The Natural Gas Industry Silver Courses

This two-day workshop explores geopolitical context within which oil and gas companies operate and how it affects daily business practices. This will be done,with a view toward understanding particular geographical locales and associated political risks. Regions to be covered include: United States, Africa, Latin America, and Middle East and Asia. Special emphasis will be placed on the rise of resource nationalism, as evidenced by the more than 100 national oil companies that currently exist. Moreover, political risk tools and strategies will be presented so that delegates learn concrete skills that they can use in their work.

This one-day course is designed to introduce delegates to the functionality of the natural gas industry and those involved in its operation. Discussion includes physical natural gas beginning with exploration and concluding with the delivery to the burner-tip. This course uses an historical perspective to explain how the regulation shaped the current market place and will also introduce financial products used for hedging physical positions. Delegates will become familiar with industry nomenclature and operation of the physical natural gas market place.

Delegates interact through a trading simulation designed to show how trading has evolved and how different physical and price risks are managed with financial tools. Delegates will create and manage a natural gas position using fixed and floating price instruments.

Want to take the mystery out of LNG? If so, this course will discuss all facets of LNG from the exploration of natural gas to the ultimate end-user pricing. Designed as a course to introduce participants to both the technical and commercial aspects of the LNG marketplace, attendees will garner a better appreciation for LNG both as a fuel and a competitor to traditional natural gas. From this, participants will better understand the current and future impact of LNG as a tradable cargo and not just another mechanism for delivery of natural gas.

This introductory course gives an overview of the natural gas industry globally. Those who attend will learn how companies search for natural gas and oil, how gas is produced and processed, physical characteristics of natural gas and why gas is preferred for environmental reasons. In addition, attendees will learn the basics of gas transportation and storage, including an introduction to the LNG industry. The course addresses both the European gas market and discusses global trends and issues. Major gas producing and consuming regions are discussed, including emerging markets. Uses of natural gas are explained and global differences in gas consumption patterns analyzed. Participants are also given an introduction into characteristics and participation in liberalised gas markets.

This workshop introduces participants to the Latin American natural gas market and the countries with the most significant opportunities and operations. This course will also review the geopolitics, pipeline structures, supply LNG initiatives, and storage. In addition, the course will review the regulatory environment specific to the most significant suppliers in Latin America. The course will offer a special focus on natural gas operations, pipeline structures, reserves, supply, challenges, and opportunities in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile. The course addresses both independent (IOC) and national (NOC) Latin American natural gas producers.

This course will provide an understanding of the role of pipelines in the natural gas industry and a broad insight to the dynamics that impact the economic decisions facing industry participants. A Canadian edition of this course runs in Calgary.

After learning all there is to know about exchange-traded futures and options, traders are always faced with a complex dilemma - Basis. The "B" word can make or break a successful hedging or trading program. This one-day programme includes timely "real world" examples to reinforce the application of basis trading concepts and tools. After completing this course, delegates will have a strong working knowledge of basis trading. This knowledge will be put to the test during an exciting trading simulation.

This two-day workshop provides an in-depth exploration of the UK and continental European natural gas markets, from supply and demand through regulatory issues to spot and derivatives trading markets and risk management. The course is packed with up-to-the-minute information on the rapidly changing European picture – from infrastructure developments including planned pipeline and LNG import terminals to the trading hubs and market centres that are developing across the continent. Discussion is focused on market responses to the EU’s market liberalisation programme and on the nature of the wholesale gas trading that now occurs in the UK and Europe. Case studies provide practical application of concepts being taught. Competitive team trading simulations give delegates direct experience of some of the issues facing European gas traders, requiring both long-term strategic choices about sources of gas supply and short-term tactical trading decisions.

This two-day workshop provides an introduction to the supply value chains and trading of oil, gas, coal and power. The course also covers the basics of the emissions trading market. Topics explored include quality issues, market fundamentals, trading patterns and locations, pricing mechanisms and transportation.

The course is designed to give an overview of worldwide energy markets, but its focus is the Asia-Pacific market.

The course is highly interactive and delegates will get the chance to participate in exercises, case studies and physical trading simulations.