After the course participants will be able to:

• Understand the process of business developments and strategy formulation.

• Combine the disciplines of strategic analyses with insight into gas market developments.

• Place their company's activities in a strategic context.

• Relate their own activities to the strategic goals of their companies.

At whom is the Natural Gas Strategy Course targeted?

The Natural Gas Strategy Course is aimed at a professionals that operate in the energy industry or related areas and deal with strategic issues. They have an academic level of working and thinking and experience in management or staff positions. In addition:

• A working command of both business and technical English is required.

• Team spirit is desirable.

• Participants will be expected to link the analytical capacities to pro-active behaviour.

We have already welcomed participants from a.o. Gazprom, Shell, Petrobras, Sonatrach and RWE.

Which topics are addressed during this course?

Theme 1: The context of the international gas business
Week 1 is designed to give participants insight in the processes and dynamics of the gas industry, its interfaces with governments and government policies, the management of uncertainties of changing business environments and the interaction with geopolitical developments. With this in mind, the first module focuses on the position that gas has achieved in the global energy environment, the fundamental characteristics of the gas industry and the role of technology within gas markets. On the supply side, the processes of developing commercial outlets for gas finds and the economic considerations behind the growth of the business will be discussed. Also the long-term energy outlook, the influence of environmental policies, and the resulting prospects for gas will be explored. The influence of geo-politics on energy supply will be demonstrated, in particular on natural gas policies and the industry response in terms of strategies and developments. From the market perspective a view will be given of the influence of changing government policies on the structure of the business, focussed on European developments.

Theme 2: The gas value chain
The second theme elaborates on the first one. It examines the influence, the presented and discussed contextual trends and developments in the gas business, especially in terms of opportunities and threats to either create or diminish business value. In order to develop new business in the world of natural gas participants will work with strategic business development concepts. In that framework the gas value chain will be decomposed and the particular contextual influences on each distinguishable part of this chain. In order to be able to judge the consequences of those influences the financial issues will be discussed and the risks of the new business will be considered.
 

Which experts do you get a chance to exchange views with during this course?

Key lecturer of the NGSC is Dick de Jong Msc (Clingendael Institute and former Shell). In order to achieve a perfect balance between scientific knowledge and practical experience will be supported by a carefully selected group of speakers from the industry, universities and governmental organisations, such as Shell, DSM Energy, Clingendael International Energy Programme, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and University of Groningen.

Start
Part 1: 26 - 30 March 2012
Part 2: 16 - 20 April 2012

Location
The Natural Gas Strategy Course is split into two weeks, with the first week in Moscow, Russia and the second week in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Investment
€ 9.850 - (accommodation costs and VAT excluded)

Application procedure
To register for this course, please fill in the application form and send it back to us by fax or email.
 

Download your application form here.