• Essential background on the biofuel value chain, together with its historical development from the earliest days of motor transport, through to a discussion of the changing regulatory environment.
• A review of market and pricing dynamics and how these will influence the impact of the energy transition in the refining industry in the short to medium term.
• Insight into biofuel manufacturing technology covering established ‘First Generation’ processes for ethanol and biodiesel, together with insight into emerging technologies for ‘Advanced Biofuel’ development.
• Supporting background on conventional and emerging feedstocks for biofuels production, as well as insight into waste products that also serve the industry like used cooking oil.
• A review of the key players in the biofuel and feedstock supply chain to understand the structure of the market.
• A review of the strategic impact of the role of biofuels in refining industry decarbonization efforts and the need to better take advantage of the biofuels-chemicals interface.

• Get acquainted with the complete biofuels value chain.
• Learn how biofuel manufacturing, downstream, and retail transportation fuels impact the chemicals markets.

• Sectors covered: Crop selling and buying, procurement for handling, transport, crushing and grinding, livestock feeding, export, biofuels and renewable energy.
• Commodities covered: grains (barley, corn, sorghum and wheat), oilseeds (canola and soybeans), veg oils, and products (DDGs, soybean meal)
• Plus:
  • Deep dive into requirements of biofuel feedstocks for renewable transportation fuels (e.g., renewable diesel, SAF, etc.) during this period of energy transition.
  • Practical examples and case studies to enhance concepts and market dynamics of the training course

• Gain an understanding of Agribusiness market fundamentals and strategy alternatives to make measurable contributions to their organization.
• Learn risk mitigation strategies related to energy transition and sustainability goals, focusing on commodity trading and procurement, risk management, hedging and logistics.
• Acquire a perspective of Agribusiness market structures and supply chain vulnerabilities linked to value chain dynamics given the impact of the larger fuel markets impact on agriculture.
• Understand how crops and livestock are integrated into the global value chain

• Essential background on the biofuel value chain, together with its historical development from the earliest days of motor transport, through to a discussion of the changing regulatory environment.
• A review of market and pricing dynamics and how these will influence and by influenced the impact of the energy transition in refining industry in the short to medium term.
• Insight into biofuel manufacturing technology covering established ‘First Generation’ processes for ethanol and biodiesel, together with insight emerging technologies for ‘Advanced Biofuel’ development.
• Supporting background on conventional and emerging feedstocks for biofuels production, as well as insight into waste products that also serve the industry like used cooking oil.
• A review of the key players in the biofuel and feedstock supply chain to understand the structure of the market.
• A review of the strategic impact of the role of biofuels in refining industry decarbonization efforts and the need to better take advantage of the biofuels-chemicals interface.

• Get acquainted with the complete biofuels value chain.
• Learn how biofuel manufacturing, downstream, and retail transportation fuels impact the chemicals markets.

• Understanding of market fundamentals and feedstock dynamics for the biofuels sector with measurable contributions to their organization.
• Learn about the tools to meet energy transition and sustainability goals, focusing on the basics of agri commodity markets, risk management concepts, and logistics.
• Gain a perspective of market structures and supply chain vulnerabilities linked to value chain dynamics given the impact of the larger fuel markets impact on agriculture.
• Crop supply and demand, selling and buying, procurement for handling, transport, crushing & grinding, livestock feeding, export, biofuels & renewable energy during this energy transition period.
• Plus, a deep dive into requirements of biofuel feedstocks for renewable transportation fuels (e.g., renewable diesel, SAF, etc.)
• Commodities covered: grains (barley, corn, sorghum, and wheat), oilseeds (canola and soybeans), softs, veg oils, and products (DDGs, soybean meal)

• Detailed understanding of agri-commodity fundamentals and the language of the industry.
• Tools to comprehend market dynamics impacting prices and costs.
• Opportunity to apply:
• New knowledge to unravel complexity while enabling the development of risk management tools for merchandising, trading and procurement.
• New and higher-value level skills to contribute to organizational performance while being able to advance career development.

