OREANDA-NEWS  On 18 September was announced, that LUKOIL and Falck Nutec, a Norwegian Company, reached a cooperation agreement on the establishment of a corporate offshore training center for oil and gas facilities and also on coordination of the learning process there.

Technical and psychological training of employees for work at offshore oil and gas facilities, emergency survival skill training and training of administrative personnel, including for  international projects,  will be among top-priority focus areas at the corporate training center.

The training center will comprise an educational and administrative building, a testing ground fitted with simulators, production and special facilities, a swimming pool, a hotel and facilities designed for social, cultural and utility purposes.

The training program comprises practical classes implying exercises with different training devices which simulate real offshore conditions in usual, extraordinary and emergency situations. To train sea rescue skills, special equipment located at the Volga river at sufficient depth or in a specially constructed swimming-pool will be used. The sea rescue training module can also be used to train divers. The cranes designed for simulating helicopter evacuation will also be used to train crane operators.