Internships
Each year, increasing numbers of CEPMLP students are taking the opportunity of participating in approved Internships (work placements) as an alternative to writing the Dissertation component of their taught degree programmes.
The Internship provides the student with the opportunity of applying in the workplace the knowledge and skills learned at CEPMLP, and it allows students to learn how professionals in the field perform their tasks.
Either 20 or 40 credits may be earned through the completion of an approved Internship.
It is the student’s own responsibility to identify suitable firms, companies or institutions and to persuade them to offer an Internship. Staff may be able to offer limited guidance or support, but the Centre cannot guarantee to place students in a working environment either during or after their studies.
Four weeks would justify 20 credits (equivalent to one taught module) and two to three months would be needed to justify 40 credits (equivalent to the Dissertation).
The topic of work or research should be agreed in advance by the institutional supervisor and approved in advance by the student’s supervisor in CEPMLP. The objective of this is to ensure that a coherent and academically demanding programme of work is agreed beforehand. If it does not cause the student to draw on the degree course nor offer scope for personal development then it does not qualify – just working for a resources company does not automatically qualify.
Detailed guidelines on how to apply for approval to undertake an Internship and on the requirements of the student in producing an academic report based on the Internship are provided in the Student Handbooks.
| Extract from the list of past participating organisations: | |
|---|---|
| Anadarko Ltd, England | |
| Anglogold Limited, South Africa | |
| BP America, Houston | |
| BP Exploration & Production, Aberdeen | |
| BP plc, London | |
| Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Paris | |
| CMS Cameron McKenna, Aberdeen | |
| Commonwealth Secretariat, London | |
| ConocoPhillips, Venezuela | |
| Coudert Brothers, London | |
| Davies Arnold Cooper Solicitors, London | |
| Denton Wilde Sapte, Moscow | |
| Department of Petroleum and Energy, Papua New Guinea | |
| Economatters, London | |
| Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, Ethiopia | |
| Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels | |
| ExxonMobil International Limited, London | |
| Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, London | |
| Gaslink Nigeria Ltd | |
| Hunt and Humphrey Project Lawyers, Western Australia | |
| ICOE, Edinburgh | |
| International Association for Water Law (AIDA), Rome | |
| International Energy Agency, Paris | |
| Interstate Commission for Water Coordinator (ICWC), Uzbekistan | |
| J M Baxi & Co Shipping Agents & Stevedores, New Delhi | |
| J Sagar Associates Law Firm, Oil and Gas Department, New Delhi | |
| Kittiwake Developments Ltd, Sussex | |
| KPMG, Dubai | |
| McKinsey & Company Inc, Mexico City | |
| Marubeni Europower Limited, London | |
| Maurel & Prom, Paris | |
| ‘MunaiTas’, Kazakhstan | |
| National Oil Company, Libya | |
| Nicaraguan Institute for Energy | |
| Nigeria LNG Limited, Legal Department | |
| NPIM (subsidiary of NNPC), Nigeria | |
| OFGEM, London | |
| OGDCL Exploration and Production, Corporate Legal Department, Islamabad | |
| Oiltanking Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore | |
| Oiltanking LP, Houston | |
| Petrobras Energia S.A., Finance Section, Buenos Aires | |
| Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Nigeria | |
| Rio Tinto plc, London | |
| Saudi Aramco, Business Analysis Department | |
| Sagar Associates, Oil and Gas Dept, New Delhi | |
| Severn Trent Water Authority, England | |
| SPC Geoken LLP, Finance/Economics Section, Kazakhstan | |
| The Economic Commission for African (UNECA), Infrastructure and Natural Resources Section (INRDS) | |
| Thompson & Knight LLP, Brazil | |
| Torres Plaz & Araujo, Caracas, Venezuela | |
| TotalFinaElf, Aberdeen | |
| UNCITRAL, Vienna | |
| UNCTAD, Geneva | |
| UNDP, New York | |
| UNIDO, Vienna | |
| United Nations Environment Programme (DTIE), Paris | |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Germany | |
| UNOCAL Netherlands BV | |
| United Nations Office at Nairobi(UNEP) | |
| Wintershall Nordkaspische Explorations und Produktions, Moscow | |
| Wood MacKenzie Limited, Americas Research Team, Edinburgh | |