Business English for energy teams, taught from inside the industry.
Energy projects run on English: contractor calls, safety briefings, investor updates and joint ventures with partners on four continents. Our founder, Carla Barroso, spent 15 years leading and training teams at KBR, Statoil and JGC, so sessions use the documents, acronyms and pressure your people actually deal with.
Carla BarrosoLed and trained teams at KBR, Statoil and JGC
- Explaining technical issues clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Holding firm in contractor and supplier negotiations
- Running safety briefings and toolbox talks in English
- Presenting project status to international leadership
- Writing incident reports and change requests that leave no room for doubt
Groups of up to 6 engineers, project managers or commercial staff, with sessions built on your live projects, from tender documents to site reports.
Built around your team’s 40 annual training hours.Scenarios we rehearse
- Project status updateReport progress, risks and next steps in under three minutes.
- Contractor negotiationPush back on scope creep and variation orders without damaging the relationship.
- Safety briefingDeliver clear, calm instructions that a mixed-language crew follows.
- Investor or board updateTurn technical detail into a decision-ready summary.
Language your team will own
- HSEHealth, safety and environment, the standard umbrella term on international sites
- Variation orderA formal change to the agreed scope, cost or schedule of a contract
- Lessons learnedA structured review of what to repeat and what to avoid on the next project
- DowntimeTime when equipment or a facility is not operating
- CommissioningTesting and bringing a new system into operation
Questions
Do you teach technical oil, gas and renewables vocabulary?
Yes. Sessions use your own documents, so the vocabulary is always the vocabulary your teams need, from HSE terms to commercial contract language.
Can sessions run at our site or offices?
On-site sessions are available in Greater Lisbon. Teams elsewhere in Portugal train live online with the same programme.
Is this suitable for engineers with limited English?
Yes. Every programme starts with a speaking assessment, and groups are formed by level so nobody is lost or held back.
Hear your energy team’s gap in one session.
A free 15-minute call with the founder. Ask anything, no commitment.
Carla BarrosoYou’ll speak with the founder