Local Content Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

COURSE DURATION 5 DAYS

Date: 20^th to 24^th July 2026

Organizations in the Oil and Gas Industry require strategies and practices that ensure the involvement of local businesses, workforce, and materials in oil and gas projects. The aim is to foster economic growth and develop local industries by maximizing the utilization of domestic resources.

Industries use local content policies to create jobs, develop skills, and stimulate the local economy while adhering to regulatory requirements. They often set quantifiable targets for local participation and develop partnerships with local suppliers and contractors. By promoting local content, oil and gas companies can achieve sustainable operations and build strong community relationships.

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

• Key-factors in the local content provisions
• Exploring some themes, including skills development programmes and local content performance management
• Identify and assess the impact of local content provisions over the execution of an oil field development project
• Participate in the elaboration of a local content management plan
• Negotiation of local content provisions applicable to a given contractual context

Objectives

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:

• Identify the key-factors in the local content provisions applicable to a given contractual context, and assess their impact over the execution of an oil field development project
• Participate in the development and implementation of local content strategy and execution of a local content management plan, take part in a procurement contract tendering, negotiation, and follow-up, take into account the impacts of local provisions on workforce management
• Manage local content regulations and requirements in key oil and gas producing nations around the world
• Understand the latest updates to local content calculation methodology and its impact to your projects and planning
• Participate in the elaboration of a local content management plan
• Learn how to significantly improve your management of local content internally and across your supplier base

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for professionals involved in procurement, contracting, compliance, and project execution within the oil and gas industry who are responsible for or impacted by local content requirements. It is particularly beneficial for:

• Procurement and Supply Chain Managers
• Contract Managers and Legal Advisors
• Local Content and Compliance Officers
• Project Managers and Project Engineers
• CSR and Sustainability Managers
• HR and Workforce Development Specialists
• Government Affairs and Regulatory Liaison Officers
• National Oil, Gas & Energy Company Representatives
• International Oil, Gas & Energy Company Professionals working in host countries
• Consultants and Advisors supporting oil and gas projects

Training Methodology

In this Local Content Management in the Oil, Gas and Energy Industry training course, our expert presenter draws on practical experience and extensive discussion with policy makers, ministers, law officers, and private sector contractors around the world. This 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, Gas and Energy Industry.

Organisational Impact

Success can be learned, and failures can be avoided, by examining others’ experience. Throughout this ALARDI Africa 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.

Personal Impact

Your team members will learn and have the opportunity to practice techniques for:

• Evaluating key elements of local content between regulations, industrial policy, commercial interests and sustainable development
• State of play on local content regulations around the world including Brazil, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Australia and China amongst others
• Formulating contracting strategies that match local capabilities
• Simulated tender evolution of local content
• The mechanics of local content
• Reviewing and setting metrics for measuring and reporting Local Content Performance

Course Outline

Day 1:  Introduction to Local Content in the Oil, and Gas Industry

• 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

Day 2. Local Content in Procurements And Contracts

• 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

Day 3. Developing A Local Content Plan

• 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

Day 4. Local Content Management Plan (LCMP)

• 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 an LCM

Day 5. Negotiation and Drafting of Local Content Provisions

• 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

Certificate

• On successful completion of this training course, the ALARDI Africa Certificate will be issued to the participants.

Venue:

Kenya-Mombasa                        Cost USD 1850

UAE-Abu Dhabi                           Cost USD 2200

Date: 20^th to 24^th July 2026