Certified LNG Long Term Contracts (GSPA) Professional

This Professional Certification Program builds Expert Level Understanding, Skill & Competency in LNG Long Term Contracts. Liquefied Natural Gas LNG is mostly traded through Long Term Contracts with LNG Marketers or Bulk Consumers. These contracts offer Supplier advantages of Assured Revenues and Margins that can be used for Financial Planning and Investment Decisions, for the Customer it gives some Assurances of Price Stability for his Own Price Planning and Management.

The objectives of this program are to understand and effectively administer the complexities of LNG GSPA long term contracts.

The participant will learn to effectively administer Long-Term contracts.

Risks and disruptive events do occur for both the Buyer and Seller, Contracts therefore must define not only the rights and responsibilities if everything goes as per plan, but also for risk and variability situations that may arise during the long period of the contract.

1. Who Should Attend?
2. This program is intended for LNG Contracts Negotiators, Contract Drafting Professionals and other Stakeholder Professionals, Legal Staff, Fulfillment Operational Staff, Managers, Consultants, Auditors and Government Regulators.
3. This Program be used for Periodic Training or Refresher Training of LNG Contracts Negotiators, Contract Administrators and LNG Contract Fulfillment Professionals.
4. Program Content of this Job Certification Program?
5. Certified LNG Long Term Contracts (GSPA) Professional
6. Business Environment for LNG Long Term SPAs Contracts
7. GSPA Stakeholders & their Expectations
8. Regulatory and Tax Aspects
9. Logic & Need for Long Term Contracts GSPAs
10. Understanding the GSPA Complexities in Terms of Risks and Liabilities for each Stakeholder
11. Negotiating GSPAs
12. Not get Mislead during Negotiations
13. Drafting the Contract Variable Special Conditions
14. Administering the Ongoing LNG Contracts
15. Amicably resolving Changes, Disagreements and Disputes
16. GSPA Risks, Uncertainties & their Administration
    
    (1) Annual Delivery Program and Changes
    (2) Precedent to Contract Approvals and Conditions
    (3) Assignments,
    (4) Merger,
    (5) Consolidation,
    (6) Acquisition,
    (7) Financing
    (8) Buyer's Purchase Obligation & Cancellation Rights
    (9) Compliance with Laws
    (10) Conditions Precedent to Agreement Coming into Force
    (11) Key Contract Definitions
    (13) Contract Sales Price
    (14) Default and Termination
    (15) Delivery Point, Title and Risk
    (16) Dispute Resolution and Governing Law
    (17) Force Majeure Affecting LNG Tanker or Discharge Terminal
    (18) Force Majeure,
    (19) Effect of Extended Force Majeure
    (20) Indemnities
    (21) Information Confidentiality
    (22) Rules for Interpretation
    (23) Invoicing and Payment,
    (24) Disputed Invoice,
    (25) Delay in Payment,
    (25) Audit Rights,
    (27) Liabilities,
    (28) Indemnification and Insurance
    (29) Major Scheduled Maintenance and Inspections
    (30) Measurements,
    (31) Testing & Verifications
    (32) Notices
    (33) Quality Specifications,
    (34) Testing,
    (35) If Off-Specification LNG Loaded
    (36) Quantities: Adjusted Annual Contract ACQ Quantity
    (37) Records Audit
    (38) Renegotiation of Prices
    (39) Replacement of Rates and Indices No Longer Available
    (40) Representations,
    (41) Warranties and Undertakings by Buyer and Seller
    (42) Safety Obligations
    (43) Seller's Delivery Obligation
    (44) Taxes & Refunds
    (45) Term of Agreement,
    (46) First Commercial Delivery
    (49) Transportation and Loading:
    (48) Facility Compatibility with LNG Tankers,
    (49) LNG Tanker Inspection,
    (50) Port Liability Agreements,
    (51) Loading Scheduling & Operations
    (52) Attached Cooperation Agreement
    (53) Attached Form of Guarantee
    (54) Attached LNG Terminal Use Agreement
    (55) Attached Measurement Method
    (56) Attached Port Liability Agreement
    (57) Attached Transportation Services Agreement
    (58) Attached Tug Characteristics
    (59) Attached Tug Services Agreement
17. For each of the above GSPA provisions
    
