Oil and Gas Softskills Limited - Lagos, Nigeria

The OGS Certificate in Upstream Oil & Gas Operations brings together the essential skills to pursue a successful career in the oil industry. Join other leading upstream companies like Sahara Energy, Britannia-U, NCDMB, and Shell, Makon Engineering, etc, to strengthen your capacity for sustainable growth in an increasingly volatile industry sector.



Benefits of the programme

The oil and gas industry has enormous opportunities running into billions of dollars. However, it is also known to be highly complex, technical in nature, very capital intensive and risky. Doing business in the industry starts with making sense of these complexities in order to be able to read the trends correctly, and identify probable threats and opportunities. Participants enjoy:

Training by qualified industry practitioners who help you makes sense of the business drivers of the industry.
Double qualifications, including an international certification
Certificate in Upstream Operations
IMIST (Optional oil and gas safety certification from OPITO, UK)
All round learning which includes:
Core training in upstream operations:
Global energy scene
Basic Geology & Geophysics
Drilling and well site operations
Field development and economics
Upstream strategy scenarios
With the international safety certification, participants are able to demonstrate better safety behavior at work and influence safety culture generally.
Opportunity to network with over 2,000 professionals on the OGS Alumni network
The International Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST) Certification is an OPITO standard that supports the global Oil & Gas Industry to meet safety initiative targets


The Certificate in Upstream Oil & Gas Operations is part of the OGS Graduate Certificate in Oil & Gas Management (GCOM) the flagship industry training designed to:

The OGS Certificate in Downstream Oil & Gas Operations brings together the essential skills to pursue a successful career in the oil industry. Join other leading downstream companies like Sahara Energy, Gulf Treasures, A-Z Petroleum, Integrated Oil, Capital Oil, Prudent Energy, etc, to strengthen your capacity for sustainable growth in an increasingly volatile industry sector.

Benefits of the programme

The oil and gas industry has enormous opportunities running into billions of dollars. However, it is also known to be highly complex, technical in nature, very capital intensive and risky. Doing business in the industry starts with making sense of these complexities in order to be able read the trends correctly, and identify probable threats and opportunities. Participants enjoy:

Training by qualified industry practitioners who help you makes sense of the business drivers of the industry.
Double qualifications, including international certification
Certificate in Downstream Operations
IMIST (oil and gas safety certification from OPITO, UK)

he E&P industry is an extractive business and the two key characteristics are high-risk and capital intensity. Against this backdrop, the primary goals of E&P firms are to maximize the present value of long run profits and to enhance shareholder value.

The Petroleum Economics course takes a look at the basic drivers of profitability in an E&P firm and how to maximise these. Investment cash flows depend mainly on the operating fiscal regime and government regulatory framework. At the end of the programme, participants will have an appreciation of the factors that determine the economic attractiveness of petroleum ventures and operations and have an understanding of risk and uncertainties around Oil & Gas ventures. The application of these principles is a necessary requirement for the proper allocation of limited resources and the continuing investment required to replace depleted petroleum reserves.

Executive and management of oil & gas companies, prospective investors in the E&P business, capital market players, venture capitalists, corporate bankers, government officials (executive & legislative), national oil company executives, indigenous oil & gas company executives, financial and insurance house executives.

Course Facilitator:

Engr. Don Boham, B.Sc (Petroleum Engineering), MBA (Strategic Management). Former General Manager, Business Value & Relations, Shell EP Africa.