Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of Dundee offers a masterclass on Integrating Gas, Renewables & Hydrogen in the Energy Transition. This program is designed to provide a deep understanding of commercial challenges in the oil and gas sectors and the energy transition.

Program Details

• Date of entry: June 2026
• Start date: Tuesday, 16 June 2026
• Duration: 3 days
• Location: Dundee City Campus

Program Description

This masterclass is meticulously designed to equip attendees with issue frameworks used in a progressive case study approach, representing the interests of various parties involved. The hands-on experience allows exploration and discussion of issues in negotiation key commercial terms, fostering a "learning by doing" approach.

Purpose

The purpose of this program is to understand how energy density dictates cost to serve markets and energy policy shapes choices in meeting energy demand. It also covers the management of price and volume risk in the gas into power generation and the future impact of increasing levels of renewable energy on the system.

Description

The program includes the following topics:

• Revisits key insights in energy density / market uses, emissions, and dynamics in forecasting gas and hydrogen within the energy transition.
• Case Study Stage (i) analysis of the case study country's current energy balance to determine the energy supply / demand and the opportunities for gas & power investments in the government proposed restructuring of the energy market.
• Case Study Stage (ii) energy policy framework explores the impact of security of supply, affordability, and sustainability in shaping government policy choices in the use of markets or mandates.
• Gas project structuring explores matching of supply & market demand for gas and power and impact of load & utilisation factors on investment.
• Case Study Stage (iii) evaluation of options in shaping a basin gas supply recognising exploration risk and field reserves uncertainty, choices in development of power supply through IPPs using gas-fired generation integrated with renewable energy options.
• Managing gas and power supply to meet market needs using Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) analysis, sensitivity to gas price, carbon price, load factor / load duration curves, and the impact of increased renewable energy on the system.
• Case Study Stage (iv) involves identification of preferred investment options within limited capital budgets and negotiations of infrastructure investment and Case Study Stage (v) involves final negotiation of gas and power prices between investors and government.
• Review of UK power market - pricing, managing renewable intermittency, future power market structure change
• The future role of hydrogen beyond the hype - critical markets, physical issues, and insight to energy transformation economic viability
• The outlook for gas in the energy transition is critically accessed against the wide range of current forecasts.

Facilitators

Norrie Stanley

Norrie has a background in Chemical Engineering, an MBA, and is a Chartered Management Accountant. He worked for Exxon, British Gas, BNOC, Britoil, and BP, where he was latterly Senior Vice President Commercial for BP Exploration & Production and for Gas, Power & Alternative Energy.

Jon Suller

Jon has a background in geoscience and petroleum engineering. He worked for BP in the UK and US before moving into commercial & business development roles. Latterly, as Director of Capability for E&P Commercial, he was responsible for managing recruitment, deployment, and development training.

Costs

The cost for industry attendees is £1,950, excluding travel and accommodation.