Master of Energy Sector Strategic Planning
Course Overview
The Master of Energy Sector Strategic Planning is a UK Level 7 postgraduate qualification delivered over 1-2 years across on-campus, online and distance routes at the London School of Oil and Gas Management, a specialist division of Harold International College of London. The programme concentrates on strategic planning for oil, gas and integrated energy portfolios at senior level, and it is written in step with UK sector practice, professional-body standards including Energy Institute (EI) and Chartered Management Institute (CMI), and live employer demand across the Energy Leadership & Strategic Management space.
By graduation you will graduate ready to deliver a strategic planning dissertation for a case energy company, and you will finish with evidenced capability that reads clearly on a UK CV, from written technical reports and case portfolios through to the applied artefacts that operators and consultancies expect from Master-level candidates. The taught element runs alongside a substantial research or consulting dissertation, with structured supervisor meetings, peer defence sessions and industry review panels. Take the senior postgraduate track with LSOGM.
Key Features
- Postgraduate UK Level 7 award delivered over 1-2 years
- Syllabus mapped to Energy Institute (EI), Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) competency frameworks
- Substantial dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project as the closing deliverable
- Named programme-tutor, personal-tutor and dissertation supervisor pairing throughout
- Three parallel study modes for working professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector
- Research-informed teaching by practising energy sector engineers, HSE specialists and economists
- Careers service link to UK, Aberdeen and international senior recruiters at postgraduate salary bands
What You Will Learn
- Build strategic plans across integrated energy portfolios
- Run scenario planning under IEA, IPCC and industry frameworks
- Model capital allocation across hydrocarbons and low-carbon options
- Design portfolio KPIs and stewardship reviews
- Apply CMI and APM governance to strategic delivery
- Engage regulators, investors and JV partners on strategic plans
- Run strategic reviews and gate approvals
- Present a dissertation to an academic and industry panel
Who This Course Is For
- Strategy and planning managers in oil, gas and integrated energy firms
- Senior consultants specialising in energy strategy
- International applicants targeting UK strategy careers
- Corporate development leads on the senior track
- Working professionals studying part-time
Career Pathways
- Strategic Planning Manager (Energy)
- Corporate Development Manager
- Portfolio Manager (Energy)
- Energy Consultant
- Global Energy Business Manager
- Business Transformation Lead
- Head of Operations (Energy)
LSOGM careers service links Master finishers with UK operators, contractors, service firms and London commercial teams recruiting into the Energy Leadership & Strategic Management space. Support includes mock interviews, UK CV clinics, LinkedIn profile reviews, structured introductions to Aberdeen and London recruiters, and alumni-network sessions with practitioners already working in the target career pathways. The service is available to students on all three study modes and continues after graduation, and every Master finisher receives structured follow-up in the first six months of the job market.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelor degree at 2:2 or above (or international equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
- Relevant work experience considered in place of formal academic qualifications for senior applicants.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two references, normally one academic and one personal or employer.
- Personal statement covering your research or professional interests in Energy Sector Strategic Planning.
Why Study at LSOGM
The London School of Oil and Gas Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSOGM sits within reach of the City's energy trading floors, the offshore expertise of Aberdeen and the North Sea, and one of the world's densest concentrations of oil, gas and energy sector employers, professional bodies and standards organisations.
Every intake, on-campus, online or by distance learning, joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support. Three parallel study modes make LSOGM programmes accessible around work, family or shift patterns in the energy sector. Curricula are reviewed annually against live employer demand, faculty are practising engineers, HSE specialists and energy economists, and students leave with evidenced capability, from process safety audits to reservoir models to trading briefs.
For Master of Energy Sector Strategic Planning students specifically, LSOGM connects the taught syllabus to live UK sector practice: guest sessions with practising engineers, HSE specialists or energy economists as relevant, seminar readings drawn from operator technical papers, and applied exercises anchored in named UK basins, terminals and refining regions rather than generic textbook examples. Students who come from outside the UK receive additional English-for-technical-writing support and structured pastoral care through the international admissions team.
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Applications for the Master of Energy Sector Strategic Planning are reviewed on a rolling basis across all three study modes, with multiple intakes each year to fit around work and family patterns in the energy sector. Take the senior postgraduate track with LSOGM. Click Enrol Now. Admissions responds within one working day. Take the next step with the Master of Energy Sector Strategic Planning and join a cohort structured around live UK operator practice. Enrol Now and admissions will respond within one working day.
