Month: December 2019

This year, 2019, Karoon will continue celebrating Christmas with the people in communities in the 11 locations (Puerto Pizarro, La Jota, San José, La Cruz, Nueva Esperanza, Grau, Zorritos, Bocapan, Acapulco, Punta Mero y Cancas), which are part of the Marina-1 Drilling Project in Peru. The event will be held with several groups in the communities such as children at an early age, older adults and people with a disability and with those in the fishing sector. The Christmas Campaign will benefit (36) Fishing Associations and (17) social organisations with “chocolatadas” (children, older adults and disabled people) representing a total of 4,450 people in total.

Karoon is a responsible company committed to communication and transparency at all levels, especially towards the eleven communities in the area of ​​influence (AII) of the project (Puerto Pizarro, La Jota, San José, La Cruz, Nueva Esperanza, Grau, Zorritos, Bocapan, Acapulco, Punta Mero and Cancas). Thus, we are pleased to inform that we will be present in all the communities to inform about the progress and activities of the “Exploratory Drilling Project in Block Z-38”.

The events will be held from November 16 to 24. We look forward to the active participation of the community, as it is a good opportunity to promote dialogue and trust.

We firmly believe that through dialogue and matching the role of all participants we will promote relationships of trust, which is why the presence and local participation is very important for Karoon.

The following is a detailed workshop schedule with date, time and place:   

COMMUNITY	DATE	TIME	FACILITY NAME	FACILITY ADDRESS
Cancas	November 16	15:00	Casa Pescador	Barrio Chamba Uriarte S/N – Cancas
Acapulco	November 17	15:00	Salón Comunal	Av. Emancipación Cas. Acapulco – Zorritos
La Cruz	November 18	15:00	Sindicato Único De Pescadores	Av. Independencia Nº427 – La Cruz
San José	November 19	09:00	Salón Comunal	Caserío San José – La Cruz
Grau	November 19	15:00	Salón Comunal	Calle Los Sauces S/N Pueblo Grau – Zorritos
Zorritos	November 20	15:00	Club Social Deportivo Atlético Zorritos	Av. Faustino Piaggio Nº122 – Zorritos
Nueva Esperanza	November 21	09:00	Salón Comunal	Av. Túpac Amaru Nº301 Nueva Esperanza – Zorritos
Bocapan	November 21	16:00	Salón Comunal	Panamericana Norte S/N Bocapan
Punta Mero	November 22	09:00	Salón Privado	Panamericana Norte Nº175 Punta Mero – Cancas
La Jota	November 22	15:00	Salón Comunal	Caserío La Jota S/N – Villa Puerto Pizarro
Puerto Pizarro	November 23	09:00	Facultad De Perquería De UNT	Calle Los Ceibos S/N – Villa Puerto Pizarro
La Cruz	November 24	15:00	Caseta De Pescadores Artesanales	Jr. Piura S/N – La Cruz

On Thursday, September 26, 2019, Karoon together with the Regional Directorate of Energy and Mines of Tumbes delivered the talk “Importance of Hydrocarbons in The Tumbes Region”.  The event was held at the Educational Institution “7 de enero” in the town of Corrales, with 85 participants primarily young people and teachers of the institution.

The purpose of this event is to inform the population of the relevance of developing the hydrocarbon sector and its positive impact in the regions and towns where the activity is carried out, in addition to the generation of benefits such as income through the royalty.

In the last five years the Tumbes Region received S/ 629,359,463 million soles (source: Perupetro) distributed among the regional government, municipalities, higher technical institutes and the National University of Tumbes. The royalty represents an opportunity for the execution of investment and social development works as well as the opportunity to promote and improve public educational institutions.

Likewise, it is important to know that the use of hydrocarbons is the backbone for the development of economic activities such as fishing, trade, electricity generation for industries, among others.

The talk also served as an opportunity to raise awareness about the Karoon project, its social responsibility policy and sustainable projects that have been implemented in the communities since 2012; generating value and representing opportunities for development and progress. Some projects are: the Tumpis, Mutumbi, Fregata and Prompes Scholarship Project (promoting fishing).

Karoon, a hydrocarbon company that has been working hand in hand with the National University of Tumbes (UNT), promoting educational and professionalization opportunities since 2012 through the Tumpis Scholarship Program, launched its second call from August 12 to September 12, 2019 to fill 25 new vacancies of the Karoon Educa scholarship. To date, 25 students were benefited in the 2019-I semester.

The scholarship provides financial support to young people who are currently pursuing undergraduate studies and who meet the established requirements (minimum average score of 12.0, successfully passing the socio-economic evaluation and personal interview). In this second stage there were 48 applicants, who went through a thorough evaluation process by a committee made up of representatives from Karoon and the UNT.

As a result, 25 new young people were selected to receive the financial support scholarship to continue their studies this semester 2019-II.     

Karoon has been developing the program Conéctate con tu futuro (Connect with your future). This time 5^Th grade secondary students from Miguel Grau school in Villa Puerto Pizarro visited the facilities of the National University of Tumbes and received vocational guidance talks by the specialists of this Institution, with the purpose of motivating and guiding young people in the region to professionalize according to their skills and abilities.

Karoon is committed to education and development of the Tumbes Region.