International Accounting Development: Oil and Gas. Admission. Eligibility to Apply. Applicants should have a fundamental understanding of accounting, be proficient in the English language, and be employed in activities directly or indirectly associated with oil and gas operations. Although an academic degree is desirable, it is not required as long as applicants have gained adequate knowledge and/or experience to enable them to follow the program in international oil and gas financial management. The applicant’s background and exposure at a senior level may be of more significance than academic degrees. All applicants must be able to take part in the educational activities of the program. Enrollment may be limited, and the admissions committee reserves the right to reject any applicant without statement of reason.
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Applications. Each applicant for the course must submit the following documents for consideration: Complete contact information including company mailing address, phone & fax numbers, e- mail address Biography/ Resume. Recent photograph. Statement of basic English proficiency. Please note: Application and participation are not considered final until all documents have been received. Visas. Participants should apply to the U.
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Tuition includes the cost of instruction and extensive course materials. It does not include living or travel expenses.
Tuition is payable by April 1. No Credit Card Payments are accepted. No scholarships or fellowships are offered. However, since the program’s sponsoring institution is a US tax- exempt organization, the program can be the recipient of gifts to cover participant’s attendance and fees. Cancellation. Tuition, less a $1. Room and Board. Accommodations will be at the Double.
Tree Hotel in Richardson, Texas. The hotel is convenient to shopping, restaurant, banking and sports facilities. The single- occupancy room rate is $8.
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These rates apply to a three- week stay (duration of the program). Higher rates apply for stays of less than three weeks. Meals. Program participants will receive a free buffet breakfast at the Double. Tree hotel (coupons will be given to participants upon check- in). Lunch is available at the UT Dallas cafeteria on campus and costs approximately $5- $7 (US currency). Evening meals can be secured in the area or at the hotel at a variance of expense (average $8 to $2. Materials Shipment.
Registrants are advised to include a sum in their budgets for shipping course materials home. All materials are given in hard- copy format and may weigh up to 4. The cost of shipment by air usually runs between $5. Some Background to Oil and Gas Operations, Exploration, Development and Production (6)An introduction to some of the issues including reserves, tools, methods and background of the industry touching briefly on the occurrence, migration and entrapment of oil and gas in the reservoir; exploration and development methods; petroleum geology and reservoir engineering; production mechanics; the nature of oil and gas and some comments on the refining sector. An outline case approach to the exploration, later development and production of a field will be used to illustrate alternatives and will cover aspects of geology and production engineering integrated into economic concepts. These sessions will introduce the broad concepts affecting economics and viability from a practical view of the industry fundamentals and set the scene in particular for the adjoining sessions on International Economics of Oil and Gas as well as relating these practical aspects to other course sectors.
International Economics of Oil and Gas (6)A practical approach to assessing the economic merits of oil and gas projects for state concerns or private industry. Following discussion on some of the economic fundamentals the sessions will focus on assessing project viability. A key aspect of these sessions will concentrate on what makes good project economics with a discussion of some of the pitfalls to be avoided. A case study will be used to put many of these individual approaches in context. The intent is to put international decision economics in the light of common sense practical petroleum- related investment in the current climate.
Oil and Gas Accounting (6)Detailed review of accounting principles, practices and procedures relating to various phases of oil and gas operations, including: property acquisition, retention and surrender; predrilling exploration; exploratory and development drilling; impairment and amortization of capitalized costs; oil and gas production; joint interest operations, and the related financial statement disclosures. Participants will be asked to comment on their oil and gas accounting systems. International Oil and Gas Law (9)A review of different contractual arrangements used to explore, develop and produce oil and gas. The evolving contractual granting process will be analyzed by studying fundamentals of licenses, concessions, risk service agreements and production sharing contracts. Specific emphasis will be given to: fiscal and economic regime, work commitments, work programs, terms, government compensation and government share, use of local companies and workers, government operating companies, surrender provisions, marketing, natural gas, exchange controls, arbitration, and force majeure. As most oil and gas operations are joint ventures, joint operating agreements governing shared operations will be analyzed. Specific attention will be devoted to the: operating committee, operator authority, expenditure process, sole risk and non- consent, assignments and preferential rights.
The Model Form International Accounting Procedures will be analyzed and discussed along with a typical Host Government Accounting Procedures. Participants will be asked to briefly present to the class the legal, fiscal and economic regime used in their country. International Taxation of Petroleum Enterprises (6)General review of taxation systems of the world; comparative international tax systems; tax treaties and their impact on international taxation; foreign tax credit- concept and application; US tax system in general, taxation of foreign operations, taxation of domestic operations by foreign persons, US taxation of oil and gas industry; taxation of oil and gas in developing countries.
Participants will be asked to give a presentation on their country’s taxation system, with particular reference to oil and gas operations. The Audit Process (3)The auditing of operations (e. The various international auditing standards (ISA) and their relevance for oil and gas financial management.
International Accounting Concepts and Standards (3)An overview of the status of International Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards) and their relevance to oil and gas accounting; efforts to harmonize international and regional accounting concepts, procedures, and practices; discussion of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s views on International Financial Reporting Standards, considerations when registering securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission from an international viewpoint. Harmonization of financial accounting diversity.
Planning and Control of International Operations (3)An appraisal of various planning and control issues faced in international operations; inter- country difficulties; the role of the controller; the interaction of financial planning and control issues. Case Study. Fraud: Detection and Prevention (3)A review of the white collar crime problem, the elements of fraud, a profile of typical white collar criminals, the most common types of fraud crimes, and indicators of fraudulent acts that the financial professional often is in the best position to detect. This presentation will discuss the definition of an effective compliance program and what companies do to guide their employees. Sustainability for Oil & Gas Operations (3)An assessment of the socio- economic aspects included in oil and gas operations, including the accounting, auditing and reporting for environmental aspects, health and safety. The information needs for stakeholders, the groups that have a direct stake in the affairs of an organization are the focus.
A sustainability index that tracks the performance of organizations reflects such broader responsibility. The governmental regulatory aspects of a national and international nature are becoming more and more significant. It furthermore deals with the human resource and ethical aspects, and the valuation and evaluation of such services. Capital Investment Decisions (3)This module explores the techniques utilized in analyzing capital investments in oil and gas operations. First, we discuss the basic aspects of financial derivatives instruments used for corporate hedging. Next, we discuss the circumstances in which risk management adds value to a firm’s shareholders.
Finally, we present a few examples of non standard derivatives instruments which are particularly useful for risk management in the energy sector. Turning Around an Oil Company: The Oxy Case (3)What did it take to turn around one of the worst managed companies in the Fortune 5.
How did Oxy become the oil company with the most profit per barrel? How did Oxy get to be #1 on Fortune’s 2. Most Admired” list for its market space?
The answers center around a CEO who emphasized agility as a management style and created a culture that simultaneously emphasized safety, productivity and profitability. Going for cash flow and shrinking to improve profits were key indicators.