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Can you provide me the content of the International LNG Business Management Certificate Program offered by International Human Resources Development Corporation?

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The content of the International LNG Business Management Certificate Program offered by International Human Resources Development Corporation is as follows:

Unit 1

LECTURE
LNG BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS
The sessions are identified in red and the content of one or more lectures are shown below these titles.

Gas Fundamentals: Gas Hydrocarbon Properties and Conversion
Natural gas hydrocarbons and their chemical properties, gas volume, and thermal energy measures; gas industry terminology and LNG acronyms. Gas quality, heating value, density, gas liquid yield; comparative energy value analysis: natural gas, LPGs, condensate, LNG.

Gas Market Fundamentals
Overview of the International Gas Markets
LNG Value Chain, Global Market History and Trends
Market structure and value chain; gas market sectors; historical gas market supply and demand in various regions of the world and projected future demand. LNG value chain; LNG business history; future market trends. Pricing options: base and indexing options; liberalized market pricing; current pricing in Asia, Europe, North America, potential hybrid pricing. Locations of supply, liquefaction, receiving terminals. Key players: sellers, buyers, NOCs, IOCs, lenders and banks, joint ventures, ministries, legal firms.

LNG Project Fundamentals
Overview of Gas Supply for an LNG Project
LNG Liquefaction Plants
LNG Transportation and Receiving Terminals
Gas supply: exploration, drilling, resource estimation, field development; natural gas processing, gas liquids, market options; LNG liquefaction plants: design, technology, development schedule, capital costs; LNG ships: technology, operating fundamentals and capital costs, ship ownership options; LNG receiving terminals: design, technology, capital costs, third party tariffs.

LNG Legal Fundamentals
LNG Sales and Purchase Agreements: History, Protocols, and Documents
LNG Shipping Agreements
LNG Joint Ventures and Operating Agreements
Major legal agreements; joint venture agreements; LNG sale and purchase agreements: terms, history, relationships, negotiating team composition, legal terminology issues; charter party for LNG ships, receiving terminal access agreements.

LNG Commercial Fundamentals
Energy Project Economics
Project Financing of LNG Projects
Introduction to FEED Contracts and Tendering Processes
Project economics: economic yardsticks, cash flow, tax expenses, internal rate of return, risk assessment, sensitivity analysis; project financing: commercial debt structuring; project risk analysis; FEED and EPC tendering and contracting.

LNG Project Management
The LNG Stage-Gate Process
Stage 1: Assessment of LNG Project Opportunity
Stage 2: Project Development Optimization
Early Estimation of Project Costs and Schedule
Management of LNG Project Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts
Stage 3: Requirements and Execution Planning
Stage-Gate project management process; project alignment and integration of the full value chain; fulfilling the requirements of Stages 1 and 2: from opportunity assessment to project optimization; planning for Stage 3. Estimating project costs, schedule, risks, environmental and social impacts, and capital funding.


Unit 2


LECTURE
MANAGEMENT OF MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM PROJECTS
Overview of the Stage-Gate Project Management Process
The development cycle of a major oil and gas industry capital projects. The use of the Stage-Gate project management process to enhance decision making, risk management, project schedule, and cost control. Stage 1: opportunity assessment; Stage 2: project development options; Stage 3: activities to reach FID (Final Investment Decision); Stage 4: project execution; Stage 5: long-term operation and post-project evaluation.

Execution Strategies for FEL (Front-End Loading) and FEED (Front End Engineering Design)
Front-end loading, design documents, design basis for FEED, quality of deliverables from FEED, project execution strategies, cost and schedule development, project risk analysis, FEED contractor pre-qualification and selection, FEED to EPC transition.

Introduction to EPC (Engineering Design, Procurement, Construction) Contract Development
Project contracting strategies, execution plan fundamentals, EPC contractor roles and responsibilities, contract development and tendering process, bid package development, criteria and methodology for EPC contractor selection, lump sum vs. reimbursable contracting options, agreements and guarantees.

Estimating Project Costs and Schedule
Cost estimating classifications, approach to cost estimating for FID, estimating capital and operating costs, project schedule and contingency assessment, calibration of costs and schedule compared to other projects.

Introduction to Stage 4: Project Execution Planning
Stage 4 execution planning, project governance, scope and technical issues, management of change processes, interface management, risk assessment and mitigation, contracting plans, work breakdown structure, SHE plans, project economics and funding plans, communications plans.

Detailed Engineering Activities and Coordination
EPC contract award, global and detailed engineering activities, interfaces with procurement and construction, detailed engineering organization and governance.

Procurement Activities and Coordination
Global procurement strategies, success factors, roles and responsibilities of owners, contractors, quality control and quality assurance systems, total lifecycle costs principles in equipment procurement, interfaces with detailed engineering and construction, contract administration.

Construction Planning and Management Principles
Stage 4 activities, flawless execution needs, plant layout and plot plans, site prep and laydown areas, material logistics and control, construction quality control, interfaces with detailed engineering and procurement, multi-contractor interface management, construction progress stewardship, handover to commissioning.

Construction Leadership Implementing SHE Principles
Safety leadership and culture; safety management systems, safety pyramid, safety stewardship and incident prevention, incident evaluation, root cause analysis, proactive assessment of safety in the workplace, cultural diversity, related challenges.

Completion of Construction, Commissioning and Startup
Key elements of startup, organizational design, safety during commissioning, pre-startup audits, training requirements, coordination with upstream and downstream facilities and customers, role of contractors and owners, development of punch-list items, handover to operations.

Project Closeout, Reappraisal, and Long-Term Operations
Systematic capture of post-project learnings: project closeout documentation, investment reappraisal techniques, look-backs and comparison with FID. Expanding plant capacity and managing an LNG facility and relationships after startup.