• Introduction to Key Concepts
• Energy Transition: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook
• Implications for Energy Markets
• ESG and Financial Markets
• Carbon Markets

• Learn trends and drivers of ESG
• Various ESG frameworks and metrics
• Developing targets and measures of performance
• Regulatory and investor actions
• Case studies and best practices from peer companies

Energy Security and Energy Transition

• Key concepts and definitions: Energy Security, Energy Transition, Net-Zero, and ESG;
• Current context of global energy markets and short/medium term outlook
• Why is energy security necessary for energy transition?
• Path of the energy transition/transformation: evolution vs. revolution; molecules and electrons
• Key drivers for energy transition: technology, policies, and investment.
• Outlook for clean energy technologies: CCS, hydrogen, renewables, storage
• Overview of government climate and energy transition policies
• The role of the financial sector: investors, lenders, central banks, financial regulators
• Company strategies for energy transition

The role of Hydrogen

• What is the outlook for hydrogen?
• How will Hydrogen Markets evolve?
• What is the technology status and current costs of Hydrogen? How fast can hydrogen scale?

Energy Security and Energy Transition

• Key concepts and definitions: Energy Security, Energy Transition, and Net-Zero
• Current context of global energy markets and short/medium-term outlook
• The importance of energy resilience
• Path of the energy transition/transformation: evolution vs. revolution; molecules and electrons
• Key drivers for energy transition: technology, policies and investment.
• Outlook for clean energy technologies: CCS, hydrogen, renewables, storage
• Moving from hydrogen colors to carbon intensity
• Overview of government climate and energy transition policies post IRA
• The role of the financial sector: investors, lenders, central banks, financial regulators
• Company strategies for energy transition

The role of Hydrogen and Renewable Energy

• Challenges that variable output renewables pose to the achievability of a reliable, stable electricity system
• Hydrogen’s complimentary role to renewable penetration
• How these challenges can be addressed and at what costs
• Technologies, policies and operating procedures to achieve a flexible, stable, reliable electricity system with a high penetration of renewables

Energy Security and Energy Transition

• Key concepts and definitions: Energy Security, Energy Transition, Net-Zero and ESG
• Current context of global energy markets and short/medium term outlook
• Why is energy security is necessary for energy transition?
• History of energy transition: evolution vs. revolution
• Is energy transition accelerating?
• Key drivers for energy transition: technology, policies and investment
• Overview of core technologies; hydrogen, storage, renewables, CCS, biofuels.
• Company strategies for energy transition
• Overview of government climate and energy transition policies (with focus on Asia)
• What is sustainability and what is a sustainable business?
• How are consumers and customer behaviors and preferences being influenced by climate change
• Environmental, social and governance issues faced in different sectors
• What are companies doing to reflect ESG in their business strategy?
• ESG and company brand
• Role of institutional investors’ engagement in investee companies – what is sustainable finance and ESG investing?
• Transparency, Disclosure, Strategy, Sustainable Reporting: ESG reporting frameworks, strengths, and weaknesses

Course Benefits

• Up to date overview of energy markets globally and in Asia Pacific
• Deep dive into Energy Transition: drivers, technologies and policies
• Understanding net-zero targets and strategies of energy companies
• Discover trends and drivers of ESG
• Explore various ESG frameworks and metrics
• Find out what peers and competitors are doing
• Regulatory and investor actions
• Case studies and best practices from peer companies for Energy Transition and ESG

• Pricing - Price Discovery & Benchmarks
• Pricing – Types of NGL / LPG Prices
• Transportation Costs
• Trading & Contract Concepts
• NGL / LPG Valuation Economics
• Looking Forward: Impacts of the Energy Transition

• Attendees will come away with a fundamental understanding of how physical properties of LPG, required infrastructure, end-use applications, and logistic constraints interact to drive pricing and profitability.
• This course will deepen your knowledge of the LPG to better evaluate the current market conditions and discover growth opportunities for your company.
• Increased awareness of industry trends & issues including de-carbonization, renewable sources, potential impact of crude oil to chemicals, and others.

• The course starts off with a thorough and detailed look at the foundation of our industry- petrochemical feedstocks including natural gas, NGLs, petroleum, coal and bio-based.
• This discussion leads naturally into the industry's 7 Basic Building Blocks: Syngas, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes.
• In turn, we explore each building block's value chain, including commodities such as PE, PP, PVC, PS/EPS, PET and methanol.
• And we also go downstream into more specialized product areas including LAOs, EO/MEG, PO, Phenol, BPA, PC, Epoxies, Acrylics/SAP, Plasticizers, ACN, Synthetic Rubbers, 1,4-BDO, ABS, Nylons, Polyurethanes, PF, MF, UF Resins and many others.

