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Scenario Planning in the Oil and Gas Industry

An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Scenario Planning in the
Oil and Gas Industry

Planning and Decision Making in a Volatile Industry

UPCOMING SESSIONS

Classroom sessions
DateVenueFee
22-26 Sep 2025Vienna - Austria$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
10-14 Nov 2025Amsterdam - The Netherlands$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
26-30 Jan 2026London - UK$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
Online sessions
DateVenueFee
02-06 Jun 2025Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT
13-17 Oct 2025Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT
23-27 Mar 2026Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT

Training Course Overview

While we cannot foresee the future, major oil and gas corporations have been at the forefront of Scenario Planning for decades—a process aimed at preparing for various potential outcomes. This Scenario Planning in the Oil & Gas Industry training course will guide you in identifying critical strategic trends and possible industry disruptors, such as political unrest, shifts in economic power, emerging technologies, alternative energy sources, and social changes. By analyzing these factors, a range of possible futures can be envisioned and planned for.

Through this course, companies will learn how to stay ahead of competitors by seizing new opportunities and mitigating potential risks. Scenario Planning is essential for long-term sustainability for any global corporation, and with the rise of tools like Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, it is rapidly becoming an even more vital and growing field.

This training course will feature:

  • Historic and state-of-the-art Scenario Planning
  • How the world’s largest oil and gas companies conduct scenario planning
  • Bringing potential future scenarios to life
  • Preparing for and adapting to potential future scenarios
  • The use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analysis
  • Scenario planning as a process within the organization
  • Facilitation and reporting techniques

Training Course Objectives

By the end of this 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

Designed for

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Planners
  • Investment analysts
  • Strategists
  • Economists
  • Future executives
  • Oil and Gas executives

Learning Methods

This Scenario Planning in the Oil and Gas Industry training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes expert input, videos illustrating scenario planning in action, and case studies from inside and outside the industry. In particular, it involves extensive hands on practice and opportunities for participants to develop their own scenarios.

The Course Outline

Day One: What is Scenario Planning?
  • 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
Day Two: Creating Scenarios in the Oil & Gas Industry
  • 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
Day Three: Developing Scenarios
  • 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
Day Four: Using Scenarios
  • Validate Scenarios
  • Wind Tunnelling to Assess Implications
  • Integrate scenarios with existing strategies
  • Implement Strategic Plan
  • ‘What if’ Analysis
  • Identify signals of future trends
Day Five: Application in your Organization
  • 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

The Certificate

  • Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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