Energy Certificate Program
Our new Energy Certificate Program offers you an in-depth look at the economics, strategy, business valuation and finance that is specific to the energy industry. The program offers industry managers and executives a unique opportunity to improve their business acumen in an environment focused on the complexities of their field.
Key Benefits of the Series
- Understand the risk and operational implications of market prices of futures and options contracts
- Incorporate and optimize above-ground risks
- Address links between physical properties and financial markets in determining value
- Use information from futures/option prices to make optimal production decisions
- Discover the optimal timing for extraction and ideal rate at which to extract oil (gas) from a field
- Learn how to value oil fields, pipelines and storage facilities
- Optimize division-level and corporate-level price-quantity exposure
- Implement Value-at-Risk methods in energy
- Understand the stochastic behavior of commodity prices in the oil and gas markets
- Use structured products to enhance firm value; understand exotic structures unique to oil and gas
- Conduct basic valuation of energy assets and corporations including the valuation of capital investments; financing instruments and strategic investments
- Value a business by discounting cash flows and using comparables
- Value investments with embedded options
- Discover how financing choices affect valuation
- Understand the economic fundamentals of the energy industries and value chains
- Gain an understanding of electric power
Energy Program Curriculum
The Energy Certificate series consists of 2 “core” programs and 3 electives. Each program may be taken as an individual session without signing up for the entire series. All sessions will be held in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Houston Branch which is located at 1801 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019. The Program Coordinator will contact program attendees with additional parking & location information including program materials and a schedule.
Core Programs:
Elective Programs:
- Business Valuation
- Economics and Technology of the Crude Oil, Natural Gas and LNG Value Chains
- Economics and Technology of Electric Power
- Decision and Risk Analysis in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production
- External Stakeholders and Political Risk/Legal Risk in Emerging Energy Markets
Program Fees
The cost for the Energy Certificate is $9700 and includes program materials, lunches and breaks. A payment plan is available on a pro-rated basis with each payment due 3 weeks prior to each session. The cost for an individual program is $2300 and includes program materials, lunches and breaks. UT Alumni and past participants qualify for a 10% discount on individual sessions. Payment is required prior to receiving materials. Team discounts are available.
Continuing Education Units:
Participants earn 1.40 continuing education units (CEU) per individual course with a total of 7.0 for entire series. Upon completion of the certificate participants will be awarded an Energy Certificate from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
To ENROLL online please click on this link and select the appropriate Certificate program and choose at least 1 program date to start your certificate series. An email confirmation will be sent once received and processed.
