Oil and Gas: Markets, Trading, Pricing and Economic Framework

Participants to this training course will receive a thorough understanding on the subjects covered by the course outline with the tutor utilising a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. Training methodology includes PowerPoint presentations short videos, case studies as well as active discussions.

At the end of this Oil and Gas: Markets, Trading, Pricing, and Economic Framework training course, you will be able to:

• Review the different oil trading markets by type of transaction
• Review the various types of contracts: long-term, spot, and forward
• Understand how crude oil and petroleum products are traded
• Comprehend hedging techniques available for protection against fluctuations in prices
• Understand the pricing mechanism of crude oil and petroleum products
• Understand the principle of financial derivatives products like Swaps and Options

It is geared towards all personnel in the petroleum or associated industries needing to improve their knowledge and understanding of crude oil and petroleum product, trading, and pricing mechanisms.

This Gulf Rowad Oil and Gas: Markets, Trading, Pricing, and Economic Framework training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:

• All Personnel in the petroleum or associated industries needing to improve their knowledge and understanding of crude oil and petroleum products trading, and pricing mechanisms
• Petroleum Economists
• Oil and Gas Business Students
• Energy industry Journalists and Reporters
• Businessmen and Financiers
• Traders & Brokers

Organisational Impact

After attending this Oil and Gas: Markets, Trading, Pricing, and Economic Framework training course, the organization’s employees will be better able to analyze and assess the crude oil and petroleum product markets and how the physical and financial markets are organized. Crude oil and its derivative product trading and pricing will be studied extensively.

The employer/organisation will gain the following:

• Understand the principle of financial and the physical futures markets
• Summarize the operation of the physical and financial oil markets
• The impact of the Shale industry
• Trends in carbon emissions and carbon trading
• Crude Oil and petroleum product trading
• Petroleum products price setting mechanisms

Personal Impact

Participants will be able to develop a deep knowledge with practical solid application in the following:

• Different strategies international oil trade
• Trading on the oil markets
• The spot markets
• Basic refining economics
• Petroleum products price setting mechanism
• Derivative products, swaps, and options