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Master the nuances of oil and gas accounting, valuation, and financial modeling with detailed, step-by-step video training. These are skills that are NOT taught in undergraduate or MBA programs… but which any oil & gas group will expect you to know in interviews and on the job.
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Quickly grasp "real life" concepts and skills through a detailed case study of Exxon Mobil's $41 billion acquisition of XTO Energy – one of the largest and most important energy M&A; deals ever. This is not "academic financial theory," but exactly what you do in real life at a bank.
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Dominate your interviews. For your convenience, we provide 15 quick reference guide PDFs and 7 Overview lessons on the topics most likely to come up in interviews. Skip to exactly what you need and review all the concepts in short order – even if your interview is tomorrow and you just found out about it 5 minutes ago.
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Learn how to use oil and gas equity research and SEC filings. Everything in the program is integrated with real SEC filings and equity research from banks like JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, and Deutsche Bank. And you'll learn exactly how to pull relevant information, adjust for non-recurring charges, and align your numbers with Wall Street consensus estimates.
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Oil & Gas Accounting, 3-Statement Modeling, Valuation, Merger Models, and LBO Models. These are the fundamental skills you'll need if you want to work in an oil & gas group in Investment Banking, Private Equity, or at a Hedge Fund. And you'll leap ahead of the curve by mastering them before you start working – plus, coverage of additional industry-specific topics such as production and reserves, the Net Asset Value (NAV) Model, and estimating the impact of hedging.
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Pick everything up fast in 3 simple steps:
1- Understand the concept behind the model.
2- Watch a pro build the model.
3- Practice building the model yourself.
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Test Your Knowledge with Practice Exercises. You'll get "Before" and "After" Excel files for each lesson - follow along with the lesson, and then check your answers afterward.
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Get Instant Access. Since everything is delivered online, you get Instant Access to everything as soon as you sign up. No delays, scheduling conflicts, or packages in the mail to worry about.
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Track Your Progress and Take Notes. Thanks to our custom-designed online learning platform, you can check off each lesson as you go and take notes on all the lessons for your future reference.
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Expert Support. We have a team of experienced investment bankers standing by to respond to your questions, comments, and emails 365 days per year, for a full 24 months after purchase. There are some limitations on this service – we can’t do your homework for you – but career-related, qualitative, and technical questions are covered.
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Unconditional Money-Back Guarantee. BIWS Oil & Gas Modeling is the only financial modeling training program of its kind to come with an unconditional 90-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
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Course Certifications. After completing the course material, you’re eligible to take our Certification Quiz. Once you pass the quiz, you’ll be issued a Certificate that you can add to your resume / CV and refer to in interviews. So you won’t just possess these skills, but you’ll be able to prove you possess these skills. Bankers love that.
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MEGA BONUS: In-Depth Investment / Stock Pitch Case Study of Ultra Petroleum (UPL). This case study shows you exactly how to make an investment recommendation for an oil & gas company - from gathering data to setting up a complex NAV model to determining catalysts and risk factors. It's the exact type of exercise you'll have to comp lete in equity research, hedge fund, and asset management interviews... and this case study goes into so much depth that employers and interviewers will be blown away by your work.
What You Get… And What The BIWS Oil & Gas
Modeling Course Will Do For You…
This is advanced training for both new and experienced professionals. The Oil & Gas Modeling course is perfect for you if:
- You already know the fundamentals of accounting,
valuation, and financial modeling, and now you want to
learn how the energy industry works in-depth. - You’re interviewing with oil & gas groups – at banks,
PE firms, hedge funds, or any other finance firm. - You’re about to start working in an oil & gas group, or
you’ve just transferred into one and need to get up to
speed quickly. - You’re an experienced professional and you’ve worked
in the energy industry before – and now you’re
transitioning into investment banking, private equity,
or related roles.Whenever you’re interviewing for these roles at
investment banks, you’ll always get a few questions
over and over… - How much do you know about accounting? Do you
know how it’s different for oil & gas companies? - Can you walk me through how you would value an oil &
gas company? - What are the key factors that impact an oil & gas
company’s valuation and financial performance? - How would you describe your financial modeling
skills?Confidently answering all these questions and showing evidence of the case study you completed will set you
apart from everyone else in the interview room and put you in prime position to land lucrative internships
and jobs at investment banks, private equity firms,
and hedge funds.
