An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Commercial Oil Operations and Logistics
Scheduled Dates
Classroom
| 15 - 19 Dec 2025 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 30 Mar - 03 Apr 2026 | Accra - Ghana | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 10 - 14 Aug 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 14 - 18 Dec 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
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Why Choose this Training Course?
The Oil and Gas operations are multifaceted, logistically complex, highly capital intensive, and often confronted with potential risks and uncertainties. Today’s oil companies are dealing with ever-increasing levels of complexity and competition. Innovative technologies in the recovery of oil are also changing the landscape of the petroleum industry. Integrating refining and petrochemicals to achieve greater efficiencies is another critical factor in business profitability. Managing global supplies, refining, and oil trading requires several cross-functional skills. To achieve maximum effectiveness, managers and professionals must continually expand their business knowledge and sharpen their skills.
This 5-Day accelerated training course provides a broader global oil business management perspective and highlights its essential components' success factors. It follows the natural order of business, starting with its supply and transportation that fuels the global economy, followed by the critical refining and trading operations.
This Commercial Oil Operations and Logistics training course is designed to suit the broad background of delegates. It streamlines, through utilization of visual aids and simulation, the complexity of several complex operations, such as drilling, completion, refining, and transportation. The course provides hands-on business cases to evaluate Crude Oil Value, Netback and Refinery Margin Calculations, Price Management, Sales Contracts, Transportation Costs, Product Quality, Total Barrel Economics, Economic Value of Pipeline, amongst others.
The course deals with the core issues, tactics, and essential concepts of successfully running the international oil supply, transportation, refining and trading business.
In this PetroKnowledge training course, you will be able to learn:
- Basics of oil and gas exploration, production, and recovery economics to fully understand this global business that fuels the global economy.
- Fundamentals of Oil Economics and Crude Oil Transportation
- Basic Refinery operations, economics, and environmental aspects
- Basic Principles in crude oil pricing and overview of crude oil and refined products markets
- Essential elements in crude oil and refined products sales contracts
- Fundamental concepts and business practices of the international oil supply, transportation, refining, and trade in the oil and gas industry
- Supply Logistics: Major international pipelines, shipping routes, and choke points
- It seamlessly covers various critical commercial functions, logistics & processes, and appropriately deals with the business practices and tactics to build the necessary business acumen
What are the Goals?
At the end of this Commercial Oil Operations and Logistics training course, participants will be able to:
- Gain a broad perspective of the global oil business, supply, transportation, refining, and trading
- Boost understanding of the fundamentals of the oil business: quality, blending & valuation of oil for trade, freight and netback calculation & refinery margins calculations, vessel chartering, pipelines & terminals, etc.
- Master the Total barrel economics, oil market futures, hedging & futures, and price management considerations
- Assess the technical, commercial, legal, safety, and environmental views/aspects of the oil business
- Confidently and positively discuss the technical terms, concepts, and buzzwords with your colleagues and clients
Who is this Training Course for?
This Commercial Oil Operations and Logistics training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:
- Business Development Managers
- Corporate Planning Professionals
- Geoscience & Engineering Professionals
- Refinery Professionals
- Supply Planners & Scheduling Professionals
- Government Regulators
- Law Professionals
- Tax & Finance Advisors
- Auditing Personnel
- Compliance Officers
- Equity Analysts and Bankers
- Joint Venture Officers
- Negotiators And Contracting Professionals
- Trading Professionals
- Business Development Managers
- Corporate Planning Professionals
- Geoscience & Engineering Professionals
- Refinery Professionals
- Supply Planners & Scheduling Professionals
- Government Regulators
- Law Professionals
- Tax & Finance Advisors
- Auditing Personnel
- Compliance Officers
- Equity Analysts and Bankers
- Joint Venture Officers
- Negotiators And Contracting Professionals
- Trading Professionals
How will this Training Course be Presented?
Participants will learn by active participation throughout the programme through programme materials, case study exercises, quizzes, training videos, and discussion of business case issues in their organizations.
