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Why Choose Scenario Planning in the Oil and Gas Industry Training Course?

Scenario Planning in the Oil and Gas Industry Training Course offers a structured and forward-looking approach to understanding how future uncertainty can reshape the global energy landscape. As the oil and gas environment becomes more volatile—driven by geopolitical tension, technological innovation, environmental pressures, and rapid market evolution—organisations must be equipped to anticipate change rather than simply react to it. This course provides the foundations needed to identify emerging signals, analyse potential disruptions, and develop alternative futures that guide stronger, more resilient strategies.

This Scenario Planning Training Course in the Oil and Gas Industry goes beyond theoretical frameworks by focusing on real-world application. Participants explore how leading energy companies conduct scenario planning, integrate insights from Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, and use structured foresight to prepare for a broad range of plausible futures. Through scenario construction, horizon scanning, and “What-if” analysis, participants learn how to navigate risk, uncover new opportunities, and support long-term sustainability and competitive advantage.

By engaging in hands-on scenario development exercises, participants gain practical experience in visualising future pathways and presenting these insights to senior decision-makers. The course ensures participants return to their organisations equipped with the capabilities needed to facilitate scenario workshops, influence strategic direction, and contribute to enhanced organisational preparedness.

What are the Goals?

By the end of This Scenario Planning in the Oil and Gas Industry training course, participants will be able to:

  • Analyze relevant economic, technological, environmental, legal and social trends
  • Understand the role of Big Data in scanning the environment
  • Develop multiple realistic potential future scenarios for your company
  • Carry out ‘What if’ analysis and prepare for future success
  • Facilitate scenario planning workshops
  • Present to board level decision-makers with impact

Who is this Training Course for?

This Scenario Planning in the Oil and Gas Industry Training Course is ideal for professionals responsible for shaping strategic direction, evaluating emerging risks, and guiding long-term organisational planning. It will greatly benefit:

  • Strategic Planners and Corporate Strategy Teams
  • Investment Analysts and Economists
  • Business Development Professionals
  • Oil and Gas Executives and Senior Managers
  • Future Leaders involved in organisational transformation
  • Professionals responsible for market intelligence and competitive analysis

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This Scenario Planning in the Oil and Gas Industry Training Course is delivered through a highly participative and practice-oriented learning experience. The methodology includes expert-led presentations, group exercises, structured scenario-building workshops, and case studies from leading energy companies. Participants will engage in hands-on scenario design, environmental scanning activities, and strategic simulation exercises to reinforce practical understanding.

Interactive discussions, visual tools such as rich pictures and scenario vignettes, and guided “What-if” assessments are incorporated to deepen engagement and enhance strategic reasoning. The approach ensures participants gain both conceptual clarity and practical capability, enabling them to apply scenario planning confidently within their organisations.

The Course Content

  • Overview of the Course
  • Scenario Planning: objectives, benefits and history
  • Scenario Planning in the Oil & Gas Industry
  • Big Picture Thinking
  • The Scenario Planning process
  • Framing the Challenge – the ‘Big Question’ to answer
  • The role of Mission, Vision and Strategy
  • Horizon Scanning and Early Warning Systems using Big Data
  • Identify Driving Forces in the Oil & Gas Industry
  • Facilitating Scenario Workshops
  • Define Key Uncertainties in the Oil & Gas Industry
  • Developing Scenario Frameworks
  • Computer modelling
  • Generate Scenarios
  • Scenario Impact Assessment
  • Name and Expand Scenarios
  • Bringing scenarios to life (Rich Pictures and Short Story ‘Vignettes’)
  • Presenting the story of a Scenario - to decision makers, executives and stakeholders
  • Quantification of Scenarios
  • Validate Scenarios
  • Wind Tunnelling to Assess Implications
  • Integrate scenarios with existing strategies
  • Implement Strategic Plan
  • ‘What if’ Analysis
  • Identify signals of future trends
  • Linking Scenarios to Strategy, Planning and Budgeting Processes
  • Transferring the Methodology to your Existing Strategy and Planning Process
  • Essential Soft Skills, Personal and Team Competences
  • Leading change
  • Road Mapping Next Steps
  • Evaluation of the Course

Certificate

  • AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

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