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Get involved with the 'Oil Exploration Game'

Thu 28 April 2016

Category: Community, Education, Outreach

Article by Marc Bond, Oil Exploration Game Designer

The initiative to use the Oil Exploration Game as a vehicle to teach students about geology and exploration in the oil & gas industry is progressing quite well.  Initially conceived to train non-technical staff within the oil & gas industry about exploration, the games scope has expanded into both the university and secondary schools educational arena.  For several years it has been used in the classroom in A-Level secondary schools studying geology or geography courses.  The game has also expanded into the university settings, most recently at Kingston and Manchester Universities.

This success is requiring us to recruit experienced professionals within the oil & gas industry to become facilitators and expand the reach of the game.  Time and again, interested parties have said that this is a great opportunity for them to “give back to the community”!  With PESGB’s support, the next training workshop is scheduled on 16 June, to provide a forum to expose and train facilitators.  We are looking for people to join us for the workshop.

To increase the exposure of the game to the secondary schools, we will be attending the Earth Science Teachers Association conference in September, which should be a great opportunity to meet with educators and promote the capability of the game to enhance students’ educational training in a dynamic and exciting environment.

PESGB and I look forward to a great turnout at the training workshop on 16 June.

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