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Oil & Gas Contracts

A PMI Registered Training Course

Oil & Gas Contracts

Modern Practices in Licensing, Production Rights, Legislation, Sales, Purchase and Transportation Agreements

NASBA PMI
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
16 - 20 Mar 2026 London $ 5,950
30 Mar - 03 Apr 2026 Istanbul $ 5,950
01 - 05 Jun 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
06 - 10 Jul 2026 London $ 5,950
27 - 31 Jul 2026 Istanbul $ 5,950
10 - 14 Aug 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
07 - 11 Sep 2026 Cape Town $ 5,950
21 - 25 Sep 2026 Doha $ 5,950
19 - 23 Oct 2026 London $ 5,950
19 - 23 Oct 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
23 - 27 Nov 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
14 - 18 Dec 2026 Singapore City $ 5,950
04 - 08 Jan 2027 Dubai $ 5,950
01 - 05 Feb 2027 London $ 5,950
29 Mar - 02 Apr 2027 Istanbul $ 5,950
Online Schedule
Date Venue Fees
09 - 13 Mar 2026 Online $ 3,950
06 - 10 Jul 2026 Online $ 3,950
22 - 26 Mar 2027 Online $ 3,950

Course Summary

This highly interactive Oil & Gas Contracts training course will provide its participants with valuable insight into the operations of the Oil and Gas Industry in a modern context. Oil and Gas contracts are the life blood of the industry and form the basis and foundation upon which the industry operates.  This Oil & Gas Contracts training course will give participants a frame work within which to understand the rights and obligations of both host country and operators and how they are determined and set out in the oil and gas contracts. The legal principles involved in licencing, production sharing contracts, service contracts will be highlighted and discussed in order to provide a solid understanding of the legal basis for these contracts.  Further, the course will also cover sale and purchase and transportation contracts in use in the industry. Risk management in the oil and gas industry is essential and needs to be encapsulated in the contract clauses and this course will provide the fundamental knowledge of the essential risk management features that are in these contracts. Participants will get to understand investor protection in the oil and gas industry and how this can be achieved.

This comprehensive Oil & Gas Contracts training course will provide many opportunities for delegates to discuss to have interactive discussion and review case studies and discuss the various legal and regulatory aspects of these contracts. Participants will gain a true understanding of the legal underpinnings of the oil and gas contracts used around the world in the oil and gas sector.

This GLOMACS Oil & Gas Contracts training course will highlight:

  • Modern aspects of oil and gas contracts
  • How to manage production and country risks
  • Key legal and commercial risk management measure
  • Investor protection by providing legal frameworks
  • Negotiation tools and tactics
  • Dispute resolution in cross border and international contracts
Course Outline
Day 1

Introduction to Oil and Gas Contracts, Licencing and Production Rights

  • Principal Licensing and Contractual Arrangements
  • Upstream and Downstream Contracting
  • Financing in the International Oil & Gas Industry
  • Specific Risks in Upstream & Downstream Contracts
  • Sale and Purchase and Transportation Agreements
  • Contractual Claims and Resultant Disputes
  • The Role of Negotiation Strategies in Dispute Avoidance under Oil & Gas Contracts
Day 2

Emergence of New Contractual Arrangements

  • The Modern Concession Contracts
  • The Production Sharing Contracts
  • Participation Agreements and Joint Operation Agreements (JOA)
  • Service Contracts, Pure Service Contracts, Risk Service Contracts
  • Environmental Impacts in the Context of Protection Policies and Requirements
  • Regulatory Framework, Institutional Factors and Infrastructure
  • Comparative Analysis of the Different Contract Forms
Day 3

Stabilisation Clauses and International Petroleum Agreements

  • Stabilisation Clauses Defined
  • Typology of Stabilisation Clauses
  • Validity and Efficacy of the Stabilisation Clause
  • Stabilisation Clauses and the National and International Law
  • The Re-negotiability of International Petroleum Agreements: Stability vs. Flexibility
  • The Triggering Events for Renegotiation
Day 4

Key Contractual Issues & Risk Allocation in Oil and Gas Contracts

  • Liabilities & Exclusion and Limitation
  • Indemnity and Exclusion Clauses: Why the need?
  • Distinctions and Definitions: Indemnity vs. Exclusion vs. Limitation
  • Mutual Hold Harmless – The ‘knock for knock’ regime
  • Forms of Exclusion Clauses (and why it matters) Common Carve-outs
  • Performance & Penalties
  • Termination Clauses and Right to Terminate
  • Force Majuere, Change in Law and other Disputes
Day 5

Methods of Dispute Resolution under Cross Border / International Agreements

  • Arbitration & Mediation – Important Differences
  • Mediation and Conciliation, Adjudication, Dispute Boards - save time and costs
  • Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards under the New York Convention
  • Contemporary Developments in Case Law and Legislation
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates. Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
  • The certificate will also have a PMI Course Identifier, which will enable the learners to claim Professional Development Units (PDUs) / Contact Hours from Project Management Institute (PMI) towards certification or recertification of PMI credentials.
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