We’ve designed the course from the ground up to help you gain functional mastery of this highly-specialized material in the shortest possible time.
Here’s what you’ll get, and everything you’ll learn with hands-on practice via the case study of Exxon Mobil’s $41 billion acquisition of XTO Energy:
- Overview and Operating Model lessons teach you how to project and work with production and reserves… successful efforts vs. full cost accounting… and how to link revenue and expenses to hedging, price realization, and unit of production assumptions; a complex debt schedule and alternative operating model for Exxon Mobil are also covered.
- Valuation module covers public comps and precedent transactions for energy companies…the key metrics and multiples to use… how a DCF is different… and how to create a full Net Asset Value (NAV) model based on data in SEC filings and equity research.
- Merger Model lessons teach you how to use the actual Exxon Mobil – XTO Merger Agreement to make assumptions… how to combine the 3 statements for oil & gas companies… and how acquisition effects, synergies, contribution analyses, and accretion / dilution differ for energy companies.
- LBO Modeling module covers the key differences when modeling oil & gas companies… how to modify XTO’s debt schedules to support refinancing and 7 new debt tranches… and how to analyze returns based on commodity prices.
- The entire course is integrated with real SEC filings and equity research from banks like JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, and Deutsche Bank – so you’ll learn how to use all of those as you would in real life at a bank.
The information you’ll find is so detailed and so thorough that our regular customers come from top-ranked universities, investment banks, and business schools.
Once you’ve completed the training, here’s what you can immediately add to your resume / CV:
Oil & Gas Modeling (Breaking Into Wall Street)
Online Financial Modeling Training Program
- Completed oil & gas modeling training, based on case study of Exxon Mobil‘s $41 billion acquisition of XTO Energy; built oil & gas operating model, valuation, merger model, and LBO model
- Built operating models for both Exxon Mobil and XTO Energy, based on multiple scenarios for commodity prices, hedging, and fixed and variable expenses; also created debt schedule to handle possible refinancing
- Valued XTO Energy using Net Asset Value (NAV) Model, DCF, and public comps and precedent transactions using multiples such as EV / EBITDAX, EV / Proved Reserves, and EV / Production
- Built merger model for deal, including assumptions based on exchange ratio used in deal and potential synergies; calculated both general-purpose and oil & gas-specific accretion / dilution metrics
- Created leveraged buyout (LBO) model for XTO Energy and used results to understand why buyouts of natural resource companies are rare
You can print out the models from this course and during the interview, you can describe exactly what you learned in the training – you know how important it is to set yourself apart, right?
Gain Official Recognition of Your Training With BIWS Certifications
After completing the course materials, you’ll be eligible to take our challenging Certification Quiz. Once you earn a score of at least 90%, you’ll be issued a personalized Certificate of Achievement with your name, the course name, and the date you passed the quiz:
Add your Certificate of Achievement to your resume/CV and/or present it in interviews to set yourself apart from other candidates.
We also make sure employers know that this is a serious qualification: Your certificate will contain a link where prospective employers can review what’s on our exams and what you must master to receive certification.
Unlike other training companies that “issue certifications,” our process is completely transparent: you can literally point to the exact questions you had to answer to pass the quiz and become certified.
Once interviewers see you really do have the “chops” to be a banker, your chances of hiring success go way, WAY up.
Access Your Training Instantly
Everything in the BIWS Oil & Gas Modeling Course is delivered online – no deliveries to wait on and worry about, you get instant access when you sign up. And you’ll get FREE updates as they’re created, as well as Lifetime Access to the entire course content.
Once your BIWS Oil & Gas Modeling order is complete, you’ll receive an email with login instructions – follow the simple instructions and you’ll be able to access all 95 videos and Quick Reference Guides immediately.
★★★Major Bonus★★★
In-Depth Investment / Stock Pitch
Case Study of Ultra Petroleum [UPL] and its $650 Million Acquisition of Acreage in the Uinta Basin of Utah (Worth $350)It’s not an exaggeration to say this bonus case study really is an entire new course.
In fact, there’s a good chance that you’ll get more value and more of a benefit from this bonus case study than from all the lessons in the rest of the course, combined!
