An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

Build Local Workforce and Sustain Successful Local Content Strategic Plans

30 Mar - 03 Apr 2026
Dubai
| $5950
13 - 17 Apr 2026
London
| $5950
01 - 05 Jun 2026
Dubai
| $5950
10 - 14 Aug 2026
Dubai
| $5950
28 Sep - 02 Oct 2026
London
| $5950
23 - 27 Nov 2026
Dubai
| $5950
28 Sep - 02 Oct 2026
Online
| $3950

Introduction

Local Content is the development of local skills, oil and gas technology transfer, and use of local manpower and local manufacturing. This Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry training course will discuss the business benefits of developing the primary components of a local content strategy, including building local workforce and supplier capacity, integrating local content with business plans and successfully monitoring the programmes. Whether you are developing your policy now or want to scale up you local content models, you will get practical insight into what works best for your region. 

This training course will equip you with the understanding and delivering local content in relation to oil and gas projects. It aims at assisting you to build local workforce and supplier capacity, and implementing and sustaining successful local content strategic plans. Furthermore, the training will offer oil and gas business practical advice on how they can realise the potential value of local content, and to offer all stakeholders suggestions on ways to help create shared value through local content development.

This Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry training course will highlight:

Key Learning Outcomes

This training course will enhance your ability to identify, determine and manage local content strategies in the oil and gas business. It will boost your skills in mastering the implications of local content provisions over the execution of an oil field development project, mainly in terms of procurement and personnel management.

At the end of this Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry training course, you will learn to:

Training Methodology

In this Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry training course, our expert presenter draws on practical experience and extensive discussion with policy makers, ministers, law officers, private sector contractors around the world. This GLOMACS training course blends presentations with practical case studies and interactive exercises to ensure that participants have ample opportunity to discuss, challenge and understand the key principles in Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry.

Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

Who Should Attend?

Success can be learned, and failures can be avoided, by examining others' experience. Throughout this GLOMACS training course, we draw on practical examples of best practice and well-documented failures to maximize your team's chances of success. Through practical examples, open discussion and interactive exercises, your team can gain the skills and confidence to deal with Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry within your organisation.

Learning Journey Breakdown

  • Oil and Gas Industry: Setting The Scene
  • What is Local Content?
  • Understanding the Context and Current Overview of Major Themes in Local Content Laws and Regulation
  • Company Perspectives
    • The Role of International Oil Companies
    • The Role of National Oil Companies
  • Understanding the Underlying Concepts Local Content Policy Provisions Applicable in the Oil & Gas Business
  • How to Make Quick Wins In: Procurement of Goods and Services from Local Suppliers, Employment and Development of Local Workforce, Knowledge  and Technology Transfer
  • Building and Developing Human Capacity
  • Developing Oil and Gas Industry Capacity
  • Building A Globally Competitive Supplier Base: Focusing On Community Participation In The Supply Chain
  • Procurement And Contract Strategy
  • How to Approach A National Content Plan
  • Content Implementation
    • Implementation, Measurement And Monitoring Of Local Content
    • Group Session: Local Content Strategy From A Company Perspective
    • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Local Content Agenda, Targets, Measures and Mechanisms to Meet Local Content Requirements, Monitor and Implement Targets Performance of Local Content
  • Opportunities Driving Forces, Issues, Obstacles in Nationalizing Host Countries Workforce, Challenges and their Effective Solutions of Localization of Workforce and Suppliers for the Satisfaction of Local Content Requirements
  • Maximisation of the Commercial Success of Projects with Local Content Quick Wins 
  • Quick Wins in Supplier Development and Training of National Suppliers and Workforce
  • Challenges and Opportunities
  • Managing Expectations
  • Key Factors in Developing and Implementing a Local Content Strategy
  • Developing Local Content Management Plan (LCMP)
  • Incorporating Local Content in a Contractual Strategy
  • Key-factor and Associated Risks
  • Setting-up and Management of a LCMP
  • Contract Drafting and Negotiation
  • Ways to Measure Local Content
  • The Balanced Scorecard and other Tools in Local Content
  • Consequences of Local Content Provisions on the Execution of a Procurement Contract
  • Contractual Strategy including Impact on Oil and Gas Contracts
  • Tendering Process
  • Recommendation and Awarding
  • Execution - Control
  • Impact of Local Content Provisions on Workforce Management
  • Employment, Training and Education

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