Poor Cow - Elton John (1988)

The Cap and Trade debate has taken a, well, dietrary turn as Stonyfield Farm, the yogurt maker, and others are changing their Vermont cows' diet to plants like alfalfa and flasxeed to reduce methane emissions which have been linked to climate change. The programme has seen success already in France and farmers are hoping for the same States-side.

Read this article from The New York Times and find out how Elsie and her bovine buddies are keeping the gas burps and yes, flatulence to a minimum so to speak.

Thinking of June - Slaughter (1996)

Hello from our Oxford Office which manages Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.

The month of May flew by. Now that GASTECH in Abu Dhabi is behind us and I have been able to recruit a new Account Executive who will start next week, I can return to my normal routine of posting on here more frequently.

June is a month of energy training possibilities. We've added more sessions to our most popular instructor-led courses in locations like Accra, Cairo and Dubai, as well as brand new courses altogether (both live workshops and web-based training titles).

Details can be found in our monthly e-newsletter which is going out this week. If you are not yet sucbsciribing to these, please do so on our homepage.

What opportunities await you this month?

Back to Chicago - Styx (1990)

It has be awhile since we last ran courses in the Windy City. Chicago is hot for many a reason these days and we think it is high-time that we returned.

This time we are partnering with the fine folks behind LDC Gas Forums who are holding their mid-continent conference September 14-16, 2009 at the Hyatt. After you attend their conference, you can ensure your edge in the industry by attending one or both of our bestseller natural gas courses:

Overview of the North American Natural Gas Industry
Thursday, September 17th

Natural Gas Transportation and Storage
Friday, September 18th.

Get your fill of what's new in the U.S. Natural Gas Market the entire week!

Let It Grow - Eric Clapton (1974)

On Tuesday, U.S. President Obama signed a directive establishing a Biofuels Interagency Working Group while also announcing that additional funds from the federal stimulus bill would be going to biofuel-related projects, all in an effort to help the U.S. biofuel industry continue to develop in the coming years.

You can read more here.

If you would like to brush up on biofuels fundamentals and the ethanol market in particular, check out our new web-based course on the Overview of the Ethanol Market.

Found a Job - Talking Heads (1978)

For many graduates these next few months mark the close of academic chapters and the opening of corporate ones at brand new spanking jobs (and that's despite the economy).

The energy sector is sure to have its share of hires who will need to get up to speed (and that's certainly the case in times like these) on the skills and knowledge base needed to be effective employees. Training programs are on the forefront of HR and T&D (training and development) Managers' agendas.

The Oxford Princeton Programme prides itself as being the preferred provider for introductory coursework whether it is in oil, natural gas, power or derivatives and commodity trading.

Share your entering workforce's profile with us and what will be expected of them and we'll prescribe a customized program all your company's own.

On A Little Street in Singapore - Frank Sinatra (1944)

...will you not only find our Asia-Pacific regional headquarters but venues for several courses arriving these coming months. And to entice you regsiter for them, we have a one-week only (April 20 - 24) Singapore Summer Training Sale which offers a 20% discount on all public courses running in June, July and August, 2009.

Choose from any of these today and save:

LPG Trading and Pricing - Shipping, Contracts and Price Risk Management
17 - 19 Jun 2009

Fundamentals of Technical Analysis
17 - 18 Jun 2009

Advanced Technical Analysis and Technical Trading
19 June 2009

Aviation Fuels: Supply, Trading and Risk Management
20 - 22 Jul 2009

Energy Value Chain Asia-Pacific - The Fundamentals of Oil, Gas, Coal and Power
23 - 24 Jul 2009

Total Risk Management in the International Oil and Derivatives Market
11 - 14 Aug 2009

The Synergies of Refining, Trading and Supply
17 - 20 Aug 2009

Tiny Bubbles – Don Ho (1966)

The Oil & Gas Journal is reporting that research in nanotechnology could make a “not-so-nano” difference in the recovery of the oil and gas sectors. Supposedly, nanosensors have the potential to assess rock and fluid properties from inside the pore spaces of reservoirs albeit 5-10 years down the road.

Read on to learn more as well as how others are assessing the pace of recovery in the energy sector as a whole.