Why?
Whenever you go in for interviews at hedge funds, asset management firms, or equity research groups at banks, you’ll get variations of a single question over and over again:
"Pitch me a stock."
"Pitch me a long/short investment idea."
"Which oil & gas company should I invest in?"
"This case study shows you, in excruciating detail, exactly how to build a financial model and form an investment thesis to answer these questions."
In fact, even for transaction-oriented roles such as investment banking and private equity, you’ll still frequently get questions about investment ideas...
And even if you’re not investing in these companies, you still need to understand the granular details that investors review when making decisions.
What It Is
The case study walks you through a full, complex Net Asset Value (NAV) analysis of Ultra Petroleum, an independent E&P company that operates primarily in Wyoming and Pennsylvania.
We go through their $650 million acquisition of oil-producing wells and acreage in Utah, and we show you how to build a complex NAV model to determine what the company’s implied value, post-acquisition, might be.
What does “complex” mean?
- We project individual oil/gas wells in each of the company’s regions, across different reserve types – for example, PDP vs. PDNP vs. PUD vs. PROB vs. POSS wells are all projected separately, and we look at Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and Utah as 3 separate regions across multiple spreadsheets.
- We go into a ton of detail on data gathering and assumptions – where to get all the numbers for individual wells’ production decline rates, IP (Initial Production) rates, per-well expenses, market price vs. realized price differentials, Working Interests, Royalties, and more.
- And then we show you how to project production, revenue, and cash flows, based on the reserve type and geographical split above – this is not some simplified model with a few different rates. There are hundreds of different assumptions factored in.
- You’ll also learn how to find the numbers for a recently announced acquisition, and how to integrate these newly acquired wells and the new acreage into the rest of the model.
- Then, as “finishing touches,” you’ll learn how to model the revenue impact of hedging based on puts, swaps, and collars; you’ll also calculate the tax effects of Intangible vs. Tangible Drilling Costs, the Migration of Unproved Reserves to Proved Reserves, and Net Operating Losses (NOLs).
- And then we wrap up the case study by showing you how to write a 21-page investment thesis based on the output of this complex model.
The last part is what’s missing from every other financial modeling “training program” / book / overpriced classroom seminar out there.
Yes, they show you the formulas... and the mechanics of where to get a few of the numbers (well, sometimes)... maybe you’ll get sample spreadsheets and some video tutorials on parts of it...
But No One Ever Explains Why
Financial Modeling Matters in the First Place!
Put simply, there are only 2 reasons to value companies and build financial models:
- 1 Because you’re on the sell-side (e.g., investment banking), and you want to sell your client(s) more effectively to potential buyers.
- 2 Because you’re on the buy-side (e.g., hedge funds and asset management), and you want to invest your own funds to earn a profit.
The main course here – the Exxon Mobil / XTO Energy case study – is more about the first case, when you’re acting as the advisor in an M&A; deal and seeking a good price for your client.
This bonus case study is all about case #2 – how to analyze a company, determine whether it’s undervalued or overvalued, and if there’s potential to make money from it.
And if you want more details, here’s specifically what’s included:
- 41 lessons covering everything above (15 hours of video altogether).
- Embedded quiz questions, as well as quiz questions that you can take at the end of each module of the case study to check your understanding and test yourself.
- "Before” and “After” Excel files for each Excel-based lesson… along with comprehensive written notes on each lesson so you can easily skim and review what you learned.
- Full transcripts for all the lessons (nearly 200,000 words total) – so you can quickly review material and skip to exactly what you need.
- 8 quick reference guide PDFs (149 pages total) – on everything from data gathering and assumptions, to revenue/expense/cash flow projections, to tax effect calculations and how to formulate an investment thesis.
- Plus, a 21-page investment thesis / stock pitch you can use and re-use in your own case studies and stock pitches – in interviews and on the job.
- covers Data Gathering & Assumptions and shows you how to find data on the company’s acreage, reserves, and production, and how to project future net wells drilled by region – plus, how to find data on operating expenses, reserve credits, and price deck scenarios.
- shows you how to project the PDP and PDNP production in Wyoming and Pennsylvania, from approximating the production decline rate to revenue, expenses, CapEx, and cash flow.
