Accounting and Finance Training Courses

Port Pricing & Tariff Charging For Oil & Gas Terminals

This 3 full-day training course provides the participants with a comprehensive and expert-level knowledge in pricing methods and applications in oil and gas terminals. The course will also cover ongoing developments in decarbonisation and digitisation trends.

Energy Insurance and Risk Management

This course is designed to provide individuals with a detailed understanding of the key concepts and practices involved in providing insurance coverage to businesses in the energy industry. The course covers topics, including the types of risks that energy companies face, the different types of insurance policies available, and the factors that influence the cost of insurance premiums.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Cost Control, Budgeting & Cost Estimation

This 3-day training will provide a comprehensive understanding on the nature of costs and cost drivers in the E&P industry.

Natural Gas Pricing, Trading and Hedging - Bridge the Gap Between Gas Market Knowledge and Trading Success

LNG Markets, Pricing, Trading & Risk Management

This 3 full-day intensive intermediate level course will give you cutting-edge knowledge needed in today’s complex LNG market. Increase your knowledge and understanding of the LNG market and spot trading aspects by attending this course.

Carbon Pricing, Tax & Trading Policies: Energy Transition & Global Carbon Policies

The low-carbon energy transition initiatives focus on decarbonizing the energy industry and their respective economies as a whole. To achieve this, the role and potential for carbon pricing and carbon markets will be crucial. During this 3 full-day training course, participants will learn about the key policy issues and the main trends in emissions markets such as future carbon pricing and fiscal policy expectations.

LNG Fundamentals – Technical, Commercial, Standards and Safety Considerations in the LNG Industry Value Chain

This introductory level 3 full-day course provides a solid foundation to understand Gas and LNG Businesses by covering the relevant Technical, Commercial, Financial and Contractual aspects. Real-life examples will help to illustrate the main concepts and possibilities.

Budgeting & Forecasting In The Artificial Intelligence Era - Empowering Energy Finance Professionals

This dynamic 2-day training course is tailored for finance and accounting professionals in the energy sector. The participants will gain advanced Excel and Power BI skills, as well as the knowledge and skill to apply the power of AI to their processes. The participants will understand how ChatGPT works, how to leverage AI for enhanced budgeting and forecasting, and how to address confidentiality concerns.  The course showcases AI’s role in Power BI for analysis and reporting, as well as how ...

Natural Gas Pricing, Trading and Hedging - Bridge the Gap Between Gas Market Knowledge and Trading Success

Oil & Gas Financial Modelling - Unlock the Techniques of Financial Modelling Through Advanced Excel for Effective Oil & Gas Investment Decisions

This dynamic 4-day training course provides a sound understanding of both the principles of financial modelling and the practical application of these to real-world situations using spreadsheets. The course then builds upon the financial modelling principles and practices learned to apply these to project evaluations. In this, participants improve their mastery of project evaluation principles and concepts and then see how to apply these in practical applications.

Cost Engineering, Financing and Risk Management for Upstream and Downstream Oil & Gas Projects 

This 3 full-day course and workshop is developed to make the delegates walk through the engineering formulas and equations to become a professional in managing estimates, projections, risks, uncertainties and secure financing for high value, high risk projects, from both On-shore and Offshore Oil & Gas industry segments.

Project Economics, Risk and Decision Analysis for Oil & Gas

This 5 full-day training course looks at the setup of economic analysis cases, including the estimation of recoverable reserves, production profiles, commodity prices, and project costs – CAPEX, OPEX, taxes, royalties, transportation, depreciation, before-tax (BTAX) cash-flow, after-tax (ATAX) cash-flow and international fiscal regimes (production sharing agreement and concessionary system).

Power BI® – Business Data Analytics

This 3 full-day training course will introduce participants to the Microsoft Power BI® software solution for extracting, manipulating, visualising and analysing data. This is a very practical, hands-on course that takes participants through a series of exercises which help users understand the Power BI® environment, how to use the key areas of functionality, and how to apply the tools it contains to design and produce analyses of their own data.

Coal Trading Markets & Risk Management

Upstream Petroleum Economics

This comprehensive 3-day course is designed to provide participants with a solid foundation in upstream petroleum economics and energy project valuation. The program combines essential economic principles with practical applications, tailored for professionals in the oil and gas industry who need to make informed decisions about investments, project development, and resource management.

IFRS Accounting for the Oil and Gas Sector

This 3-day training covers the impact of diverse accounting practices for upstream business, accounting issues in development and production stage, and the disclosures in relation to oil & gas companies reserves.

