Energy and utilities
Communication training for the energy sector
We prepare the people who speak for oil and gas companies, utilities, renewables and regulators: for the interview, the incident, the investor and the community. Based in London, delivered worldwide.
190+ energy organisations trained · 45 countries · Five continents · Since 2003
Why energy communication is different
The people who speak for an energy company answer to regulators, investors, governments, local communities and a press that often starts from suspicion. Reassure one audience and you can provoke another.
When something goes wrong it goes wrong fast, in public, and on a scale that pulls in far more than the communication team. A spill or a safety incident can put operational leads, technical experts and regional managers in front of a camera within hours. All of them have to be ready.
When the company is a national oil company its people speak for a country as well as a business, and government, commerce and public affairs land in the same answer. We have been doing this work in energy longer than in any other sector.
190+
Energy organisations trained
20+
Years of specialist energy work
2003
Specialist energy work since
Our work in energy
More than 190 energy organisations in 45 countries on five continents: national oil companies and international majors, power and water utilities, renewables and nuclear developers, and the regulators that oversee them. The work ranges from a day of media training for a leadership team to multi-year academies and crisis simulations run across several countries at once.
Oil and gas, national and international
Shell, BP, Chevron, TotalEnergies, PETRONAS, Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, KNPC, KIPIC, NNPC, Nigeria LNG, SNEPCo, BAPCO, OQ, Oman LNG, RasGas, COTCO, Petro Rabigh, SASREF, YASREF and OPEC.
Power, water and utilities
Engie, Veolia, Abu Dhabi Distribution Company, Haya Water, Tabreed and Oman Electricity Holding Company.
Renewables, nuclear and minerals
Masdar, Shams Power Company, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and Maaden.
Regulators and ministries
Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority, the UAE Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation and Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Oil and gas companies, national and international
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Case studies
Saudi Aramco: a communication training academy for 250 staff
We designed and ran a training academy for the company's communication, public relations and government affairs staff, mapping the skills each role needed, assessing every participant and writing an individual development plan for each. More than 250 people went through it with a faculty of over 15 international specialists, and Public Affairs Asia named the programme highly commended. Across 25 separate projects we have trained and coached more than 350 people at Saudi Aramco.
Full case study page to follow PETRONAS: a live crisis simulation across four time zones
We built and ran a crisis simulation with managers at facilities in Malaysia, Canada, Indonesia and Europe inside the same live exercise. A crisis unfolded in real time, with ambush interviews, simulated social media and pre-recorded news bulletins, testing whether strategy, systems and people held together. Two of our coaches worked with the core team face to face while the remote offices joined online.
Full case study page to follow COTCO: a bilingual pipeline crisis simulation
For the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company and its Chad pipeline partner we designed a rolling pipeline crisis scenario, media-trained the spokespeople, then ran the exercise live in French and English with people spread across two companies and a head office. The whole programme ran online, with our studio handling recording and replay for coaching.
Full case study page to follow Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority: corporate and crisis communication for the regulator
We train the authority's staff in corporate and crisis communication, an ongoing relationship on the regulatory side of the sector as well as the operators it oversees.
Full case study page to follow What we train energy people for
Every programme is built for the situation your people will face, using your operations, your stakeholders and the stories they will be asked about.
The interview
Media training and spokesperson development, with interview scenarios drawn from the energy stories your people will be asked about, several rounds on camera and a written trainer assessment for each participant so the head of communication knows how ready the team is.
Media training The incident
Crisis communication in three formats: crisis media skills for spokespeople, classroom training on crisis strategy for the communication team, and full simulations that test the whole response, standalone, inside an operational drill, or across several sites and languages at once.
Crisis communication The regulator and the government
Public affairs and government relations for the people who negotiate licences, tariffs, safety findings and policy, and for the regulators on the other side of the table.
Public affairs The stage, the panel and the investor day
Public speaking training and one-to-one executive coaching for the leaders who present strategy, results and the transition story to investors, conferences and boards.
Public speaking and coaching The transition story
Corporate communication and PR strategy, reputation and ESG communication: the disclosure rules and stakeholder expectations that now decide how energy companies are judged.
Corporate communication strategy The workforce
Internal and change communication for the large, dispersed operations that depend on engaging people across sites, shifts and countries.
Internal communication How we work with energy clients
In-house and built for you
Most of our energy work is in-house training for one organisation, designed around the brief. We build the scenarios from your operations and your stakeholders, and we bring the trainers to your site, wherever it is.
In-house training Academies for a whole function
When a whole communication function needs building we run an academy: we map what each role requires, assess people against it, write a development plan for every person, then deliver the programme with a faculty of senior specialists and measure progress against the original map.
Formats and languages
On site anywhere in the world, live online, or both at once for simulations that run across several facilities. We deliver in English, Arabic and French, with recording and replay from our studio for coaching.
Trainers who know the sector
Former correspondents, communication directors and crisis advisers who have worked with energy companies and regulators.
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Trusted across the energy sector
Selected energy clients in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Shell
BP
Chevron
TotalEnergies
PETRONAS
Engie
Veolia
OPEC
Saudi Aramco
ADNOC
Masdar
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
NNPC
Nigeria LNG
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation
COTCO
We also train power and water utilities, renewables developers and energy regulators worldwide.
Accredited by
British Accreditation Council (BAC) Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) Pearson Assured CPD Certified
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