+ 60 ECTS Credits

Master´s Degree in Oil & Gas And Petrochemical Industries + 60 ECTS Credits

Master´s Degree in Oil & Gas And Petrochemical Industries + 60 ECTS Credits

Do you work in oil, gas, or petrochemicals and need deeper, up-to-date strategic knowledge? Master global operations, value chains, and LNG and biofuels to lead better decisions.

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Master´s Degree in Oil & Gas And Petrochemical Industries + 60 ECTS Credits

Verifiable program data for this master's degree

  • 60 ECTS Credits
  • Faculty of Energías Renovables y Eficiencia Energética
  • Internships at real companies
  • STRUCTURALIA qualification

What will you achieve by completing this master's degree?

Global industry overview

Understand how hydrocarbon and petrochemical industries work worldwide, with current status and future projections.

Innovation and I+D

Develop innovation strategies based on R&D and its development outlook for the energy sector.

Value chain optimization

Analyze crude evolution and refining processes to optimize transformation into high value added products.

LNG and energy transition

Master natural gas and LNG complexities, assessing their strategic role in energy transition until 2050.

Course curriculum

9 modules covering everything from the global operation of oil, gas, and petrochemicals to LNG, refining, and biofuels. Click on each module to see the full content.

01

Módulo 1. Sector Oil & Gas

Unidad Didáctica 1. Situación Global de O&g

  • Historical developments in the oil industry
  • Historical developments in the gas industry
  • O&G reserves, production and consumption
  • Geopolitics and global factors
  • International companies and references

Unidad Didáctica 2. Cadenas de Valor de O&g

  • The concept of commodities
  • Value chain
  • Oil value chain
  • Gas value chain
  • Vertical integration and transfer pricing

Unidad Didáctica 3. Actividades de O&g

  • Upstream
  • Exploration, drilling and production techniques
  • Midstream
  • Downstream
  • Safety, risk and environment

Didactic Unit 4. Ship Charters

  • O&G traffics
  • Chartering arrangements
  • Chartering policies
  • Other chartering alternatives
  • Documentation
02

Module 2. Oil Industry, Biofuels And The 2050 Scenario

Didactic Unit 1. Crude Oil And Refining Processes

  • Crude oil (I)
  • Crude oil (II)
  • Crude oil (III)
  • Refining processes (I)
  • Refining processes (II)

Didactic Unit 2. Refining Schemes And Products

  • Refining schemes (I)
  • Refining schemes (II)
  • Refining products (I)
  • Refining products (II)
  • Margin and profitability

Didactic Unit 3. Alternative Fuels To Oil. Biofuels

  • Bioenergy
  • Biofuels
  • Bioethanol & biodiesel
  • SAF & biogas
  • Bio-refineries

Didactic Unit 4. Present And Future Of The Oil Industry

  • HSE & CO2 emissions
  • Oil industry. Short and medium-term scenario
  • Crude oil markets
  • Refining product markets
  • Biofuels markets
03

Module 3. Natural Gas And Liquid Natural Gas Industry. Key Role In The Energy Transition

Didactic Unit 1. Natural Gas And Liquefied Natural Gas Basics

  • Composition and properties
  • Exploration and production techniques
  • Deposit types and characterisation
  • Extraction techniques
  • Fracking

Didactic Unit 2. Natural Gas And Liquefied Natural Gas Value Chain (i)

  • Natural gas value chain
  • Gas processing
  • Liquefaction
  • Transport of liquefied natural gas
  • Regasification

Didactic Unit 3. Natural Gas And Liquefied Natural Gas Value Chain (ii)

  • Storage of liquefied natural gas
  • Offshore installations
  • Gas system and distribution
  • Marketing, regulation and markets
  • HSE and natural and liquefied natural gas applications

Didactic Unit 4. Energy Transition And The 2050 Scenario

  • Energy transition and global position
  • European Green Deal & LATAM Green
  • Net zero emissions by 2050
  • Natural gas central to the energy transition
  • Circular economy. Natural gas and hydrogen
04

Module 4. Petrochemical Industry And Petrochemical Products

Didactic Unit 1. Fundamentals Of The Petrochemical Industry

  • Introduction. Fundamentals of the petrochemical industry
  • Main petrochemical chains
  • Plastics
  • Global petrochemical scenario
  • Petrochemical companies

