers a comprehensive overview of all relevant sectors and their interdependency.

The course is designed for all trading participants, new and established, who are engaged in trading physical or financial derivative contracts through the power exchange. Also encouraged to attend are support and operations functions involved in the power market, bankers, lawyers, government staff and consultants.

Join us and see how you can make the most of Europe's largest power exchange.
Answer our survey question before September 22, 2008 and we'll send one lucky winner a web-based training vocher from The Oxford Princeton Programme. Choose from any of our 25 self-paced courses accessible 24/7.

Aside from carbon, where is the next big futures market?

A. Steel
B. LNG
C. Freight
D. Coal
E. Plastics
F. Other

Send your response with your contact details to info@oxfordprinceton.com, subject: MY VOTE and we'll publish the results in our October newsletter.
Our new bestselling course, Oil Trading Orientation arrives in several energy capitals over the next few months.

This three-day workshop is ideal for non-traders wishing to know more about the world of oil trading, or for delegates who are at the very beginning of an oil trading career. Delegates will learn the terminology and key building blocks of knowledge for crude oil and petroleum product trading. They will also get a flavor of what a trader's job involves, through competitive team trading simulations focusing on different aspects of trading and risk management. Topics explored include crude oil quality, product refining, blending and specifications, market fundamentals, technical analysis, key trading strategies, pricing mechanisms, derivatives trading, risk management and the mechanics of trading and operations.

To Register, click here.

Calgary, AB
24 - 26 September 2008


Geneva, Switzerland
7 - 9 October 2008


Aberdeen, UK
14 - 16 October 2008
New York, NY
20 - 22 October 2008


Houston, TX
28 -30 October 2008


Cape Town, RSA
18 - 20 November 2008
This brand new section is focused on making sure our newsletter suits our reader's needs. We would like you to suggest topics you would like to see covered in future newsletters.

Please send any suggestions to kruskuski@oxfordprinceton.com.
Our Spotlight Series is an opportunity to hear firsthand from our global energy education experts. This month we reprise our interview with Course Director Roger Hutchenson in time for his highly-anticipated Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology (GDT1) course come September and a brand new course to the schedule A Biofuels Overview (BF0) come November.
Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology also arrives in Oxford, UK next month.

This course provides an introduction to gasoline and diesel fuel technology. Its teachings include refining, blending, specifications, performance, environmental aspects and the use of additives. Current and future challenges faced by the motor manufacturers, oil and additive industries will also be addressed.

Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology

Oxford, UK
30 September - 2 October 2008

To Register, click here.
Limited space is still available for the following courses:

Derivatives Pricing, Hedging and Risk Management

1 - 2 October 2008
Houston, TX

Overview of the North American Natural Gas Industry

21 October 2008
Calgary, AB

Overview of the North American Electric Power Industry

22 October 2008
Calgary, AB

Front to Back Office: Trading Controls and Best Practices

29 October 2008
Houston, TX

Value-at-Risk: The Basics and Beyond

30 October 2008
Houston, TX
What can delegates look forward to in your courses?

In our standard courses (Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology), delegates will gain a thorough understanding of the way the fuels are refined and blended, the importance of specifications and how they have evolved, the challenge of biofuels and other alternatives, vehicle and emissions control developments and how these interface with fuels. We also include sessions on additives and delegates will participate in a blending study exercise. The subject matter is technical but we strive to present the material in a way that delegates with little or no scientific background can understand (and enjoy!) Gasoline and diesel fuel are probably the two most important products for many people in the oil industry - what we hope delegates will recognize is that these "commodity" products can be marketed successfully and profitably.

How do you like to present your subject matter?

All of the lecturing team prefer an informal approach, with delegates asking questions at any time during a presentation. We try to inject a bit of humour and we much prefer interaction with the delegates - as far as I'm concerned, there is nothing worse than ending a presentation without a single question being asked.

What are your career/professional highlights?

