1) Finance for Non-Finance Professionals in Oil & Gas 2) Petroleum Fiscal Regimes & Applied Finance for Non-Finance Oil & Gas Professionals

Workshop A: Finance for Non-Finance for Oil & Gas Professionals

Attend this industry specific course and benefit from the following:

• Demystify financial jargon and fully interpret financial statements
• Understand Balance Sheets and Profit & Loss statements of Oil & Gas companies
• Discover the crucial distinction between cash flow and profit
• Understand how to make correct investment decisions using Net present Value and Internal Rate of Return
• Interpret oil and gas company financial reports using ratio analysis
• Learn the difference between cash costs and full costing of energy products
• Learn how to manage working capital for increased shareholder value

Workshop B: Petroleum Fiscal Regimes and Applied Finance for Oil & Gas Industry Professionals

Attend this advanced Training course to enhance your financial acumen from the following:

• Build and compare cash flow based models of both production sharing contract projects and royalty regime projects
• Gain an awareness of the different valuation methods for producing properties and undeveloped acreage
• Learn the industry specific accounting issues that apply when interpreting oil and gas company financial statements
• Understand how the physical characteristics of energy assets (e.g. reserves, reservoir quality) are translated into project valuations
• Learn how the investment analysts value oil and gas stocks and make buy/sell recommendations

This course is specifically designed for those with a non-finance background training from the Oil & Gas sector and requires only basic mathematical ability as a pre-requisite. It is presented in a manner that reduces the jargon to basic principles and applies them to numerous real-life examples.

This course has been researched and developed for Managers, Superintendents, Supervisors, Engineers, Planners, Lawyers, Marketers, Team Leaders and Project Coordinators in the technical and non-technical departments in the Oil and Gas industry.

Your expert course leader has presented over 300 courses and seminars in financial management. He began his career as a graduate in the Corporate Treasury of WMC Ltd having completed a degree in Applied Mathematics and Geology at Monash University. After five years with WMC, he pursued an MBA in finance and accounting at Cornell University in New York. He later gained a PhD in energy policy from the University of Melbourne.

He worked for WMC Ltd in Perth as a Senior Financial Analyst in the Minerals Division and subsequently as an Energy Analyst in the Petroleum Division. In April 1997, he established an independent consultancy business providing advice to companies such as Woodside, Shell and Japan Australia LNG (MIMI). He spent many years as a consultant and commercial manager in the North West Shelf Gas project in Western Australia. Since 2006, he has been an Adjunct Fellow at the Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre where he teaches courses in valuation, financial statement modelling, and resources industry investment analysis.

His background in geology and mathematics allows him to empathise with those who seek an understanding of finance but are approaching the learning experience with a technical mind. He receives consistently high ratings for his breadth of knowledge of the subject matter. He presents in a lively interactive style using real life examples and cases.

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized “One to One” coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
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