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03. September 2010

Ministry of Mines and Energy of Côte d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and RKK sign MoC 26.8.2010.

27. August 2010

The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Côte d' Ivoire and RKK signed a letter of intent 26.8.2010. The signatories were H.E.M. LY Djêrou Robert, Côte d' Ivoire's ambassador to Scandinavia, and Managing Director Ole Imsland of RKK. During the oil fair ONS in Stavanger, RKK had a meeting with the Minister for Mines and E... | Read more...

Train of Trainers graduation in Kampala, Uganda

16. August 2010

On the 9th of August 2010, graduation was held in Kampala, Uganda. Before the graduation, 12 instructors and scientists from UPIK, UIRI and Nakawa Technical Institute underwent intensive training during 4 weeks on topic such as Health Safety Environment, Drilling, Well services and Completion. Professor Charles Kwesiga, the Executive director of UIRI, was the chief guest who handed over t... | Read more...

RKK establishes branch office in Kazakhstan

06. August 2010

RKK has established a Branch Office i Kazakhstan effective from 2 August 2010 Svetlana N. Borodulina has been appointed Director of RKK-Kazakhstan. She will be based in our office in Ust Kamenogorsk. (photo) RKK-Kazakhstan will have offices in Ust Kamenogorsk and Astana. The work of RKK-Kazakhstan will be to coor... | Read more...

UNITAR Instrumentation Course

29. June 2010

The second group of students from UNITAR, Nigeria, have arrived in Namibia for the instrumentation course on 27.06.2010. The course started on 28.06.2010 at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology and has duration of 8 weeks. The course specifications is the same as the one conducted for the first group at Stord in Norway. Below is a picture of the students in front of the RKK Nami... | Read more...

Successful Strategy Seminar in Cape Town, South-Africa

28. June 2010

Last week, RKK together with RKK Namibia, organised a strategy seminar in Cape Town in South-Africa. The intention of the seminar was to discuss RKK´s experience, strategy and development in Africa. The 25 participants were representatives from the governmental sector of education and oil & gas from Angola, Nigeria, Mosambique, Uganda and Namibia. In addition the RKK´s board, RKK´s main a... | Read more...

"From Farm to Table" project in cooperation with the Akmolinsk region of Kazakhstan

08. June 2010

A project group from RKK comprising Magnus Mathiesen, Roar Haaland and Kjell Håvard Sævareid conducted a planning and research visit last week to the Akmolinsk region of Kazakhstan, in connection with the project entitled "From Farm to Table". This pre-study was set up on the initiative of the RoK Ministry of Education and Science in close cooperation with the Akmolinsk regional aut... | Read more...

Graduation ceremony in Namibia - Safety Instructor Course

04. June 2010

The group of Angolan instructors which graduated from the 6 week long Safety Instructor Course attended the graduation ceremony on the 3rd of June 2010. The students graduated in the areas of General Safety, Fire Fighting and First Aid. The courses were done in accordance with IMO, STCW table VI. During the last week RKK Namibia had a group of three auditors from Norway (Statoil, SOTS)... | Read more...

Graduation at Mapess' train-the-trainer program at Cinfotec, Luanda

02. June 2010

The train the trainers program for the MAPESS project started on 19 April 2010 and had a duration of six (6) weeks. The course had a positive outcome and the instructors gained competence in the fields of Industrial Electricity, Hydraulics and Welding. The closing ceremony was held in the CINFOTEC auditorium. The pictu... | Read more...

Chargé d'Affaires Mr. Nurlan Mussin from the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Oslo visits RKK.

31. May 2010

Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming Mr. Nurlan Mussin, Kazakhstan's new Chargé d'Affaires in Norway, to RKK. The purpose of the visit was to meet the Kazakhstani regional development delegation which was on a visit to RKK that week and also to follow up and be briefed on RKK's projects in Kazakhstan. RKK looks forward to close cooperation with the Embassy in connection with our involve... | Read more...

The RKK model established in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

31. May 2010

A Kazakhstani variant of the RKK model has been established in Ust-Kamenogorsk. In cooperation with the College of Transport and Safety, the Technological College of Service and Kumash Nurgaliev's College, RKK has set up the institution "Technical and Vocational Education"- Kazakhstan - Norwegian Corporate Fu... | Read more...