6,000 equipped to work in oil and gas

(Front, from left) SKK Migas chairman Dwi Soetjipto, Petronas president and group chief executive officer Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik and Izhar visiting the PIPC exhibition booth on the first day of the international oil, gas and petrochemicals conference at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

Johor Petroleum Development Corporation Bhd (JPDC) has produced about 6,000 skilled workers through upskilling and reskilling training programmes.

Two key initiatives – the Skills in Oil and Gas (Soga) and Bridging Gaps programmes with funding from the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister’s Department – have helped them to prepare the manpower while meeting the needs of downstream oil and gas activities at the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) in Johor.