UPNG students get oil, gas training

 PNG LNG project operator Esso Highlands has assisted University of PNG (UPNG) to deliver its petroleum energy module to undergraduate students for three years now. 

Forty-five students recently attended a three-day training course in Port Moresby, along with five officers from the Department of Petroleum and Energy. 

Ric Weightman of the PNG LNG project and Simon Kerawagle of UPNG worked together to facilitate the course. 

Through lectures and group work projects, four trainers from ExxonMobil’s Melbourne office covered subjects in the science of oil and gas, including integrated basins analysis: hydrocarbon systems and play mapping and formation evaluation using well logs. 

The technical training helped students to understand how to identify a potential oil or gas reservoir and how to predict the volume of oil or gas it may hold. 

 “The process of finding oil and gas in economic quantities requires integration of many different concepts and types of geologic data. 

“It was rewarding to see students successfully work together to solve geologic problems and identify the most prospective areas in our exercise.” 

Their enthusiasm and desire to learn made it a very rewarding experience for all,” trainer Jeffrey Geslin said.