About the Course

The Fundamentals of Global Energy Business training course focuses on economics, management, and policy of the global energy business to explore and comprehend the critical drivers of the current situation and incoming transformations. It incorporates an analysis of supply and demands, global balances and outlooks, energy value chains, price discovery mechanisms, leading players' actions, renewable energy evolution and disruption, electricity industry digitalisation, and environmental & climate policies related to the energy sector (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, electricity and renewables).

The energy business is facing many challenges these days, and many geopolitical issues are also associated with it. These challenges are mainly flourishing from environmental concerns, security of supply, contractual complexities and digitalisation trends. General knowledge of existing business models and operations is essential to dealing with the energy sector. New managerial and business skills for new coming business structure in the context of energy transition would be very much necessary.

All those elements mentioned earlier will be treated in this training course. Primarily, the delegates will be provided with essential information about the global energy business. Through hands-on case studies and discussions, they will gain an overview of techno-economic, financial, and geopolitical aspects of the worldwide energy business and its current and future challenges.

Core Objectives

Upon completing this course, the delegate will be able to:

• Assess the global energy outlooks assumptions, usages, and limits
• Analyse energy value chains, market structures and their fundamental characteristics, costs, contracts, and pricing
• Know about the fundamentals of energy business and recent transformation trends
• Recognise the main factors affecting the global energy business
• Understand environment issues related to global energy transition challenges
• Evaluate the techno-economic problems of energy production and consumption

Training Approach

This training course will combine presentations with practical exercises, hands-on projects, and case studies. The delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in the questions & answers sessions. Moreover, specific expectations of each delegate will be discussed to ensure that they are treated as much as possible.

The Attendees

This training course would greatly benefit almost anyone interested in improving their knowledge about the global energy business.

Likewise, it will be valuable to the professionals but not limited to the following:

• Policy & Decision Makers
• Energy Planners, Managers, Economists, Engineers, and Technicians
• Investors
• Consultants
• Project Managers and Developers
• Administrative Managers
• Financial Managers
• HR Managers

Daily Discussion

DAY ONE: GLOBAL ENERGY OUTLOOK

• Basic Definition: Units and Sources
• Global Energy Supply and Demand Situation
• Global Energy Supply and Demand Evolution
• International Energy Scene
• Global Energy Policies

DAY TWO: Global oil & gas business fundamentals

• Oil and Natural Gas Value Chain: Production, Refining & Distribution
• Oil & Gas Industry-leading players Strategy and Geopolitics
• Price Discovery and Markets Structures
• Transformative Features and Signposts
• Future of the Oil & Gas Business

DAY THREE: GLOBAL Electricity BUSINESS fundamentals

• Global Electricity Chain Structure
• Global Power Generation Means & Mixes
• Electricity Cost Structure
• Electricity Pricing
• Electricity Market Structure and Transformation

DAY FOUR: Electricity BUSINESS AND DIGITALISATION

• Digitalisation Business
• Smartgrids, Distributed Generation, and Microgrids
• Demand-Side Management
• Storage Business
• New Business Models & Opportunities

DAY FIVE: Renewable EnergY BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENT

• Renewable Technologies Overview
• Energy Transition Business
• Costs Analysis of Renewables
• Support Schemes & Policies
• Future Challenges and Opportunities