What you'll learn:
- Gain a broad perspective of the global oil and gas industry and understand the role of oil in our life
- Discover the history of the oil industry from its earliest development at the end of the 19th century to the current situation
- Interpret the evolution of the factors affecting the energy supply and demand (crude prices, technology, reserves, geopolitics, geography, environment...)
- Identify the actors of the energy scene & their strategic guidelines (producers/consumers national & international companies, international organizations OPEC
- Describe the different types of energy resources (conventional, unconventional, renewable & fossil)
- Understand and appreciate the future energy challenges in terms of production and demand
Welcome to this online course on Oil & Gas Industry Overview: History and characteristics of petroleum, major events, players of the oil scene, consumption, production and forecast.
This training course is designed to give you a comprehensive picture of the international oil & gas industry : from its earliest development at the end of the 19th century to the current situation.
The course uses up-to-date global statistics and is organized into 3 parts :
Part 1. outlines the main characteristics of the petroleum industry, reviews the major events of its history and the associated geopolitics, analyses the place of oil among all energy sources and forecasts future prospects for oil production and demand.
Part 2. outlines the roles of the main players within the petroleum industry (consumer countries, major companies and producing countries (OPEC and non-OPEC)).
Part 3. provides a quick review of the scale of investments and profitability in the oil industry.
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