OREANDA-NEWS. Japanese corporation INPEX held training for Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) students. Before the training started, BHOS Rector Elmar Gasimov met with the INPEX delegation led by Vice-President Akihito Kurashira and Masanori Kurihara, Professor, Department of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Waseda University, as well as the representatives of the SOCAR Upstream Management. Welcoming the guests, Rector Gasimov said the presentation integrating the theoretical and practical information would contribute in enriching the students’ practical knowledge, stressing that the Japanese educational and industrial development was a model.

Expressing his gratitude for the hospitality Prof. Kurihara recalled good impressions from his recent visit to BHOS and thanked the Rector for the opportunity to meet the students. Underlying this meeting as initial steps for further collaboration, Prof. Kurihara expressed his assurance for effective partnership relations in future. Later, Prof. Kurihara made a presentation on Challenges to Oil/Development in More Difficult Conditions, Beyond Conventional Oil/Gas Development. Then the Q&A session started. Representatives of the Embassy of Japan in Azerbaijan attended the event.