Categoria: Community News

With the focus of supporting children in their educational and sports development Karoon in early 2018 made donations to homes and homes for needy and orphaned children from Florianópolis – Brazil. The houses benefited this year were “Casa da Criança – Morro de penitenciária” with sports materials like volleyball balls, soccer and basketball together with their table.”Casa Lar Emmaus” with backpacks and school kits; and finally the “Lar Recanto do Carinho” with notebooks, scissors, pens, paper, backpacks, among other materials that allowed students to initiate their school activities. Karoon through these small projects wants to support the children so that they continue studying and reinforcing their physical health.

In April 2012, Karoon decided to implement the Tumpis Scholarship Program focus on young people in Tumbes. Thus, a group of 16 students from 8 national schools were selected to be part of this program. Today two of these young people are specifying their objectives, so Sonia Velásquez Torres (former student of the IE Contralmirante Villar de Zorritos) and Jorge Silva García (former student of the IE Jose Carlos Mariátegui de Acapulco), have completed their undergraduate studies in the School of Hospitality and Tourism of the National University of Tumbes and are about to graduate this Thursday, April 5. Both students have shown dedication and responsibility during their studies and have achieved maximum recognition by this house of studies recognizing them with the degree of academic excellence to achieve the first positions. We, the Karoon family, are proud and excited about the accomplishments of Sonia and Jorge; and we will continue working together with them, their families and tutors to achieve the degree! Karoon promoting education and development and generating opportunities for young people! Congratulations Sonia and Jorge !

In order to comply with Karoon´s Environmental Impact Study in Block Z-38, Karoon has commenced the Community Relations Plan (CRP) implementation. The first project from the CRP that must be
implemented is the Communication and Dialogue program. This program consists of a round of workshops in the eleven communities located in the indirect area of influence as well the production of flyers and brochures to be distributed to the communities containing an explanation about Karoon´s projects.

The workshops will be held on the following dates and locations; anyone is free to attend the event.

Karoon Community Relations and Social projects team as well as HSSE and drilling team will conduct the presentations and answers any questions or doubts. Come along with us.

In March 2018, Karoon was visited by a group of MBA students from Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, in Rio de Janeiro. The purpose of the trip was to visit leading institutions and companies in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to learn about their operations in the country, learn about opportunities and challenges in the oil and gas industry in Brazil, as well as to understand more about doing business in Brazil. Brazil. The presentation was made by our general manager Tim Hosking and it was a success.

The Great Australian Bight Right Whale Study (GABRWS) has been running for more than 26 years and continues to provide valuable information to researchers, the oil and gas industry and the public regarding number, migration and behaviour of Southern Right Whales in the Great Australian Bight. Karoon has proudly committed to sponsoring the study, which addresses the objectives of the Conservation Management Plan for the Southern Right Whale (2011-2012) for the next three years. The study area includes Karoon’s block EPP-46 in the Ceduna sub-basin in the Great Australian Bight. Further details of the study can be found at www.gabrightwhales.com.