OREANDA-NEWS. Seventeen third and fourth year students of Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) are participating in a paid summer internship program at BP Azerbaijan from July 1 to September 9.

The students are initially engaged in the group work activities, later joining various projects and operations together with the highly qualified BP experts using advanced technologies and equipment. The students will work on specific projects related to well exploration and development while being introduced to a number of operations such as drilling and completion, drilling fluid technologies, equipment installation and quality assurance.

They will learn about the well development and production technologies and join the activities on occupational health, safety and environmental protection. The students will have an opportunity to develop their technical skills applying their academic knowledge in practice and to be closely familiarized with BP’s technological standards and methodologies, as well as safety and work ethic, and get a valuable work experience. Upon completion of the program, the students are required to submit reports to the group supervisors.

The students taking part in the internship will receive a salary for the duration of the program for ten weeks.