Breaking Into Wall Street – Oil and Gas Modeling

Breaking Into Wall Street – Oil and Gas Modeling gives you a practical, end-to-end framework to value energy companies across the Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream verticals. You learn how to build models that reflect real O&G dynamics—decline curves, reserves, and price scenarios—so your valuations and pitches stand up in interviews and on the job.

What is “Breaking Into Wall Street – Oil and Gas Modeling” about?

This program focuses on how energy companies actually create cash flow and how to translate that into robust models. You cover vertical-specific drivers, accounting differences like Successful Efforts vs. Full Cost, and valuation tools such as comparables, precedent transactions, DCF, and especially the Net Asset Value (NAV) approach for resource depletion. Through hands-on case studies, you connect geology, operations, and finance to produce outputs recruiters and teams expect.

What will you learn?

• How the three O&G verticals differ—and how to model Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream businesses with the right assumptions.
• Accounting essentials for energy: Successful Efforts vs. Full Cost, reserves categories (1P/2P/3P), and how production declines drive financials.
• How to build and audit an O&G NAV model using decline curves, commodity-price cases, and development schedules.
• Valuation in practice: comps, deal comps, and DCF nuances for energy versus standard industrials.
• Revenue modeling for O&G, including hedging impacts and base/downside/upside price scenarios.
• How to synthesize outputs into stock pitches and banker-style presentations for each vertical.

Who is it for?

Aspiring and current analysts in investment banking, equity research, private equity, and corporate development who need a credible, interview-ready skill set for energy. It also fits career switchers seeking a concise, practitioner-built path into O&G finance.

How does it work?

Training is delivered online with on-demand video lessons, transcripts/captions, and expert Q&A support. You get a structured path through three detailed case studies—one per vertical—plus step-by-step written guides that condense key concepts for quick review. The course emphasizes repetition and real files so you can practice at your own pace and retain the workflows used by working bankers. A 90-day money-back guarantee protects your purchase.

Benefits

• Vertical fluency: speak the language of Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream with confidence.
• Model accuracy: integrate decline curves, reserves development, and hedging so outputs align with how energy companies operate.
• Interview readiness: practice with case-style models that mirror common technical tests.
• Reusability: templates and guides to accelerate future valuations and pitches.
• Decision clarity: scenario design that ties assumptions to valuation ranges you can defend.

Prerequisites

Basic Excel and finance knowledge help. Prior exposure to financial modeling is useful but not required; the course scaffolds concepts from fundamentals to advanced O&G specifics.

About the institution

Breaking Into Wall Street (BIWS) is a financial modeling training platform founded by Brian DeChesare. Its courses are built by practitioners and focus on real-world case studies, practical files, and interview-style deliverables for banking and buy-side roles.

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Course content (high-level)

• Three case studies—Upstream, Midstream, Downstream—with full models and take-home files.
• NAV modeling with decline curves, reserves development, and commodity price scenarios.
• Accounting & metrics for energy (Successful Efforts vs. Full Cost), comps/deal comps, and DCF for O&G.
• Written guides per vertical with summaries, interview Q&A, and quick-reference checklists.
• Video lessons with captions/transcripts and expert Q&A support.

Access the course now and build a defensible Oil & Gas modeling skill set that travels from interviews to live deals.

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