- shows you how to project new wells drilled in the PUD, PROB, and POSS locations, including how to link the # of wells drilled to oil/gas prices, how to approximate the average well’s IP rate and decline rates, how to aggregate production, and how to roll up revenue, expenses, and cash flow across all regions.
- teaches you how to factor in the Utah acquisition, approximate the production decline curves there, and how to model existing production and new production - all on the same spreadsheet.
- shows you how to build your own investment thesis, starting from the NAV output and then incorporating the qualitative factors; you’ll also learn how to model the impact of hedging, book vs. cash taxes, and additional assets and acreage for use in the NAV per share calculation.
Here’s the Bottom-Line About This Bonus Case Study…
If you went to Amazon.com and purchased every single book you could find on the oil & gas industry…
And then you signed up for every single oil & gas-related in-person seminar and/or financial modeling training program you could find…
You would still NOT be able to learn what you can learn here.
How can I be confident enough to make a statement like that?
Because I did all of that myself before creating this bonus case study.
I ordered stacks of books and training programs on Oil & Gas, all to answer one simple question: would any of it help me with crafting this case study?
And the answer, surprisingly, was no.
Sure, there were some helpful bits of information scattered throughout… some bite-sized chunks there and there that helped with parts of it... but nothing that put together all the pieces in a coherent way.
So I ended up getting real models from previous students of our courses who started out in investment banking and have since moved to hedge funds or other buy-side roles.
They were generous enough to share their materials, models, and case studies - exactly what they used in real life, on the job.
And so this bonus course is based on that.
Actual Models & Real Case Studies - 100% Practical
It’s not academic theory, simplified classroom demonstrations, or random textbooks on obscure accounting concepts that you’ll never use - but rather the actual models and case studies that candidates used to interview and successfully win offers at some of the biggest buy-side funds around.
That’s the difference between the BIWS courses and everything else out there: these courses are based on what has helped students and professionals the most in the real world.
What’s In It for You?
"You’ll learn how to critically evaluate companies as an experienced sector analyst would"
Of course, you can use the models and templates here in your own interviews and case studies, or even to impress on the job and get promoted more quickly.
But it’s about more than that: if you’re investing your own funds and you’re interested in the oil & gas sector, you’ll learn how to critically evaluate companies as an experienced sector analyst would.
So regardless of how you use the course, the outcome is the same: higher earnings potential.
You get that via more lucrative job offers and faster promotion, or via more effective strategies for deploying your own capital.
These lessons are also faster-paced and more information-packed than those in the main course, because we assume that you’ve already mastered the introductory material – meaning that you get an even better result in a fraction of the time.
What to Do Next
Once you sign up for the Oil & Gas Modeling course, you’ll have instant access to this bonus case study as well.
Put simply, this is more material and more in-depth knowledge than you’d gain in a week-long in-person seminar… because there simply isn’t enough time to cover this material in a seminar format.
We could easily release this as a separate course for $350 or more, given that no other training program on the market even teaches these concepts.
But I would rather OVER-deliver and give you this entire course for free, simply as a bonus for signing up and joining the BIWS community – or, if you’re already a member, as a reward for enhancing your skills and knowledge via this advanced industry-specific training.
As a member of the site, you’ll also receive FREE access to any additional bonus case studies we release in the future.
Sign up now to take advantage of this offer and receive FREE access to this bonus case study on the Complex NAV Model for Ultra Petroleum.
Hear What Customers Have to Say About Their Results
With The BIWS Oil & Gas Modeling Course
At last count, 41,053+ students, entry-level professionals, and career changers have used Breaking Into Wall Street to master modeling, win interviews, and break into high-paying jobs in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, equity research, and more.
Take a look at what some of them have to say specifically about the Oil & Gas Modeling course (these are actual unedited email screenshots… a few details have been blacked out to protect customers’ privacy).
"Thanks in large part to your O&G; specific modules, I managed to obtain the highest score that anybody had ever achieved since the introduction of this test, outperforming the other candidates by miles."
"I landed a job soon afterward at another energy fund. I have been using the videos to get me through the first few weeks!"
"I used your modeling oil and gas companies tutorial in my senior year in college, before I started my job, and it just made me leaps and [bounds] better than my peers."