Daily Agenda
Day One: Exploration, Production, Supply and Petroleum Economics & Logistics
- Introduction to Course
- Introduction to How Oil was Formed
- Origin, Accumulation and Migration of Petroleum
- Essential Requirements for Hydrocarbon Accumulation
- Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Geology and Petroleum Engineering
- Introduction To Oil & Gas Geology
- Simple Anticline Structural Trap
- Barrier or Closure – Reservoir Traps - Reservoir Mapping
- Oil & Gas Drilling Techniques
- Types Of Drilling – Exploration, Delineation, Appraisal, Developmental, Maintain Potential Wells
- Drilling Circulatory System – Safety and Environmental Impact
- Well Logging and Well Completion
- Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Oil & Gas Wells
- Open and Cased Well Logs
- Functions of Well Casing
- Benefits of Horizontal Well over Vertical Well - Multilateral Well Completions
- Essence of International Oil Supply – Global Reserves, Production & Trade
- Introduction to global oil business - Exploration, Extraction, Refining, Marketing, Transportation
- Global Oil Resources – World Oil and Gas Reserves, Production of Oil and Gas
- Industry units – for the USA, Europe and Asia, Conversion factors
- Crude Oil Classifications
- Crude Oil Quality Indicators, crude oil characterization by Assays
- Crude Oil Distillation – Refined Products
- Oil Industry Units and Conversion Factors
- Fundamentals of Oil Economics
- The delivered price of crude oil – the concept GPW (Gross Product Worth)
- Net Refining Margin calculation
- Value of Crude Oil and the Determining Factors in Crude Selection
Day Two: Transportation, Refining, and Marketing
- Fundamentals of Crude Oil Transportation – Logistics of Tankers and Chartering
- International Oil Tanker Sizes, Tonnage, and
- Types of Charters and Charter Parties
- Freight Payment, Chartering Mechanism, Voyage Charter, Time charter
- Roles of Shipbroker, Shipping Agent, Bunkering, Arbitrage, daily Net Contribution
- Basic Principles in Pricing and Overview of Markets
- Causes of Oil Price Volatility
- The History of Oil Price – Real and Nominal
- The Future of Oil Price - Oil Imports & OPEC’s Production, & Consumption
- The Future of Oil Price - Global Reserves Replacement Ratio
- The Physical and Paper–Oil Markets
- Price Markers of the World – Crude Oil Benchmarks: WTI, Brent, Dubai/Oman, ASCI, OPEC Reference Basket
- Methods of Sale – Spot, Term
- Regional Pricing – North America, Europe & Asia
- Price Reporting Methodology – Price Report
- Crude Oil Markets – Commercial and Logistics
- History of Crude Pricing
- Location of Pricing
- Marker crudes
- Refined Products Quality - – Commercial and Logistics
- Crude Oil Refinery – Size and Configuration – Skimming, Catalytic, Thermal Cracking
- Refinery Yields by Crude Type, Refinery Margin Calc., and factors affecting Profitability
- Essential Refinery products and Specifications
- Need for Blending and blending exercise
- Prices at Pump, Oil & Gas Earnings Versus Other Industries, Return on Investments
- Refined Products Market
- Product Pricing Determinants
- Product Pricing Quotations
- Product Pricing Spec-base
- Product Pricing Assessments
- Fundamentals of Product Trading
Day Three: Commercial Contracts, Sales, and Marketing Logistics
- Essential Elements in Crude Oil Sales Contracts
- The Objective, the parts of the Contract, and the Contract Confirmation
- Attributes and Buyer/Seller Responsibilities with INCO Terms – FOB, CFR, CIF, DES
- Important Oil Contracts Clauses
- Payment and Security
- General Terms and Conditions
- Basic Refining II – Conventional Refinery Upgrading
- Cat Cracking
- Hydrocracking
- Visbreaking
- Coking
- Basic Refining III – Sulfur Reduction
- Sulfur Reduction Methods – Lighter Compounds and Heavier Compounds
- Hydroprocessing
- Sulfur Reduction measures
- Other Sulfur Reduction Processes
- Contracts – Elements of Risk
- Identify areas of risk
- Credit performance risk – LOC, Standby LOC, Parent company Guarantee
- Operational Risks - Vessel nominations, Quantity and Quality, etc.
- Charter Party Risks
- Basic Refinery IV – Economics & Environmental Aspects
- Yields for Different Configurations
- Value Contributions for Different Configurations
- Investments costs
- Environmental Considerations
- Primary Logistics
- Pipeline transfers - Advantages and Disadvantages
- Pipeline Scheduling
- Pipelines Investment Considerations - Tariffs and Operating Economics
- Major Pipelines of the World
- Storages
- Losses – Net loss, In-Transit Loss, Inturn loss, Outturn Loss
Day Four: Market Structures, Oil Trading and Logistics
- Introductory Concepts in Oil Trading
- Players in the Oil Market
- Success Factors in Trading
- Risk Factors in Trading
- Trading Objectives and Price Movements
- Market Structures – Contango and Backwardation
- Interface with retailers
- Competitive Marketing – Primary and Secondary Supply
- The Value Chain – E&P to the Customer
- The Retail Market Place
- Fully Vertically Integrated Oil Company Model
- The Essential Success Factors in Retailing
- Downstream Supply Chain management
- The Essential Success Factors in Supply Management
- Total Barrel Economics
- Measures of Profitability
- Net Marketing Revenue – Refinery Netback
- The Cost of Supply and Total Barrel Margin
- Transfer price – An Alternate Value
- Typical Oil Company, Distribution and Marketing Costs
- Maximising Corporate Profits
- Oil Markets – Futures
- Market differences – Forwards and Futures
- Characteristics of Futures Contract
- What is the Futures Market?