Didactic Unit 2. Methane And Ethylene Chains

  • Methane chain (I). Methanol
  • Methane chain (II). Ammonia
  • Ethylene chain (I)
  • Ethylene chain (II)
  • Petrochemical market. Methane and ethylene chains

Didactic Unit 3. Propylene Chains And C4 And C5 Fractions

  • Propylene chain (I)
  • Propylene (II) chain
  • C4 and C5 fraction chains (I)
  • C4 and C5 fraction chains (II)
  • Petrochemicals market. Propylene chains and C4 and C5 chains

Didactic Unit 4. Aromatic Chains

  • Aromatic chains
  • Benzene chain
  • Toluene chain
  • Xylene chain
  • Market for aromatics chains
05

Module 5. International Business And Trading

Didactic Unit 1. International Trade In Crude Oil, Products And Gas

  • Participants and their market position
  • Energy markets
  • The market in times of pandemic by COVID-19
  • Pricing
  • Pricing formulas

Didactic Unit 2. Economic Aspects Of The Activity

  • The oil refining business
  • Current situation and expectations of the industry
  • Procurement plan for a refinery system
  • Contracts for the sale and purchase of petroleum
  • Gas sales contracts

Didactic Unit 3. Hedging Price Risks. Futures Markets

  • Derivative instruments
  • Futures markets
  • Options contracts
  • Swaps
  • Price coverage

Didactic Unit 4. Trading Activity

  • Organisation of a Trading Department
  • Evolution of trading practices
  • Risk Management
  • Price forecasting techniques
  • Fundamental concepts of chartist and technical analysis
06

Módulo 6. Ingeniería y Diseño de Plantas Industriales Oil & Gas I

Didactic Unit 1. Project Fundamentals

  • What is a project?
  • Project definition and scope
  • Phases of project engineering
  • Basic diagrams in a project
  • Construction and commissioning

Didactic Unit 2. Engineering, Construction And Commissioning

  • Layout. General and equipment
  • Distribution of equipment in the plant. On Site layout
  • Environment and safety in chemical plant design
  • Fluid properties: density and viscosity
  • Mechanical properties and materials testing

Didactic Unit 3. Selection Of Materials

  • Types of materials. Structure of materials
  • Iron base metals
  • Ceramic materials and polymers
  • Non-ferrous alloys
  • Composite materials

Didactic Unit 4. Piping Systems

  • How to specify a pipeline
  • Valves
  • Pipe joints
  • Pipe supports. Insulation and pipe support
  • Basic piping design
07

Módulo 7. Ingeniería y Diseño de Plantas Industriales Oil & Gas Ii

Didactic Unit 1. Static Equipment Design

  • Basic design of buffer tanks
  • Basic design of separator tanks
  • Storage tanks
  • Reactors
  • Distillation columns

Didactic Unit 2. Design Of Heat Transfer Equipment

  • Heat transfer. Introduction
  • Heat exchangers THEME (I)
  • Heat exchangers THEME (II)
  • Cooling towers
  • Process furnaces

Didactic Unit 3. Design Of Dynamic Teams

  • Centrifugal pumps
  • Positive displacement pumps
  • Compressors. Introduction
  • Centrifugal compressors
  • Alternative compressors

Didactic Unit 4. Miscellaneous Equipment

  • Ejectors
  • Pneumatic transport
  • Mixers and stirrers
  • Sealing of dynamic equipment. Packings and mechanical seals
  • Industrial lubrication
08

Module 8. Turnkey Projects (epc)

Didactic Unit 1. Project Fundamentals

  • What is a project
  • Types of projects
  • EPC projects (Engineering, Procurement, Construction)
  • EPC projects in complex sectors
  • Life cycle of a project

Didactic Unit 2. Agents Of a Turnkey Project (epc) (i)

  • Project management
  • Main actors in a turnkey project
  • Organisation of a project
  • The project management team: the project manager (I)
  • The project management team: the project manager (II)

Didactic Unit 3. Agents Of a Turnkey Project (epc) (ii)

  • The project management team: project operations manager, project manager and area manager
  • The project management team: project engineers, material manager and interface manager.
  • The project management team: engineering manager and project assistants
  • Conclusions and practical example of an organisational chart
  • Business management

Didactic Unit 4. Agents Of a Turnkey Project (epc) (iii)

  • Contract manager, administration manager and project control manager
  • Risk manager
  • Procurement management
  • Quality control, quality assurance management and HSE
  • Construction management
09

Module 9. Contract Administration And Management (epc)

