OGCI Training, Shell Technology EP and BP Amoco have formed a new alliance - Pet ...

OGCI Training, Shell Technology EP and BP Amoco have formed a new alliance - PetroSkills - to support technical skills development in the field of exploration and production technology. It is hoped that the worldwide scale of the alliance will reduce costs through the elimination of duplicated efforts, take advantage of economies of scale and enable previously expensive 'niche' training to be carried out economically. Opportunities for accelerated learning and a step change in effectiveness are envisioned through jointly screening and incorporating new technology into training at a rapid pace and from cross-fertilisation of learning technologies. The industry-wide programme will be made available to third parties as well as the partners on a commercial basis. As a first step, the alliance will offer 90 learning sessions during 2000 from centres at Houston, The Hague, London, Kuala Lumpur and other venues. Further information can be found at www.petroskills.com The alliance members will continue to develop their own proprietary technologies and training, and OGCI will continue with its public and in-house training programmes.