Petroleum Risk Analysis & Portfolio Management

The Petroleum Risk Analysis and Portfolio Management course offers tools and practical techniques to identify, analyse and manage uncertainties and risk in exploration and production projects. Learning is reinforced by working on case material to explore uncertainties and risks in the context of production forecasting, cash-flow management, incremental projects and asset portfolio manipulation. Monte Carlo modelling and Decision Tree analysis software are employed during the course to dev...

Exploration & Production (E&P) Accounting Level 3

This highly interactive 5-day training is aimed at those who wish to take their E&P accounting skills to a more advanced level than our introductory course, E&P Accounting - Level 1, and our intermediate course, E&P Accounting - Level 2.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Cost Control, Budgeting & Cost Estimation

This 3-day training will provide a comprehensive understanding on the nature of costs and cost drivers in the E&P industry.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Accounting Level 2

The aim of this exclusive 5-days training course is to raise an intermediate level to your knowledge and understanding of international E&P finance and accounting.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Accounting Level 1

This 3-day introductory-level course is particularly suitable for finance personnel who are new to the oil and gas industry, or want to gain a broader understanding of oil and gas financial policy, joint venture and cost-control topic areas.

Auditing in the Exploration & Production (E&P) Industry Level 2

This 5-day intensive training course is designed to improve the skills of those involved in the financial and contractual auditing of upstream Oil & Gas Exploration and Production activities.

Auditing in the Exploration & Production (E&P) Industry Level 1

This 3-day introductory-level course is suitable for anyone who wants to gain a broader understanding of Upstream Oil & Gas Auditing – including joint venture, financial and contractual audits by government and regulatory authorities.

Advanced LNG Markets, Trading and Hedging

ESG Reporting Frameworks & Industry Best Practices - Comprehensive Analysis & Latest Developments On ESG Reporting Standards

This 2-day training course provides an overview of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and analyses the disclosure requirements of different sustainability reporting frameworks including the key UN initiatives, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the requirements of ISSB’s (International Sustainability Standards Board) Standards. The ISSB builds on the work of various reporting initiatives, including the industry-based Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards, Inte...

Carbon Pricing, Tax & Trading Policies: Energy Transition & Global Carbon Policies

The low-carbon energy transition initiatives focus on decarbonizing the energy industry and their respective economies as a whole. To achieve this, the role and potential for carbon pricing and carbon markets will be crucial. During this 3 full-day training course, participants will learn about the key policy issues and the main trends in emissions markets such as future carbon pricing and fiscal policy expectations.

Applied E&P Economics - Commercial Decisions & Fiscal Systems

This training course aims to provide a solid and incisive foundation to appreciate the essentials of building typical Economic Evaluations to support both National and Company decisions with particular focus on the many potential deductions and charges levied on the pre-tax ‘Technical Case’. We will touch on many critical aspects of these post-tax / contract decisions, such as balancing scope for value-generation and efficiency – which measures are employed, how national agencies might b...

Project Economics, Risk and Decision Analysis for Oil & Gas

This 5 full-day training course looks at the setup of economic analysis cases, including the estimation of recoverable reserves, production profiles, commodity prices, and project costs – CAPEX, OPEX, taxes, royalties, transportation, depreciation, before-tax (BTAX) cash-flow, after-tax (ATAX) cash-flow and international fiscal regimes (production sharing agreement and concessionary system).

Exploration & Production (E&P) Accounting Level 3

This highly interactive 5-day training is aimed at those who wish to take their E&P accounting skills to a more advanced level than our introductory course, E&P Accounting - Level 1, and our intermediate course, E&P Accounting - Level 2.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Cost Control, Budgeting & Cost Estimation

This 3-day training will provide a comprehensive understanding on the nature of costs and cost drivers in the E&P industry.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Accounting Level 2

The aim of this exclusive 5-days training course is to raise an intermediate level to your knowledge and understanding of international E&P finance and accounting.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Accounting Level 1

This 3-day introductory-level course is particularly suitable for finance personnel who are new to the oil and gas industry, or want to gain a broader understanding of oil and gas financial policy, joint venture and cost-control topic areas.

Auditing in the Exploration & Production (E&P) Industry Level 2

This 5-day intensive training course is designed to improve the skills of those involved in the financial and contractual auditing of upstream Oil & Gas Exploration and Production activities.

Auditing in the Exploration & Production (E&P) Industry Level 1

This 3-day introductory-level course is suitable for anyone who wants to gain a broader understanding of Upstream Oil & Gas Auditing – including joint venture, financial and contractual audits by government and regulatory authorities.

LNG Markets, Pricing, Trading & Risk Management

This 3 full-day intensive intermediate level course will give you cutting-edge knowledge needed in today’s complex LNG market. Increase your knowledge and understanding of the LNG market and spot trading aspects by attending this course.

