This IFRS for the Oil and Gas Industry training seminar develops an essential understanding of Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (E&P) accounting, reporting and performance measurement issues and practices.

This International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the Oil & Gas Industry training seminar develops your ability to prepare, use and critically evaluate information on E&P activities, applying specialist industry knowledge and relevant analytical skills.

This training seminar will feature:

• Analysis and evaluation using practical case studies
• Facilitated group discussions on current issues, policies, procedures
• Real Life issues within delegates’ organisations and other oil and gas companies 

By the end of this training seminar, delegates will learn how to:

• Develop an understanding of the accounting standards, policies and practices used by companies in the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry
• Appreciate the nature and financial implications of Production Sharing Contracts and other agreements between host governments and international companies
• Examine issues and guidelines in accounting for Joint Ventures
• Identify and know how to apply international and national accounting standards most relevant to the E&P industry
• Improve relevance and reliability of financial reports to better meet the needs of users
• Review and use publicly available information for benchmarking the business performance of companies in the E&P industry

Each topic on this International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the Oil & Gas Industry training seminar is introduced with an illustrated presentation on the activities to be accounted for, the methods used, and the issues arising in the financial reporting of those activities. Learning on each topic is developed by a worked example, and participants then complete an exercise, individually or in groups as appropriate, to ensure that they are able to apply what they have learned.

On completion of each exercise, a full solution is issued and discussed, with an opportunity for questions and answers. Having mastered the theory and practice of each issue, learning is further reinforced by examination of relevant extracts from the annual reports of international oil and gas companies. At the end of each day, participants have an opportunity for a one-to-one session with the seminar leader to ask further questions and to go over any material that they have not yet fully understood.

This International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the Oil & Gas Industry training seminar is designed specifically for those have a basic understanding of accounting, and want to learn more about accounting and financial reporting policies and practices in the upstream Oil and Gas industry. In particular this training seminar will be suitable for:

• Corporate Accountants, Financial Controllers, Treasury Officers, Management Accountants
• Finance Staff in General Accounting, Payables, Receivables, Inventory, Fixed Assets, etc.
• Joint Venture Accountants and Auditors
• External, Financial and Internal Auditors
• Government Regulators and Auditors
• Financial and Investment Analysts