MSc in Oil and Gas Management

WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE?

This course aims to equip you with the skills required to support a range of management/professional careers in the global petroleum industry. It provides a comprehensive advanced level introduction to the international operation of the industry (upstream and downstream), and explores the key challenges and emerging technologies that are influencing exploration and production and the future of oil and gas.

Core modules focus on essential skills for industry managers/professionals such as project and quality management, health and safety management and petroleum contracts and economics.

Students can then enhance their employability by specialising in one of four routes (Quality, Health, Safety and Environment [QHSE]; Finance and Investment; Law and Policy (this route is not available for May start); and Technology Management). Course highlights include the use of industry standard simulation facilities and software (including an innovative simulation centre, which supports real time scenarios linked to the management of industry-related emergencies, and a state of the art commodity trading floor), and the opportunity to obtain an IOSH accredited Managing Safely Certificate. MSc OGM students can also participate in a vibrant Student Chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

This course is ideal for a person who is interested in a professional career in the energy and hydrocarbon industry.  It is also suitable as a means of career enhancement for those already working in the industry.  It is designed to benefit students from a range of technical, non-technical and commercial backgrounds. The course provides an understanding of the processes, drivers, threats and opportunities related to the management of the energy and hydrocarbon industry in the 21st century. It adopts a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating modules from various specialist areas including petroleum contracts and economics, project management, renewable energy, risk management, environmental management, strategic and human resource management.

The course is professionally accredited by the Energy Institute.  Obtaining Energy Institute accreditation involves a rigorous assessment, by a visiting panel of experts, of the quality of the course, the School, its facilities and its staff and students. It represents a positive endorsement of the relevance of the course to the needs of the 21st century industry and its potential to produce graduates with the skills and expertise required to become the global energy professionals of the future. On successful completion of this course, students will have met the entry requirement for working towards MEI chartered professional status for the Energy Institute. In addition to their degree certificate, students will also have the opportunity to obtain an IOSH accredited health and safety certificate.

Mandatory subjects for all routes

• Introduction to Oil & Gas Industry
• The Future of Oil and Gas
• HSE Management in the Oil & Gas Industry
• Petroleum Contracts & Economics
• Project & Quality Management in the Energy Industry
• Impacts of Petroleum Exploration, Extraction & Transportation
•  Personal project under the guidance of an experienced supervisor

Optional subjects for the different routes

Technology Management Route

• Water & Wastewater Treatment
• Oil Spill Science, Response & Remediation

QHSE Route

• Risk Safety & Governance
• Oil Spill Science, Response & Remediation

Finance & Investment Route

• Investment Analysis and Decision Making in the Petroleum Industry
• International Oil & Gas Trading

Law & Policy Route (this route is not available for May start)

• International Environmental Law
• International Oil & Gas Trading

1) Oil and Gas Management MSc - Coventry University

2) MSc in Management - Oil and Gas - University of Liverpool

3)MSc in Project Management - Oil and Gas | London school of business and finance

4) university of central lancashire

5) GSM London

6) Birmingham city university

7) university of wolverhampton