    (1) Understanding the Contract Condition, its interpretation
    (2) Changes that can be considered and their implications
    (3) Contract administration aspects
    (4) Possible disputes, claims and resolving Claims strategies and options.
18. Win-Win LNG GSPA Contract Administration
19. Collecting Evidence to Support your Position during Negotiations, Resolving Disagreements, and Dispute Resolution
20. Workshop 1
21. Deeper Insights into LNG GSPA Contract Administration Professional Level Understanding
22. Developing a LNG GSPA Contract Administration Performance Evaluation System
23. Developing Meaningful KPIs for Performance Reporting
24. Workshop 2
25. Framework for a LNG GSPA Contract Administration Knowledge System
26. Building a LNG GSPA Contract Administration Knowledge System to Improve Productivity, Effectiveness and Empower Team Members
27. Workshop 3
28. Data Analytic System to Support Real Time or Near Real Time Pipeline Contract Decision Support
29. Artificial Intelligence Methods for Proactive Decision Support Insights, Management Support, Decision Suggestion System & Automated Decisions
30. Workshop 4
31. Setting Up a LNG GSPA Contract Administration Skills & Competency Training System for Empowering Team
32. Building a Multi-Level Internal LNG GSPA Contract Administration Skill & Competency Certification System
33. LNG GSPA Contract Administration Professional Certification Tests
34. LNG GSPA Contract Administration Professional Certification Interview
35. Program Recommendations
36. Detailed Personalized LNG Long Term Contracts (GSPA) Improvement Action Plan

Program General Methodology

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Euro Training is in the business of providing

1. Knowhow and Technology Transfer to the Participants.
2. Building Job Oriented Understanding, Competencies & Process Knowledge.
3. Domain Multi-discipline understanding that Improves Performance, Credibility and Respect
4. Competencies that Enable Superior Performance, Promotion, Career Advancement and Respect among Peers

Typical Certification Workshop Participant Takeaways

1. A-Z Knowhow and Step-by-Step Process Knowledge
2. A Customized Detailed Action Plan to apply the Program Knowledge to Work.
   The detailed Action Plan and Implementation Plans you prepare and take away after the program will help you take improvement initiatives and make a positive difference in your job, team, business unit or organization.
   This difference after implementation and when added to your resume will make you a prime candidate for career advancement in your own organization or in your next job/s.

(Made possible by Euro Training's unique, multidiscipline, customer focused, strategic focused, knowledge management, Data Analytics approach)

• Improved Performance through
• Effectiveness (doing right first time by considering all key stakeholders), Efficiency (applying good practices), Goal Achievement (KPIs)
• Customer Satisfaction
• Strategic Alignment
• Multi-discipline Empowered Employee
• Multi-Stakeholder Focus
• Customer Focus
• Operational Focus
• Strategic Focus
• Management by Facts (Data Analysis & Performance Evaluation)
• Employees Leveraging the Multi-Disciplines for doing the job right first time, by taking following aspects into consideration before decision making...
  Business Needs, Internal & External Customer Needs and Expectations, Operational & Strategic Objectives, Regulatory Aspects, Industry Standards, Technology Options, Understand Helpful Modern Tools and Methods, Understanding Risks, Leveraging Contingency Plans, Actions that Increase Productivity, Legal & Contractual Aspects, Intellectual Property Aspects, Safety, Security, Audit, Cost Benefit Aspects, Value Engineering Opportunities, Develop Key Performance Indicators, Develop a Meaningful Performance Evaluation System, Leveraging Data Analytic Opportunities, Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Opportunities, Developing a Decision Support Knowledge System, Internal Business Unit Training System, Internal Employee Certification System .... (and more multi-discipline aspects)
• Creating a Professionally Certified Pool of Domain Mentors, Coach & Trainers who have access to the required resources from the Developed Knowledge System. Also Also helping create internal multi-level job competency certification system.

1. Job Satisfaction that will come when satisfying your customers
2. Respect that will come when you are Recognized by your Peers
3. Promotion that will come from your Better Job Performance, Making Improvements and Convincing Performance Review Handling
4. Career Advancement that will come from your increased Employability through Convincing Competency Display in Resume and Interviews, Improvement Ideas, Implemented Improvements & Validated Certification

Team Nominations : Team Nominations (training teams): If the post program objective is to Assign the Participants to Roles that require (any of): Implement Changes requiring Establishing Teams, Work on New Projects, eEnable Existing Processes, Implementing a Data Analytic Project, Building a Knowledge System, Building a Quality Assured System, Adopting and/or Implementing ISO9001 or other Industry Standards, Setting-up KPI's or Service Level Agreements (SLA's), Setting up a Balanced Score Card System, Setting Up an Early Warning System... it is recommended that the organization nominate at least two participants together for this program. This will help the participants create a Critical Mass for the Change and support each other during such implementations.

Single Nominations will also be accepted for the program.

Single participant nominations can be made where the objective is to:-

1. Refresh and Upgrade skills, analytic abilities and competencies of existing employees, or, Develop relevant skills, analytic abilities and competencies in the new employees assigned these responsibilities.
2. Training promising experienced employee to take on Mentoring/ Instructor roles in this knowledge area.
3. Train individuals for Leadership Role in Teams, Section, Business Unit, Department or Organization.