• Gain an understanding of the big picture from feedstocks to olefins and aromatics to plastics
• Reinforce and refresh skills and knowledge
• Fill in knowledge gaps/learn new skills
• Learn current industry trends
• Hear different industry perspectives
• Gain confidence to engage more pro-actively with colleagues, senior management, customers and suppliers

• The course starts off with a thorough and detailed look at the foundation of our industry- petrochemical feedstocks including natural gas, NGLs, petroleum, coal and bio-based.
• This discussion leads naturally into the industry's 7 Basic Building Blocks: Syngas, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes.
• In turn, we explore each building block's value chain, including commodities such as PE, PP, PVC, PS/EPS, PET and methanol.

• Provides attendees with the knowledge to better understand what is driving current market conditions and discover future growth opportunities for their company
• “De-codes” industry jargon allowing non-technical business professionals and chemists and engineers to speak the same language

• With trillions of assets and trading volumes in play, many are forced to reinvent what it means to be a refiner in the present and future energy landscape.
• How will refining portfolios change against the backdrop of the energy transition?
• This training focuses on the technical and economic challenges refiners are facing and provides insight on how and why refiners might expand their petrochemical refining capabilities.

• Refining operations and technical configuration, economic, and margin optimization
• Key drivers behind the energy transition and short, medium, and long-term commercial outlook
• Refinery flexibility and how to optimize and/or shift yields without making a major capital investment
• Refining petrochemical integration
• Ways to increase the percent of barrel to chemical feedstocks (COTC)
• Use of greener power and hydrogen in refining
• Technical and design approaches to accommodate a net-zero future

• The course starts off with a thorough and detailed look at the foundation of our industry- petrochemical feedstocks including natural gas, NGLs, petroleum, coal and bio-based.
• This discussion leads naturally into the industry's 7 Basic Building Blocks: Syngas, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes.
• In turn, we explore each building block's value chain, including commodities such as PE, PP, PVC, PS/EPS, PET and methanol.
• And we also go downstream into more specialized product areas including LAOs, EO/MEG, PO, Phenol, BPA, PC, Epoxies, Acrylics/SAP, Plasticizers, ACN, Synthetic Rubbers, 1,4-BDO, ABS, Nylons, Polyurethanes, PF, MF, UF Resins and many others.

• Gain an understanding of the big picture from feedstocks to olefins and aromatics to plastics
• Reinforce and refresh skills and knowledge
• Fill in knowledge gaps/learn new skills
• Learn current industry trends
• Hear different industry perspectives
• Gain confidence to engage more pro-actively with colleagues, senior management, customers and suppliers

• The course starts off with a thorough and detailed look at the foundation of our industry- petrochemical feedstocks including natural gas, NGLs, petroleum, coal and bio-based.
• This discussion leads naturally into the industry's 7 Basic Building Blocks: Syngas, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes.
• In turn, we explore each building block's value chain, including commodities such as PE, PP, PVC, PS/EPS, PET and methanol.
• And we also go downstream into more specialized product areas including LAOs, EO/MEG, PO, Phenol, BPA, PC, Epoxies, Acrylics/SAP, Plasticizers, ACN, Synthetic Rubbers, 1,4-BDO, ABS, Nylons, Polyurethanes, PF, MF, UF Resins and many others.

• Gain an understanding of the big picture from feedstocks to olefins and aromatics to plastics
• Reinforce and refresh skills and knowledge
• Fill in knowledge gaps/learn new skills
• Learn current industry trends
• Hear different industry perspectives
• Gain confidence to engage more pro-actively with colleagues, senior management, customers and suppliers

• The course starts off with a thorough and detailed look at the foundation of our industry- petrochemical feedstocks including natural gas, NGLs, petroleum, coal and bio-based.
• This discussion leads naturally into the industry's 7 Basic Building Blocks: Syngas, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes.
• In turn, we explore each building block's value chain, including commodities such as PE, PP, PVC, PS/EPS, PET and methanol.
• And we also go downstream into more specialized product areas including LAOs, EO/MEG, PO, Phenol, BPA, PC, Epoxies, Acrylics/SAP, Plasticizers, ACN, Synthetic Rubbers, 1,4-BDO, ABS, Nylons, Polyurethanes, PF, MF, UF Resins and many others.

