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In an oilfield services contract, a rig on standby waiting for materials or an installation vessel held up by bad weather can cost more in a few days than many entire contracts. In this advanced course you follow Projeto Âmbar, a fictitious drilling and subsea tie-back campaign, and learn to manage variations, claims and disputes professionally. You will distinguish formal, constructive and scope variations, process variation orders from request to approval, analyse contractors' claims, organise the evidence with daily reports, vessel logs and delay analysis (with the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol as a reference), negotiate on the basis of rights and interests, choose the resolution route provided for in the contract and apply practices that prevent disputes. With case studies, decision scenarios, Excel exercises and downloadable templates. Designed for contract managers, lawyers and project managers in the sector. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Distinguish formal, constructive and scope variations in oil and gas contracts.
• Process a variation order from request to approval.
• Analyse a claim from an oilfield services contractor.
• Organise the supporting evidence to defend or negotiate a claim.
• Negotiate the settlement of a claim on the basis of rights and interests.
• Choose the dispute resolution route provided for in the contract.
• Apply practices that reduce variations, claims and disputes.

Modules

1. Variations in oil and gas contracts83 min
2. Managing variation orders93 min
3. Contractor claims87 min
4. Evidence and records85 min
5. Negotiating claims78 min
6. Dispute resolution83 min
7. Preventing disputes76 min

Who it is for

Contract managers, legal, project teams