Complex Negotiation Skills in the Oil & Gas

This interactive training course will provide the participants an ideal opportunity to improve and sharpen their skill sets in planning, negotiating and managing oil and gas contracts through interactive session with role playing, case studies, discussion groups and scenario building and the high-point of the training course being a simulation exercise of oil and gas contracts negotiation involving interactive role play by the participants. The objective of the interactive role play is to enable participants to apply the knowledge and understanding gained at the workshop to negotiate a more effective oil and gas contracts. This will help participants gain practical insights into managing the risks and enhancing their rewards.

At the end of this Complex Negotiation Skills in the Oil & Gas training course, you will learn: 

• Key Players in the International Oil and Gas Industry
• Management and Negotiation Techniques and the Role of Counsel
• Negotiation techniques and how to do so profitably in oil and gas contacts
• Key Legal Contractual Risk Management Issues
• Managing force majeure and liability clauses
• Analysis of Key Provisions in International Oil & Gas Contracts  
• Principal Standard Form Contracts Used in the Industry including the North Sea LOGIC/CRINE
• International Dispute Resolution in the Oil and gas business
• Introduction to key English Contract Law Principles

This Gulf Rowad Complex Negotiation Skills in the Oil & Gas training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

• Commercial and business development managers within national and international oil and gas companies looking to improve their oil and gas contract negotiation skills and overall commercial performance
• Legal advisors involved in negotiating or renegotiating oil and gas contracts
• Government representatives, policy makers, and regulators looking to increase their oil and gas contracts knowledge
• Insurance and risk managers looking to reduce the legal and contracts risks for their companies
• Executives, professionals, and academics looking to increase or specialise in the area of oil and gas contracts

Organisational Impact

For professionals involved nationally and internationally in the oil and gas industry, this Complex Negotiation Skills in the Oil & Gas training course offers a unique opportunity to rapidly increase your understanding of the legal issues involved in oil and gas contracts and to improve your negotiation techniques and skills in drafting a variety of related contracts.

Therefore, your organisation will benefit from this training course by:

• Gaining expertise and improving knowledge and skill sets of personnel dealing with oil and gas contracts
• Awareness and comparison of model oil and gas contracts from other key oil producing countries and how it compares with your own practice to work out best contract strategies
• Understand the risk factors in oil and gas contracts and how to mitigate them before they affect profits and bottom lines
• Enhancing internal capacity to manage key contractual risks
• Better managing claims and disputes and avoiding adversarial approaches
• Enhancing contract personnel negotiation skills

Personal Impact

Attendees will gain by participation in this Complex Negotiation Skills in the Oil & Gas training course as a result of:

• A unique opportunity to rapidly increase your understanding of the legal issues involved in oil and gas contracts
• Improving your negotiation techniques and skills in drafting a variety of related contracts
• Managing and mitigating risks associated with oil and gas contracts
• Ensuring smooth contract administration
• Choosing most appropriate form of dispute resolution
• Enhancing your ability to negotiate and manage claims and disputes with confidence