• Gain an understanding of the big picture from feedstocks to olefins and aromatics to plastics
• Reinforce and refresh skills and knowledge
• Fill in knowledge gaps/learn new skills
• Learn current industry trends
• Hear different industry perspectives
• Gain confidence to engage more pro-actively with colleagues, senior management, customers and suppliers

• The course starts off with a thorough and detailed look at the foundation of our industry- petrochemical feedstocks including natural gas, NGLs, petroleum, coal and bio-based.
• This discussion leads naturally into the industry's 7 Basic Building Blocks: Syngas, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes.
• In turn, we explore each building block's value chain, including commodities such as PE, PP, PVC, PS/EPS, PET and methanol.
• And we also go downstream into more specialized product areas including LAOs, EO/MEG, PO, Phenol, BPA, PC, Epoxies, Acrylics/SAP, Plasticizers, ACN, Synthetic Rubbers, 1,4-BDO, ABS, Nylons, Polyurethanes, PF, MF, UF Resins and many others.

• Gain an understanding of the big picture from feedstocks to olefins and aromatics to plastics
• Reinforce and refresh skills and knowledge
• Fill in knowledge gaps/learn new skills
• Learn current industry trends
• Hear different industry perspectives
• Gain confidence to engage more pro-actively with colleagues, senior management, customers and suppliers

• The course starts off with a thorough and detailed look at the foundation of our industry- petrochemical feedstocks including natural gas, NGLs, petroleum, coal and bio-based.
• This discussion leads naturally into the industry's 7 Basic Building Blocks: Syngas, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes.
• In turn, we explore each building block's value chain, including commodities such as PE, PP, PVC, PS/EPS, PET and methanol.
• And we also go downstream into more specialized product areas including LAOs, EO/MEG, PO, Phenol, BPA, PC, Epoxies, Acrylics/SAP, Plasticizers, ACN, Synthetic Rubbers, 1,4-BDO, ABS, Nylons, Polyurethanes, PF, MF, UF Resins and many others.

• Gain an understanding of the big picture from feedstocks to olefins and aromatics to plastics
• Reinforce and refresh skills and knowledge
• Fill in knowledge gaps/learn new skills
• Learn current industry trends
• Hear different industry perspectives
• Gain confidence to engage more pro-actively with colleagues, senior management, customers and suppliers

• The course starts off with a thorough and detailed look at the foundation of our industry- petrochemical feedstocks including natural gas, NGLs, petroleum, coal and bio-based.
• This discussion leads naturally into the industry's 7 Basic Building Blocks: Syngas, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes.
• In turn, we explore each building block's value chain, including commodities such as PE, PP, PVC, PS/EPS, PET and methanol.
• And we also go downstream into more specialized product areas including LAOs, EO/MEG, PO, Phenol, BPA, PC, Epoxies, Acrylics/SAP, Plasticizers, ACN, Synthetic Rubbers, 1,4-BDO, ABS, Nylons, Polyurethanes, PF, MF, UF Resins and many others.

• Gain an understanding of the big picture from feedstocks to olefins and aromatics to plastics
• Reinforce and refresh skills and knowledge
• Fill in knowledge gaps/learn new skills
• Learn current industry trends
• Hear different industry perspectives
• Gain confidence to engage more pro-actively with colleagues, senior management, customers and suppliers

Questions that the course will answer:

• Oil’s role in world energy consumption, the economy, and geo-politics
• What is oil used for? From cars, trucks to pharmaceuticals—and everything in between
• Understand the history of oil
• Geography of oil demand
• Geography of oil production and a primer on crude quality
• What is OPEC, OPEC+ and non-OPEC?
• Gain insight into the basics of crude oil pricing and trading
• The energy transition: What does it mean for the future of oil?

