The Natural Gas Industry Web-based Training Courses

You will be introduced to shale gas, its upstream production and the issues currently impacting the resources’ greater development, such as drilling costs, production decline rates, environmental concerns, regulatory challenges, its impact on the cost of natural gas and global natural gas production.

This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of the global LNG market. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is becoming an increasing important fuel in the global energy marketplace. You'll learn about recent changes in contract terms, economics and the availability of spot cargoes are transforming the industry from a one-time regional market to a global source of gas supply.

Around the world, natural gas deregulation is changing the structure of the natural gas industry. These evolving market structures have brought new opportunities, but also additional risks. In today's world, understanding what natural gas deregulation means, how it's implemented, and the new industry structures are requirements for successful energy trading and hedging.

This JUST-IN-TIME course was created in response to the events in January 2009 when Russia curtailed supplies into Ukraine and many parts of Europe. Even as these two nations have come to an agreement to get gas flowing again, their dispute is a long-running one that has been brewing ever since the breakup of the Soviet Union. We are unlikely to see the last of it. What are the underlying dynamics of the dispute and how prepared is Europe and the rest of the world for when this situation makes headlines in the future?