Port Pricing & Tariff Charging For Oil & Gas Terminals

This 3 full-day training course provides the participants with a comprehensive and expert-level knowledge in pricing methods and applications in oil and gas terminals. The course will also cover ongoing developments in decarbonisation and digitisation trends.

Carbon Pricing, Tax & Trading Policies: Energy Transition & Global Carbon Policies

The low-carbon energy transition initiatives focus on decarbonizing the energy industry and their respective economies as a whole. To achieve this, the role and potential for carbon pricing and carbon markets will be crucial. During this 3 full-day training course, participants will learn about the key policy issues and the main trends in emissions markets such as future carbon pricing and fiscal policy expectations.

Gas To Power Projects and Project Finance

Electricity Project Finance Modelling Analysis

This course will provide you with the ability to understand nuances of project finance theory through creating and understanding project finance models. Through working through the construction of models in a hands-on environment, you will be better able to quantify risks of different types of projects and you will be able to use models to assist in the negotiation of contracts.

Green Hydrogen Finance Simulation from Investment to Monetization – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

As the world transitions towards a more sustainable energy future, green hydrogen has emerged as a promising solution with numerous applications and environmental benefits. However, the successful deployment of green hydrogen projects relies heavily on robust financial strategies and a deep understanding of the associated investment opportunities and challenges.

Introduction to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for Non-Technical Professionals (2 Days)

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an upcoming new technology that has a vital place within global efforts to decarbonise. It has a unique set of challenges, opportunities and risks to be understood and accommodated within appropriate legal, regulatory, and social and public licence frameworks. The course has a strong international and global south emphasis with case studies on CCS projects and will touch on the role of CCS in developing country energy transition. The course satisfies a part...

Economic, Financial Analysis & Modelling of Geothermal Energy

This 3-day course will address a variety of contract and loan structuring issues associated with geothermal energy projects as well as comparison with solar, wind and battery storage.

Energy Insurance and Risk Management – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course is designed to provide individuals with a detailed understanding of the key concepts and practices involved in providing insurance coverage to businesses in the energy industry. The course covers topics, including the types of risks that energy companies face, the different types of insurance policies available, and the factors that influence the cost of insurance premiums.

World Fiscal Systems for Oil and Gas

This 2.5-day interactive computer-based training course provides participants with an intimate knowledge of petroleum upstream fiscal systems. At the same time, the rapid current developments in energy transition requires significant attention to this issue. Therefore, the participants will learn the impact of renewable resources and hydrogen on the petroleum industry and structuring of new petroleum-energy arrangements.

Upstream Decarbonization: Strategies & Measures towards Lowering Emissions

This 2-day training course will provide participants with an understanding of the strategies and measures for decarbonizing the Upstream Oil and Gas sector within the framework of measures implemented by individual governments through their respective commitments to reduce emissions to achieve their National Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement.

Introduction to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for Non-Technical Professionals

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an upcoming new technology that has a vital place within global efforts to decarbonise. It has a unique set of challenges, opportunities and risks to be understood and accommodated within appropriate legal, regulatory, and social and public licence frameworks. The course has a strong international and global south emphasis with case studies on CCS projects and will touch on the role of CCS in developing country energy transition. The course satisfies a part...

Decarbonization – Policy and Readiness

This course will assist energy industry professionals in the planning and operation of a power system with increasing penetration of renewable energy resources, storage and electrical vehicles to support decarbonization targets.

(A) Energy Transition and (B) Fiscal Systems for Oil and Gas

The 4.5-day interactive computer-based training course provides participants with an intimate knowledge of petroleum upstream fiscal systems. At the same time, the rapid current developments in energy transition requires significant attention to this issue. Therefore, the participants will learn the impact of renewable resources and hydrogen on the petroleum industry and structuring of new petroleum-energy arrangements.

Upstream Petroleum Economics, Risk and Fiscal Analysis

The 3-day hands-on petroleum economics training course provides a comprehensive overview of the practices of exploration and development petroleum economics and its application in valuing oil and gas assets to aid corporate decisions.

Electricity Trading

By participating in this course, participants will gain the required knowledge, insights and access to best practices to successfully operate in the changing electricity market environment of their country.

Technoeconomic Modelling of Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) Projects – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 2 half-day Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) course will guide participants on the technoeconomic aspects of capture, utilization and geological storage of carbon dioxide. It will address the methods and techniques used in the technoeconomic assessment of Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) projects and explore in detail the factors that affect the cost-effectiveness of current and emerging technologies for CO2 capture, transport and geological storage, including monitoring...