Didactic Unit 1. Contractual Fundamentals

  • What is a contract?
  • Terminology in contracts
  • Concept of contract management
  • International arbitration
  • International standard construction contracts

Didactic Unit 2. The Law And Its Interpretation

  • What is the law?
  • The evidence
  • Grounds for invalidity of a contract
  • Termination of a contract under English law
  • Professional responsibility

Didactic Unit 3. Construction Law Society (i)

  • Building Law Society
  • Guidance part A: Concepts of delay, disruption and acceleration
  • Guidance part B: guide to key principles (I)
  • Guidance part B: guide to key principles (II)
  • Guidance part B: Guidance on key principles (III)
  • Guidance Part B: Guidance on key principles (IV)

Didactic Unit 4. Construction Law Society (ii)

  • Instruction to Smart Contracts
  • Most common uses of Smart Contracts (I)
  • Most common uses of Smart Contracts (II)
  • The great paradox of Smart Contracts

Teaching faculty

Teaching team with professional experience in Master´s Degree in Oil & Gas And Petrochemical Industries + 60 ECTS Credits.

AR

Adrián Rodríguez Porres

Faculty of Gestión de Proyectos en Arquitectura

metodología BIM

VG

Vidal Gascón Culebras

Inteligencia Artificial aplicada

JM

Julia Molina Virués

Faculty of Gestión de Proyectos en Arquitectura

arquitectura sostenible

Charo Rey Zabalza

Charo Rey Zabalza

Faculty of Medioambiente y Sostenibilidad

economía circular

ÁS

Ángel Sanz Bernabé

control de calidad

Isabella Sánchez Bermúdez

Isabella Sánchez Bermúdez

Faculty of Dirección de Proyectos e Innovación Tecnológica

comunicación estratégica

Rogelio Delgado Mingorance

Rogelio Delgado Mingorance

Faculty of Ingeniería Industrial

gestión y dirección de proyectos

Miguel Ángel Aparicio Jiménez

Miguel Ángel Aparicio Jiménez

What jobs could you get?

With this master's degree you could apply for roles such as:

  • Project manager in energy projects
  • Senior project engineer
  • Contracts manager in energy
  • Strategic procurement and supply
  • Senior market analyst
  • Energy strategy consultant

Methodology

Our teaching methodology

Equipo diverso de ingeniería trabajando con portátiles en un laboratorio maker con impresoras 3D
Learn whenever you want

Progress at your own pace, from wherever you are,
with close support.

Realistic

The EDUCA LXP methodology avoids excessively theoretical knowledge and inefficient practical methods. The combination of constantly updated content with personalized guidance throughout the learning process makes EDUCA LXP a unique methodology.

Student First

The EDUCA LXP methodology and EDUCA EDTECH Group's training place the student at the center of the learning experience, drawing on their feedback. Their feedback drives our continuous improvement.

Artificial Intelligence

Personalized learning would not be possible without a precise combination of academic experience, technology research, and Artificial Intelligence. That is why we rely on in-house AI tools, tailored to each school in the group.

Active industry professionals

Our teaching team, besides being specialists in their field, has specific training in the technology tools that make up the EDUCA EDTECH ecosystem.

Rankings and recognitions

Assessed by independent online higher-education organizations.

Organization of American States (OAS)

Since 2010, Structuralia has run a scholarship program for master's degrees in Spanish and English together with the Organization of American States (OAS), aimed at outstanding professionals from the Americas as part of the Partnerships for Education and Training Program (PAEC), which has already benefited more than 3,500 students from the region.

APICE

Structuralia and the Pan-American Association of Educational Credit Institutions (APICE) offer a specialized training scholarship program for professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean in master's degrees specialized in the STEM sector.

Educa Edtech

The Educa Edtech Foundation was created to foster personal and professional growth while championing knowledge transfer as a way to change the world, overseeing the rollout of solutions and granting aid to those who deserve it.

Financial Magazine

This outlet's 2025 Ranking has included up to 10 Structuralia master's programs across several categories, among them: Data Science, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Urban Planning, Energy and the Environment.

Mundo Posgrado

In the latest edition of its regular annual rankings, Structuralia's master's programs made the Top 10 best master's degrees in Spain in the Renewable Energy and Integrated Management Systems categories.

Escudo Digital

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30+countries with active students
60%of our faculty are active industry professionals
15 yearstraining specialists in engineering and architecture

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