| Date | Venue | Fees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 - 18 Dec 2026 | Casablanca - Morocco | $ 5,950 | |
| 05 - 09 Apr 2027 | Amsterdam - The Netherlands | $ 5,950 | |
| 16 - 20 Aug 2027 | London - UK | $ 5,950 | |
| 13 - 17 Dec 2027 | Casablanca - Morocco | $ 5,950 |
Introduction
This Upstream Petroleum Regulations training course is designed for professionals who need to understand how licensing, contractual obligations, compliance, ESG, safety, and decommissioning obligations shape upstream oil and gas decisions.
This Upstream Petroleum Regulations training course will help delegates manage regulatory risk, engage confidently with regulators and partners, and make legally sound decisions across the upstream petroleum lifecycle. It combines clear legal explanation with practical scenarios, making complex regulatory duties easier to understand, apply, and communicate. Participants will explore the full upstream regulatory journey, from resource ownership and productions sharing contracts or licence awards to production approvals, environmental controls, health and safety duties, local content, enforcement, dispute resolutions, and late-life asset obligations.
The training course is especially valuable for legal, regulatory, commercial, government, and energy-sector professionals who want a structured and practical understanding of how upstream regulation works in real projects. Delegates will leave with stronger confidence, sharper risk awareness, and practical tools for decision-making.
This GLOMACS Upstream Petroleum Regulations, Governance and Compliance training course will highlight:
- Upstream licensing frameworks, approvals, operatorship, and regulatory decision-making
- Contractual access arrangements such as Production Sharing Contracts and Joint Ventures
- Key legal, commercial, and governance risks across the petroleum project lifecycle
- Environmental, climate, ESG, and host community impact obligations in upstream operations
- Health, safety, emergency response, and major accident risk regulation
- Decommissioning, enforcement, dispute resolutions such as Arbitration and mediation, and future regulatory trends
Objectives
At the end of this Upstream Petroleum Regulations, Governance and Compliance training course, you will learn to:
- Understand upstream petroleum regulatory and contractual frameworks
- Analyse licensing and compliance requirements
- Apply ESG and safety obligations
- Evaluate regulatory risks and liabilities
- Develop effective governance and dispute resolution strategies
Training Methodology
This Upstream Petroleum Regulations, Governance and Compliance training course will be presented through expert-led presentations, interactive discussions, practical case studies and applied regulatory exercises. Participants will examine real upstream scenarios involving licensing, contracting, ESG, safety, decommissioning and compliance risks. The facilitator will encourage questions, peer learning and experience-sharing throughout. Group activities will help delegates apply regulatory principles to practical decision-making.
Organisational Impact
The Organisation will have the following benefits;
- Strengthened regulatory and contractual compliance across upstream operations
- Improved governance and accountability throughout petroleum operations
- Enhanced identification and management of regulatory risks
- Better integration of compliance into operational decisions
- Stronger audit readiness and regulatory reporting capabilities
- Improved oversight of contractor and partner compliance
Personal Impact
At the end of this Upstream Petroleum Regulations, Governance and Compliance training course, the participants will gain the following;
- Deeper understanding of upstream petroleum regulatory and contractual frameworks
- Practical skills in interpreting and applying regulations
- Greater confidence in identifying and assessing risks
- Enhanced ability to navigate complex governance challenge
- Stronger capabilities in compliance monitoring and reporting
- Broader expertise supporting career progression and leadership
Who should Attend?
This GLOMACS Upstream Petroleum Regulations, Governance and Compliance training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Legal, regulatory affairs, governance and compliance professionals
- Operations, engineering, exploration and production personnel
- Risk management, audit, assurance and HSE professionals
- Commercial, contracts, procurement, project management, and public regulations
- Professionals overseeing petroleum activities within government and regulatory bodies
Foundations of upstream petroleum regulation, contracting, and governance
- The upstream petroleum lifecycle and its regulatory context
- Principles of resource ownership and sovereign rights
- Legal frameworks governing exploration, development and production
- Formation of contracts in the upstream sector
- Contracting: roles and responsibilities of public authorities and operators
- Relationships between legislation, regulations and contractual obligations
- Core principles of governance, accountability and transparency
- Public interest, energy security and sustainable development.
Licensing, contracts and regulatory approvals
- Frameworks for awarding and maintaining petroleum rights
- Upstream operations under a joint venture
- Licensing conditions and contractual commitments
- Production Sharing Contract structure
- Upstream petroleum contractual negotiations
- Allocation of rights, responsibilities and liabilities
- Regulatory approvals across the upstream lifecycle
- Governance of partnerships and shared operations
- Management of regulatory change and contractual uncertainty
Operational compliance and responsible petroleum development
- Compliance obligations during exploration, development and production
- Governance of health, safety and environmental responsibilities
- Environmental protection and resource stewardship principles
- Stakeholder engagement and host community relations
- Oversight of contractors and supply chain compliance
- Production accountability, information management and regulatory reporting
- Decommissioning obligations and long-term responsibilities
Corporate governance, ethics and risk management
- Governance structures and organisational accountability
- Risk management in upstream petroleum projects
- Major accident hazards and contractor duties
- Governance failures and lessons from major upstream incidents.
- Leadership responsibilities and compliance culture
- Ethical conduct, integrity and conflicts of interest
- Integration of compliance risk into organisational decisions
- Internal controls and oversight of compliance performance
- Escalation of concerns and accountability for corrective action
Compliance assurance, dispute resolutions strategy, and future regulation
- Design and implementation of compliance management frameworks
- Disputes between state, regulator, operator and contractors
- Dispute resolution options: arbitration and litigation risks
- Compliance monitoring, assurance and performance evaluation
- Management of non-compliance and regulatory enforcement
- Continuous improvement and adaptation to evolving requirements
- Integration of governance and compliance into strategic planning
- Decommissioning duties; financial security
- Energy transition, carbon capture, hydrogen and future upstream regulation
- Upon successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates. Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