• Global energy fundamentals: global energy supply & demand;
• Structure of the world oil industry
• World oil market fundamentals (part 1): Oil market history; oil demand and supply; forces shaping future of world oil demand; history of oil supply regulation; US Shale; Emergence of OPEC+
• World oil market fundamentals (part 2): oil price history; factors shaping the oil price today; role of futures markets; price benchmarks
• Oil and the energy transition: How to think about the future
• Oil Pricing: How does the Brent market work?; Understanding what the physical trading data represents; Methodology: How do we arrive to the price?
• Trading: The mechanics of trading physical crude

• Oil’s role in world energy consumption, the economy, and geopolitics
• What is oil used for? From cars and trucks to pharmaceuticals—and everything in between
• Understand the history of oil
• Geography of oil demand
• Geography of oil production and a primer on crude quality
• What is OPEC, OPEC+ and non-OPEC?
• Gain insight into the basics of crude oil pricing and trading
• The energy transition: What does it mean for the future of oil?

• Global energy fundamentals: global energy supply & demand
• Structure of the world oil industry
• World oil market fundamentals Part 1: Oil market history; oil demand and supply; forces shaping future of world oil demand; history of oil supply regulation; US Shale; Emergence of OPEC+
• World oil market fundamentals Part 2: oil price history; factors shaping the oil price today; the role of futures markets; price benchmarks
• Oil and the energy transition: How to think about the future
• Oil Pricing: How does the Brent market work? Understanding what the physical trading data represents; Methodology: How do we arrive to the price?
• Trading: The mechanics of trading physical crude

Questions that the course will answer:

• Oil’s role in world energy consumption, the economy, and geo-politics
• What is oil used for? From cars, trucks to pharmaceuticals—and everything in between
• Understand the history of oil
• Geography of oil demand
• Geography of oil production and a primer on crude quality
• What is OPEC, OPEC+ and non-OPEC?
• Gain insight into the basics of crude oil pricing and trading
• The energy transition: What does it mean for the future of oil?

• Global energy fundamentals: global energy supply & demand;
• Structure of the world oil industry
• World oil market fundamentals (part 1): Oil market history; oil demand and supply; forces shaping future of world oil demand; history of oil supply regulation; US Shale; Emergence of OPEC+
• World oil market fundamentals (part 2): oil price history; factors shaping the oil price today; role of futures markets; price benchmarks
• Oil and the energy transition: How to think about the future
• Oil Pricing: How does the Brent market work?; Understanding what the physical trading data represents; Methodology: How do we arrive to the price?
• Trading: The mechanics of trading physical crude

• Introduction to refining
• Crude oil and refined product
• Refinery processes and configurations
• Crude oil and refined product pricing and refinery margins

• Responding to a changing market
• Short-term market outlook
• Optimization in a volatile market
• Long-term market outlook
• Investment paths for the refinery of the future
• Petrochemical integration (including crude oil to chemicals)
• Low carbon intensity fuels production
• Emissions reduction

• Understand the role of refining in the oil and chemicals supply chain
• Understand how refiners seek to maximize short and long-term profitability
• Participate in classroom exercises that simulate the day-to-day decisions refiners take
• Understand the pressures the industry is facing and how refiners are adapting to short-term volatility and the longer-term challenges of the energy transition

• Introduction to refining
• Crude oil and refined product
• Refinery processes and configurations
• Crude oil and refined product pricing and refinery margins
• Responding to a changing market
• Short-term market outlook
• Optimization in a volatile market
• Long-term market outlook
• Investment paths for the refinery of the future
• Petrochemical integration (including crude oil to chemicals)
• Low carbon intensity fuels production
• Emissions reduction

• Understand the role of refining in the oil and chemicals supply chain
• Understand how refiners seek to maximize short and long-term profitability
• Participate in classroom exercises that simulate the day-to-day decisions refiners take
• Understand the pressures the industry is facing and how refiners are adapting to short-term volatility and the longer-term challenges of the energy transition

At the end of the course, the Learner will:

• Gain an understanding of various types of ships and their features.
• Understand the basis of Prevention and Mitigation in Risk Management for Safety,
• Apply Risk Management for Safety and Environmental Management of ships and facilities.

• Risk Management Process for the Safe Management of ships and the Prevention of Pollution.
• Safety Management System and Statutory requirements
• Major Accident Events, Preventive Controls and Mitigative Safeguards.
• Cyber Security and Safety Criticality of Systems
• Case studies
• Over-arching international conventions, codes, and regulations