Tullow grooms women for oil jobs

As part of Tullow Oil Uganda’s commitment to promote capacity development in Uganda’s oil and gas industry, the company is now supporting Ugandan women to join highly-skilled and specialised roles that will see them involved in the sector.

Among the key capacity and development training programmes, Tullow Oil recently embarked on its graduate engineering programme, which enrolled young talented women who are now pursuing careers as petroleum engineers. Among the beneficiaries are; Joan Namukasa, Susan Namuganyi and Susan Musiime Okello. The three are pursuing careers in drilling engineering.
The programme is internationally recognised and rewarding with experience guaranteed across the globe in countries, where Tullow Oil operates.

“So far, the three Ugandan drilling engineers have attended eight training courses in various countries like Scotland, England, Ghana, France and United States of America,” said Tullow Uganda’s Corporate Communications Manager Cathy Adengo.

She added: “The technical trainings and mentorship opportunities they have received, have not only empowered them as individuals, but are nurturing them into well groomed female engineers instrumental to the country’s national development.”

Tullow women pioneers
Speaking to the engineers, Joan Namukasa said, “A career in petroleum engineering, is hugely interesting and I would love to see more women in the profession because it is truly a rewarding experience.”

Ms Namukasa joined Tullow in 2010, and she is part of the Graduate Drilling Engineering Training Programme where graduate engineers spend time on Tullow’s various field sites to attain the relevant operational experience. She is in-charge of producing daily drilling operations reports in a system dubbed ‘Well View’, following up on the Persons on Board (POB), preparing mud reports and project cost estimates, preparing the 24 hours look ahead and also following up on the service companies.

Her development programme requires her to be at the rig site to learn about the drilling operations as per the design, programme, and detailed procedure of the well.