Having my further education sponsored by Shell. Improving gasoline profitability for Shell in the UK by the practical application of Shell gasoline research, backed up by a major market research effort. Guiding Shell's international diesel fuel development programme at a time when the industry had neglected the product for a very long time. Being involved in cooperative development programmes with many of the major motor manufacturers and being seconded to CONCAWE, the oil industry's European downstream organization for environment, health and safety. However, the real highlights are all the friends I have been fortunate to know in the oil and motor industries, plus being able to retire at 53!

How do you like to spend your free time?

What free time?

Roger's forthcoming courses are:

Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology

Oxford, UK
30 September - 2 October 2008

A Biofuels Overview

Oxford, UK
12 - 13 November 2008

Any questions for Mr. Hutcheson, click here.
We are offering a fourth session in 2008 of this bestselling course now in its 25th year! Seats are limited. Sign up today. 'SP1' is its course code, which delegates fondly remember it as.

International Oil Supply, Transportation, Refining and Trading

Oxford, UK
1 - 5 December 2008

This course provides an overview of the oil supply chain from upstream economics, transporting crude oil from source to the refinery through processing, trading and the retailing of oil products. It is designed for new entrants to the oil industry. This course is ideal for use as part of an induction programme or for bringing those transferring disciplines up to speed with the area. Those without prior knowledge of the oil industry may wish to familiarise themselves through our "Introduction to the Oil Industry" course. Through the medium of continuous case study, delegates will address day-to-day problems in order to understand the relevant commercial driving forces in this area.
LPG Trading and Pricing - Shipping, Contracts and Price Risk Management


Houston, TX
27 - 29 October 2008

The course is designed to provide a firm understanding of the international LPG business - influencing factors, how it is conducted and how risks are managed. It is presented in association with Richardson Lawrie Associates - an international consulting company specialising in the oil, gas and petrochemical sectors. The course will focus on commercial aspects of the LPG business with participants engaging in real time trading cases – both physical and paper – plus workshops on shipping contracts, negotiations, calculations and tactics. The effect of new supply sources and pricing structures on international trade and downstream uses is examined together with case studies demonstrating development and disposal options in the context of LPG as a by-product and pricing into the petrochemicals sector.
With regional offices located in Princeton NJ, Oxford UK and Singapore, The Oxford Princeton Programme is the world's leader in energy, commodity, and derivatives training. We are rapidly expanding and looking for qualified professionals with industry experience and an interest in instruction to join our global faculty roster. We welcome consultants with expertise in one or more of the following:
-Supply and Trading
-Refining
-Shipping
-Petrochemicals
 -Lubricants
-Fuels Quality
-Renewables
-Natural Gas
If you have a suggestion for other courses, we would like to hear from you as well.

Please send a cover letter and CV/resume to Mr. Jobert Abueva: jabueva@oxfordprinceton.com Subject: FACULTY.
The Oxford Princeton Programme will be sharing, among other things, details of its forthcoming course on Understanding A Liberalised Gas Business - Markets, Open Access and Regulatory Impacts as an exhibitor at the Rio Oil & Gas Expo to take place 15-18 September 2008 at the Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mr. Jobert Abueva, Global Marketing Director, will be available to discuss the details of this, and other courses throughout the world.

To set up an appointment ahead of time, please click here.

Come visit us at Stand Number 30 at RIOCENTRO and to try your luck and win a prize at our Energy Wheel of Fortune!
Welcome to my first edition as editor of The Oxford Princeton Pipeline!In his monthly message, Jobert
spoke of a season of change. We have made exciting new upgrades to this newsletter as we head into another peak season. We would love to hear from our readers, which is why we have added the Feedback Forum and Reader's Choice sections.

I look forward to hearing from everyone and keeping you up-to-date through 2008 and into 2009!

Kristi Ruskuski
Editor
kruskuski@oxfordprinceton.com
Welcome to our brand new Feedback Forum! This section will be completely dedicated to answering our reader's questions and letters.

We want to hear from you! Please send us any questions, articles, tips, testimonials that you would like to share with our readers.

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