"The course that I took far [exceeded] my expectation. They will not only explain to you about financial modeling, but will also walk you through your questions on every nuances of the business."
"I recently accepted an equity research offer from an elite boutique specializing in oil & gas (in less than 2 months after signing up for your course and website)."
"I was originally looking for a way to familiarize myself with upstream oil and gas modeling when I found BIWS but ended up with much much more than I paid for."
"One of the biggest pluses for me is that the course is explained in a very easy-to-understand, casual, digestable style."
"Excellent layout of the courses, clear explanation, transcript for lessons, etc., I loved it. The Exxon merger case study is awesome."
"I must say your O&G; Modelling Course has been extremely helpful in securing the position and preparing me for my duties."
"Breaking Into Wall Street has been the differentiating factor thus far in my confidence, interviews, and most importantly understanding of the concepts and technical skills which will be applied to my future career in investment banking."
"The course was very extensive and helped me tremendously. I liked the way you [had] each section broken down by topic."
"The O&G; course in BIWS is really helpful; it didn't only refresh all of my memory in financial modeling, but also [consolidated] all of my knowledge and experience in the industry and I'm now able to apply them into real-life [valuations] of assets/[companies]."
"Now I've gotten the job I always wanted in equity research. This class was a big reason I was able to get through the in-house modeling test."
Take A Sneak Peek Inside Our Custom-
Designed Interactive Learning PortalClick on the videos below to see for yourself exactly the content and
style of instruction you’ll get after you sign up:
Here's a sample video from the Operating Model module
on how to project revenue and the impact of commodity price hedging:And here's another sample video from the NAV Model modules
on how to approximate the decline rate for a Proved Undeveloped (PUD) well:Here's a final sample video on how to
calculate and interpret NAV per share: Add to cart
Just 1 Payment of $497
100% Unconditional Money-Back Guarantee
Plus Expert Support from Current and Former
Investment BankersJust moments after you enroll, you’ll receive Instant Access to the entire Course.
Everything is digital, so you do not have to wait for physical products to arrive in the mail, and there are no shipping charges.
You can download the guides, Excel files, videos, quizzes, case studies, and other resources to your preferred device, so you can learn whenever and wherever you like.
But that’s not the best part.
The best part is expert support, for a full 24 months after purchase!
If there’s anything at all you don’t understand, just go to the “Question/Comment” area below each and every lesson, and ask your question there.
These comments are monitored and responded to by our expert support team – every one of whom has personal experience working on deals at investment banks, private equity firms, and other finance firms.
That ensures that you’ll get responses from people with deep experience in the field – not a clueless high school temp clutching the “Help Desk” manual.
This personalized, expert support is one of the things that sets Breaking Into Wall Street apart and gets you to your goals faster.
You can often learn just as much from reading other customers’ questions and our responses, as you will from the lessons themselves!
Our 1-on-1 coaching rate is $200+ per hour. But when you invest in the BIWS Oil & Gas Modeling Course, personal support is included for FREE.
NOTE: There are some limitations to these support services. For example, we cannot complete models, case studies, or homework assignments for you.
We also cannot provide play-by-play support with an earpiece during interviews.
Finally, we cannot answer questions on topics not covered in this course, such as sales & trading interview questions or coding/programming interview questions.
We’re happy to answer career-related, qualitative, and technical questions that are related to the course materials.
Here's A Sample Of The Personalized Support
You Can Access Inside The Members' Area:
This expert, personalized support is one of the things that sets the BIWS courses apart and gets you to your goals faster.
You can often learn just as much from reading other customers’ questions, and our responses, as you will from the lessons themselves!
Our personal phone-based coaching rate is currently $200 per hour. But when you sign up for this course, personal support is included for FREE.
What’s Your Investment In The
Oil & Gas Modeling Course?
To put this in context, let’s consider your Return on Investment in this Program…
The pay for entry-level investment banking jobs varies from year to year, but it’s safe to say that even entry-level Analysts would earn at least $140,000 to $160,000 USD right out of university.
At the MBA level, that climbs to $200,000 to $250,000 USD. And as you progress, your salary only gets higher and higher.
By investing in this highly-specialized program, you’re doing several things, all at the same time:
- Gaining extremely specialized knowledge in a field in which there is always high demand for people who know what they’re doing.
