Attention is focused on key industry agreements including production sharing contracts, joint venture operating agreements and production sales contracts. International precedents and checklists are provided for each section. A comprehensive seminar manual is provided which includes case studies, exercises and precedents. In addition to seminar lectures, participants work in teams during negotiation simulations. Each participant will be the lead-negotiator' for a particular stage of the exercise.
Exercises are video-tapes for review and feedback on improvements in skills.
Outcomes are modeled on computer software and each team provides a presentation at the end of the course. In his practice, he has represented private operators in all segments of the industry and has also advised national oil and gas companies and petroleum authorities in China, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Papau New Guinea, Philippines and Vietnam. Mr. Stickley has worked as an expert on petroleum law for the Asian Development Bank. The European Development Bank and The World Bank. He is an Honorary Fellow and Course Director on Energy Negotiations at The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy and listed in Guide to The World's Leading Energy and Resource Lawyers.