Course Outline:

• Fully interactive, combining short lectures, Q&A sessions and exercises using Excel spreadsheets
• Wood Mackenzie’s databases and products will be accessible to consider case studies relevant to topics under discussion
• Delegates will work together in small teams and will be assisted throughout by the course leader and Wood Mackenzie’s petroleum economists
• Day 1 will provide a refresher of petroleum economics and investment decision-making practices, then an introduction to the different types of fiscal systems
• Day 2 will focus on specific fiscal terms: what they do, when they are applied and what impact they have on oil and gas investment decisions
• Course content addresses issues and skills relevant to professionals working with or negotiating upstream petroleum contracts

The Platform for Governments, NOCs, Parastatals & Tax Authorities

This two day summit is the only platform for governments, NOCs, parastatals and tax authorities from resource producing nations to come together and discuss how they can develop their fiscal strategies to ensure they are delivering maximum value to their countries whilst still encouraging investment. The Summit will be held in collaboration with Wood Mackenzie, the leading experts in the field. 

This is your only opportunity to learn from Wood Mac on a public fiscal training course

By attending the course you will have access to Wood Mackenzie’s Global Economic Model (GEM). The Global Economic Model (GEM) is the leading tool for upstream asset and portfolio valuations. It’s fully auditable so you can create bespoke valuations based on your own numbers and assumptions:

• 40+ years of research and development
• 500+ global analyst data
• Superior level of analysis
• 240+ countries
• 6,000+ tax markers (e.g. specific contract terms)
• 5,450+ commercial upstream assets
• 880+ technical upstream assets
• 2,000+ companies