All Programs are in English. Arabic Language Support is also Available please inquire before registering. French and Spanish Translation Service is available by prior arrangement.

Certificate of attendance is awarded to all Participants and on payment of Program Fees. Further, if you appear for the Certification Test and on your successfully passing the Test and on instructor favorable assessment you will be Certified as an Industry Professional. The decision of Euro Training Global Limited will be final in determining if you have Acquired the required competency to be Certified as such a Professional. Should you fail to get Certified the instructor may recommend further study (or training program) before a redetermination may be made regarding your Certification. Professional Certifications are valid for 5 years.

• Classroom Training £13,990 (USD $17,800) per participant. Online eTraining Fee £10,000 (USD $12,500) per participant.
• Professional Certification Training and Workshop Materials are included in the Fees. These training materials (4 week program) can also be purchased separately for £2,800 ($3,500) each set for your Libraries or Internal Training Needs.

1. To register: Please send us an official letter confirming registration (on organizational letterhead). And send us a completed registration form –electronically fill-able is at- available at http://www.eurotraining.com/etl-reg.php You can request or registration form by Emailing regn@eurotraining.com and eurotraining@gmail.com
2. For Program Fee Information Email: fees@eurotraining.com . Fees are Payable by Bank Transfer or Bank Draft. Fee information is available at: http://www.eurotraining.com/fees.php .
3. Program Fee is
   • 1 week (5 day/30 hrs) Training Program:
     At Dubai, Kuwait, New Delhi, Qatar £4,315 (USD $5,500) per participant.
     At London, US Locations, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore £4,747 (USD $6,050) per participant.
     Online eTraining Fee £2,000 (USD $2,500) per participant.
   • 6 day (36 hrs) Training Program (includes 1 day workshop): At Dubai, Kuwait, New Delhi, Qatar £5,100 (USD $6,500) per participant.
     At London, US Locations, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore £5,610 (USD $7,150) per participant.
     Online eTraining Fee £2,500 (USD $3,125) per participant.
   • 2 week (60 hrs) Training Workshop (includes 1 week workshop):
     At Dubai, Kuwait, New Delhi, Qatar £6,990 (USD $8,900) per participant.
     At London, US Locations, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore £7,689 (USD $9,790) per participant.
     Online eTraining Fee £3,500 (USD $4,375) per participant.
   • 3 week (90 hrs) Advanced Training Program (includes 1 week training + 1 week workshop + 1 week advanced training) (if available):
     At Dubai, Kuwait, New Delhi, Qatar £10,840 (USD $13,800) per participant.
     At London, US Locations, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore £11,924 (USD $15,180) per participant.
     Online eTraining Fee £5,000 (USD $6,250) per participant.
   • 4 week (120 hrs) Professional Certification Training Workshop (includes 1 week training + 1 week workshop + 1 week advanced training + 1 week domain professional skills)(if available):
     At Dubai, Kuwait, New Delhi, Qatar £13,990 (USD $17,800) per participant.
     At London, US Locations, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore £15,389 (USD $19,580) per participant.
     Online eTraining Fee £6,000 (USD $7,5000) per participant.
   and includes Course Materials, Certificate, Refreshments and Lunch (classroom programs). www.eurotraining.com/admin/fees.php)
4. Accommodation is not included in Program fee. Special rates will be available at venue hotel for the class room training program participants.
5. Special discount of 10% is offered for participants who pay their fees at least 45 days before start of the program.
6. Refund will not be considered where the participants cancels his registration less than 3 weeks before start of the program. Alternate nominations will be allowed anytime before program start. In case of exceptional hardship or emergency participant may be allowed to attend at another location.
7. All participants are required to fill in Participant Information form - on first day of the program. Each program Undergoes Customization to Better Meet Participant Present and Future Career Needs. Please be prepared to let the Instructor/s know about your organization's Special Needs, Interests or Initiatives.
8. It is always useful for participants to bring their existing problems or case studies, work-process flow charts or job related problems for discussion - consideration will be at sole discretion of the program director/s.
9. Provisional Registration : You can make a provisional registration by sending us an email – an official registration request can be made within 2 weeks. This will ensure we will reserve a seat. If The official registration request is not received within 2 weeks or at least 2 weeks before program start this provisional registration is automatically cancelled – we do request you to infrom us asap you have decided either way. All provisional registrations automatically cancel 2 weeks before program start.
10. Information required for Provisional Registration: Program Title, Location, Dates, Your Organization Name, Your Email Address, Your FAX No and your Mobile Number.