- What is Margin Money?
- How are Futures used?
- Price Exposure
- Trading For-profit
- Taking Buy or Sell Position – Long vs Short
- Priced Vs Unpriced Exposure
- What is Unpriced Purchase and Unpriced Sale
- Case Studies: Pricing, Contractual Terms, Total Barrel Exercise
Day Five: Petroleum Dynamics and Risk Management
- Hedging – Risk Management
- Use of Futures and Forward Markets
- Example of Hedging
- Removal of Absolute Risk – Introduction of Basis risk
- Pricing Management
- What is Price Management?
- Price Management Example
- Price management Outcome
- Derivatives
- What are Swaps?
- Example of Swap Transactions
- What are the Options?
- Example of Option Transactions
- Attributes of Swaps and Options in the Oil & Gas Industry
- Examples of Oil & Gas Futures Contracts, Swaps, and Options
- Common mistakes by Oil & Gas Companies in Hedging
- A Guide To Developing A Corporate Fuel Risk Management Policy
- Challenges to Petroleum Industry and Trends in New Technology
Certificate
- On successful completion of this Training Course / Online Training Course, a PetroKnowledge Certificate / E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
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Frequently Asked Questions
PetroKnowledge is a globally recognized provider of training courses for oil and gas professionals, offering a wide range of specialized training courses designed to enhance knowledge, skills, and expertise in the energy sector. With courses tailored to meet the evolving demands of the oil and gas industry, PetroKnowledge helps professionals stay up-to-date with industry standards, technological advancements, and best practices.
Our courses are specifically developed for professionals in the oil and gas industry, including engineers, technical staff, managers, and other specialists looking to advance their careers. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or new to the sector, our training for oil and gas professionals is suited to individuals at all stages of their professional journey.
PetroKnowledge offers flexible learning solutions with both online courses and in-person training options. Online courses for oil and gas professionals provide the flexibility to learn from anywhere, while in-person courses offer a hands-on, interactive learning environment. Each training course page provides detailed information on the delivery format, allowing you to choose the option that best meets your learning style and schedule
Yes, PetroKnowledge offers customized in-house training solutions for organizations looking to upskill their teams. We work closely with companies to design bespoke training courses for oil and gas professionals that address specific challenges and objectives. Whether you need on-site training or online solutions, we can tailor the training courses to suit your organization’s needs.
Certain advanced training courses for oil and gas professionals may require prior experience or technical knowledge. These prerequisites ensure that participants can fully benefit from the course content. We recommend reviewing the course description on the relevant page to determine if any prerequisites apply to your selected course.
Enrolling in one of our training courses for oil and gas professionals is simple and convenient. Navigate to the specific course page, click “Enroll Now,” and complete the registration form. You will receive a confirmation email with further details on how to proceed.
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Upon successful registration online, enrolment on the respective training course will be confirmed by Registration Team by e-mail along with the invoice and joining instruction.
Yes, upon successful completion of our courses for professionals in the oil and gas industry, you will receive an industry-recognized certificate from PetroKnowledge. This certification is designed to validate your skills and knowledge and can significantly enhance your professional credentials, boosting your career prospects in the competitive oil and gas sector.
Pre-Course Cancellation
Our refund and cancellation policy varies depending on the course and circumstances. Generally, cancellations made at least 21 days before the training are eligible for a refund, less any administrative fees.
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All course bookings made through PetroKnowledge are non-refundable. By registering for a course, you acknowledge and accept that fees are payable in full and are not subject to refund under any circumstances, including but not limited to participant dissatisfaction, changes in personal or professional circumstances, or partial attendance.
PetroKnowledge reserves the right to make reasonable adjustments to course content, trainers, or schedules where necessary, without entitling delegates to a refund. Full details of each course – including objectives, target audience, and content – are clearly outlined prior to enrolment, and it is the responsibility of the delegate to ensure suitability before booking.
If you have any specific inquiries about the cancellation or refund, don’t hesitate to contact our support team, who can assist with your booking and cancellation queries.
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