We offer high-quality training courses that cover a variety of technical and strategic subjects on natural gas, business governance and control processes. The courses which can be customized to meet the specific needs of individual and business clients provide a greater understanding of the commercial and technical dynamics of the natural gas sector.

TRAINING COURSES

Objective: Creates awareness of natural gas; how it is formed, its characteristics, types of natural gas, chemical makeup, components, and everyday uses of natural gas.

  • History of Natural Gas
  • How Natural Gas is formed
  • Types of Natural Gas Formations
  • Chemical Properties of Natural Gas
  • Types of Processed Natural Gas
  • Uses of Natural Gas
  • Benefits of Natural Gas

Objective: Provides an understanding of how natural gas reserves are quantified, classified, and reported, with focus on Nigeria’s reserves – its rankings, locations, and reserve replacement ratio.

  • Quantifying Natural Gas Reserves
  • Nigeria Natural Gas Reserves
  • Global & Africa Gas Reserves Rankings
  • Gas Reserve Formations in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Gas Reserves by Location
  • Reserve Concessions
  • Reserve Replacement Ratio
  • Reserves in Nigeria Inland Basins

Objective: Explains global gas production, history of gas production in Nigeria, gas production to reserve ratio, gas storage and challenges faced by gas producers.

  • Global Gas Production Scene
  • History of Gas Production in Nigeria
  • Nigeria in Global and Africa Gas Production Rankings
  • Gas Production Reserve Ratio
  • Top Producing Facilities
  • Production by concessions, types and formations
  • Gas Storage
  • NGL Production
  • Production Challenges

Objective: Create an understanding of the natural gas supply chain; from exploration to drilling to processing to transportation to distribution to electricity and to feedstock.

  • Exploration Value Chain
  • Project Execution Value Chain
  • Upstream Value Chain
  • Process Value Chain
  • Supply & Distribution Value Chain
  • Commercial Value Chain
  • LNG Value Chain
  • Gas to Electricity Value Chain
  • Gas Feedstock Value Chain

Objective: Explain the process in which natural gas is produced from the well and processed from a mixture of oil, water, hydrocarbon liquids, sand, and into gas components.

  • Gas Wells Volumetrics
  • Gas Phase Behavior
  • Separation from Liquids
  • Sweetening & Treatment
  • Dehydration
  • NGL Extraction (or Gas Cooling)
  • Compression and Transportation
  • Measurement

Objective: Provide knowledge and implications of key terms of gas contracts and how to utilize them in negotiation, production, invoicing and payment.

  • Types of Natural Gas Sales Contracts
  • Structure of Gas Sales Contracts
  • Supply Startup and Windowing Mechanism
  • Gas Terms (ToP , Make Up, Make Good, Excess, Shortfall)
  • Gas Quantities
  • Liabilities and Termination
  • Payment and Security
  • Gas Pricing & Price Review
  • Gas Quality
  • Metering and Measurement
  • Gas Conversion Tables

Objective: Provide knowledge and implications of key terms of gas contracts and how to utilize them during negotiation, production, operation, invoicing and payment.

  • Satisfying CPs in Gas Agreements
  • Developing Commissioning Program
  • Designing Contractual Obligations
  • Developing Communications Protocols
  • Mapping Responsibilities (RASCII)
  • Training Operations Staff
  • Clarifying Pricing Formula
  • Timely Invoicing and Payments
  • Invoice Reconciliation
  • Metering and Gas Quality Measurement
  • Termination and Extension

Objective: Understand the reasons for national gas master plans, the implementation strategies, reasons for failure, nations operating gas master plans and the Nigerian case study.

  • Countries with Gas Master Plans
  • Nigeria National Energy Policy
  • National Gas Supply and Pricing Policy
  • Gas Market Sectors (Power/GBI/LDC)
  • National Gas Supply and Pricing Regulation
  • Domestic Gas Supply Obligation
  • Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria Limited
  • Gas Buyer and Gas Supplier Due Diligence
  • Gas Price Aggregation Rules for Suppliers

Objective: Provide a step-by-step sequence of how natural gas is used for generating electricity, either for large scale grid power or medium scale electricity generation for industries

  • Natural Gas Spec for Power Generation
  • Gas Treatment for Power Generation
  • Environmental Advantages of Gas Power Plants
  • Type of Gas-fueled Power Generation
    • Micro Turbines
    • Reciprocating Engines
    • Open Cycle Gas Turbines
    • Combined Cycle Gas Turbines
  • Gas Supply Reliability
  • Capital Cost and Operating Cost of Gas-Fueled Power Plants

Objective: This course takes participants through the history of electricity generation in Nigeria and the issues, challenges, regulations and problems of the electricity industry.

  • History of Electricity Generation in Nigeria
  • Types & Capacities of Power Generation Plants
  • Per Capita Electricity Generation & Utilization
  • Policy & Regulations on Electricity
  • Nigeria Energy Policy
  • Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005
  • National Gas Supply & Pricing Policy 2008
  • NBET Act
  • Government Dominance in Electricity Value Chain
  • Transmission Evacuation Constraints
  • Distribution Network and Metering Constraints
  • Electricity Tariffs and Delayed Payments
  • The Debt Burden and Value Chain Collapse

 

 

  • Carbon Credit Securitization
  • Mastering Solar & Clean Hydrogen Power
  • Renewable Energy Financial Modelling