- Learning practical real-world skills you can apply right now.
- Differentiating yourself from other IB professionals and students at top schools – even those with the best academic pedigrees and the highest GPAs.
- Proving beyond a doubt to current or potential employers that you’re someone who is prepared to go “above and beyond” to be the best and get results… which is exactly the type of person banks love to hire, reward and promote.
So, the value you stand to receive is substantial.
And your investment? Just $497 for the entire program.
With this very modest investment, you’re setting yourself up for a job that pays a minimum of $140,000 – that’s a 281x return on investment. (Good luck getting that in the stock market!)
Or, another way to look at it is that with this course, you’re acquiring highly specialized skills for which there is a ton of demand, but very limited supply… and that can only be a very good thing for you.
Other training firms charge much more for less content and value – and in some cases, for programs that aren’t even designed specifically for online learning.
To date, 41,053+ people have invested in the BIWS courses and gone on to secure interviews and break into high-paying jobs in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, equity research, and more.
And just in case you’re not absolutely convinced the BIWS Oil & Gas Modeling Course is right for you, let me remove any last shred of doubt.
You’re completely covered by our unconditional 90-Day Money-Back Guarantee:
Our 90-Day “Total Delight” Money-Back Guarantee
Some people question why we offer this guarantee at all… but we believe in the product, and the sheer volume of customer success stories we’ve received tell us we’re making a difference and doing something right.
So, here goes:
BIWS Oil & Gas Modeling comes with an unconditional Money-Back Guarantee – valid for 90 days from your date of purchase.
That’s right – take 90 days to evaluate everything inside the course… take all the training… ask support questions…
…and if you’re not 100% satisfied, or otherwise don’t believe this is for you, simply contact us via the “Contact” link displayed on every page of the site and ask for your money back. You’ll receive a prompt and courteous refund, usually within one business day.
Some people think we’re crazy to offer such a strong guarantee.
“Wait,” they say, “won’t people rip you off if you’re so generous?”
Actually, we’ve found the opposite to be the case.
This guarantee is proof that we back this course 100%, AND that we’re committed to making sure you have a great experience over the long-term.
We either perform for you, or you get your money back. That’s how it should be.
Here’s What Happens Within
Minutes Of You Signing Up
Once you sign up, you’ll immediately have access to the 95 instructional videos and 15 PDF Quick Start Guides.
And you’ll have access to our expert support team to ask whatever questions you need, for a full 24 months after purchase. With that comes lifetime access to the site, free upgrades, and new content as we add it.
Let’s very quickly recap what you’re getting here:
- 95 instructional videos created by experts and designed for online learning, along with word-for-word transcripts of each video, for your reference and deeper understanding of the material. All the videos are fully downloadable to your preferred device.
- 15 handy reference guides and Done-For-You templates in PDF format.
- Access to our entire archive of hundreds (if not thousands!) of questions submitted by our entire community and answered by our finance experts over the past decade.
- Expert Q&A and support from current and former investment bankers.
- Our 90-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
And a bonus case study valued at $350 – which is a full course in itself – will build your knowledge base, lock in your confidence, and give you the specifics interviewers love to find, but rarely see.
This one case study is worth the price of the entire course.
This is the most comprehensive and most practical Oil & Gas industry-specific financial modeling training around, with the best support, at the best price, and with the best guarantee. This is as risk-free as an offer gets.
In fact, the only risk you run is that your competitor in a job interview has this course and you don’t!
You can hope you get hired by an investment bank without the specialized skills you’ll gain in the course – good luck to you there…
OR you can confidently tell your interviewer that you’ve completed the most advanced course for oil & gas modeling based on real case studies, authored by expert investment bankers who have worked on dozens of deals.
I know you’ll make the right choice.
To YOUR success,
Brian DeChesare
Breaking Into Wall Street Founder
P.S. There is no faster way to master the skills required for Bank and Financial Institution Modeling… and no faster way to prove to potential employers that you’re a first-class professional who is prepared to go “above and beyond” to stand out.
If you’ve been watching us from the beginning, you know that prices have been increasing since the site first launched – and they will continue to do so in the future as the courses get even better and we add additional material and features.