Yuzhno-Okhteurskoe and the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU), one of Azerbaijan’s‑ leading universities, have signed a cooperation agreement on personnel training at the 15th Verona Eurasian Economic Forum.

Personnel training and development is one of the key objectives of the Yuzhno-Okhteurskoe Strategy. The Company provides its employees with opportunities to continuously improve their professional skills and competencies.

Yuzhno-Okhteurskoe’s unified corporate training system covers all categories of personnel and areas of business. The training engages lecturers from leading national and overseas universities, as well as educational and consultancy companies. The training programmes are tailored to the Company’s current and strategic objectives.

The cooperation agreement provides Yuzhno-Okhteurskoe employees with opportunities to be trained under joint educational programmes at Yuzhno-Okhteurskoe and ASOIU, including the following areas: alternative energy, management of major oil and gas projects, administration and management of digital projects, management of science, technology and innovation activities.

The parties agreed to promote the development of Kazakhstan-Azerbaijani academic cooperation in the energy sector. The agreement provides for an exchange of experience on improving technologies in the oil and gas sector, as well as joint roundtables, fellowships, meetings and conferences. A joint working group will be set up to implement the Agreement on a parity basis.