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Oman LNG will be providing funds to equip a science research laboratory and to acquire a fishing vessel for use in training fishermen. Photo —Supplied picture
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Muscat: In two agreements signed recently, Oman LNG will support capacity building at a couple of institutions of learning in Oman by way of providing funds to equip a science research laboratory, and acquire a fishing vessel for use in training fishermen.
In the first agreement, the company will earmark up to OMR68,826 towards procuring vital equipment for establishing a modern oil and gas laboratory at the Nizwa College of Technology.
Oman LNG's support funding is only a tranche of a total of OMR278,800 estimated by the college as needed for the acquisition of various tools it requires in the laboratory.
Some of the pieces of equipment the college intends to purchase for its oil and gas research facility include a liquid viscosity meter, a rotary drilling rig model, centrifugal pump, piston pump, scanning electron microscope and a well-bore hydraulic demonstrator.
"We currently have some one hundred and twenty students pursuing their studies in oil and gas engineering technology and estimate that in the next two year, this number will grow to about 200. These students will benefit from much of the practical knowledge, experiments and research work that will be undertaken in the laboratory," said Dr Ahmed Said Al Busaidi, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs at the Nizwa College of Technology.
"Their work at the new oil and gas laboratory will without doubt make up an invaluable part of their future career in both upstream and downstream sectors of Oman's oil and gas industry," Al Busaidi concluded.
Second agreement
In the second agreement, Oman LNG will be contributing OMR
100,000 for the purchase of a fishing vessel that will be used for training young Omanis at Salalah's Fishermen Training Institute.
"This vessel will complement our use of simulators in the institute to train students how to fish, what to do when there's a high wave, how to sail into a port as well as the different finishing methods we teach here: long-line fishing, kill-net fishing and trawler fishing," said Ali Nasir Ali Alazri, Principal of Fishery Training Institute, Salalah.
The agreements were signed by Dr. Muna Al Gardani, Undersecretary for Technical Education and Vocational Training at the Ministry of Manpower (MoMp) and Harib Al Kitani, Oman LNG's Chief Executive Officer. The company operates a three-train plant in Qalhat, Sur with capacity to produce 10.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) yearly.
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