Accounting and Reporting for Climate Change – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This interactive 2 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) beginner’s course in climate accounting will equip managers to understand and apply a range of standards and tools that organisations can apply to shape their Climate Reporting. 

Environmental Social and Governance Reporting (ESG) – Regulation, Standards and Trends – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 3 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) interactive course will equip you to understand and apply a range of standards and tools that can shape your company's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting requirements.

Renewable Energy Economics & Finance - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course will help you to understand the specific economics around the various renewable energy technologies and how to structure financing for a successful business case.

IPPs & Power Project Finance - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Tailored to the specific challenges power projects face in an emerging market environment, this course will be heavily based on real case studies and lessons learned instead of theoretical concepts.

Battery Economics and Business Models - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course will help you to understand how to map business opportunities and structure the case around utility scale battery projects.

Best Practice in Portfolio Management in Upstream Oil and Gas – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 4 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course presents the principles and best practices of portfolio management in the upstream (E&P) oil and gas industry.

International Gas Market and Economic Evaluation of Gas/LNG Projects – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Covering the dynamics of the gas industry, this 8 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course enables participants to gain in-depth knowledge of gas market and economic evaluation of gas projects.

Project Economics, Risk and Decision Analysis for Oil & Gas – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course looks at the setup of economic analysis cases, including the estimation of recoverable reserves, production profiles, commodity prices, and project costs – CAPEX, OPEX, taxes, royalties, transportation, depreciation, before-tax (BTAX) cash-flow, after-tax (ATAX) cash-flow and international fiscal regimes (production sharing agreement and concessionary system).

Introduction to Energy Transition – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Man induced climate change is now an accepted phenomenon that has become one of the most pressing crises humanity faces today. As the most abundant greenhouse gas in our atmosphere, CO2 levels have risen from a pre industrial baseline of 280 ppm to ~410 ppm leading to a rise in average global temperatures at a rate unprecedented in geological past.

Economic & Financial Analysis of Renewable Energy, Storage and Hydrogen – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will discuss the analysis of different renewable technologies including LCOE, financing, resource analysis and pricing.

Electricity Project Finance Modelling Analysis - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course will provide you with the ability to understand nuances of project finance theory through creating and understanding project finance models.

Geothermal Project Finance Analysis and Modelling - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 4 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will address a variety of contract and loan structuring issues associated with geothermal energy projects as well as comparison with solar, wind and battery storage.

Hydrogen - Technology, Economics and Business Cases - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Asia Pacific is set to be the largest and fastest growing Hydrogen market globally. This growth is driven by decarbonisation of energy-use, ammonia production and rising demand of fuel cell electric vehicles. This course aims to clarify and assess the hydrogen business case along its value chain and versatile market applications.

Advanced LNG Hedging - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course will look at some of the trading strategies and hedging tactics that can be utilised in this growing market area.

Cost Engineering, Financing and Risk Management for Upstream and Downstream Oil & Gas Projects – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course with in-built workshops is developed to assist you in walking through the engineering formulas and equations to become a “professional” in managing estimates, projections, risks, uncertainties and secure financing for high value, high risk projects for both On-shore and Offshore Oil & Gas industry segments.

Petroleum Fiscal Regimes and Applied Finance For Oil & Gas Industry Professionals

This course is not designed to skill Oil & Gas engineers to be accountants, but to give participants the confidence and ability to communicate with accountants and finance managers and to improve their own financial decision making.

Advanced Trading – Oil Supply & Trading – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will provide the participants with an advanced understanding of international oil trading and price risk management.

Masterclass in Refinery Economics & Performance

Our Refining Economics course aims to promote a better understanding of the key refinery business performance levers, and the techniques and tools used to optimise and improve business performance. It is intended for Supply and Refinery Business Analysts and Refinery technical support engineers with at least 1-2 years of refinery experience and some understanding of refinery operations and blending. Participants will improve their understanding of the principles of refinery optimisation, and ...

International Petroleum Contracts

This course will help you develop an in-depth knowledge of the legal and contractual framework in which the upstream oil industry conducts its operations. It opens with an explanation of the geopolitical forces which shape the modern oil industry and then covers the major technical, legal/contractual and financial/economic/taxation/fiscal issues that form modern E&P agreements worldwide. You will learn the philosophy, evolution and fundamentals of international petroleum contracts. You w...

LNG Markets, Pricing, Trading & Risk Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day intensive intermediate level Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will give you cutting-edge knowledge needed in today’s complex LNG market.

Refining Economics - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

The course is unique in that it provides insight into many aspects of operating a modern refinery in the modern world, incorporating processing, optimisation, energy and oil loss reduction, and knowledge management, all in the framework of a truly global business.