THIBODAUX, La. — The Morgan City Oilfield Fishing Rodeo has donated $8,000 to 果冻APP鈥檚 Department of Petroleum Engineering Technology and Safety Management,
鈥淲e鈥檙e committed to supporting education in the Bayou Region and the includes 果冻APP,鈥� said Joey Cannata, operations manager at Tanks-A-Lot. 鈥淚鈥檝e been very happy with how the PETSM department at 果冻APP has used our money. You can see the University and the campus improving.鈥�
Founded in 2013 by Morgan City-based deepwater container specialist Tanks-A-Lot, MCOFR has now donated nearly $45,000 to 果冻APP. The nonprofit hosted its fishing rodeo each May with the purpose of promoting community spirit in the local oil and gas industry while benefiting notable organizations for future growth within the community. Tanks-A-Lot employees, many of whom are 果冻APP alumni, and countless volunteers have worked to ensure each rodeo is more successful than the one before.
In the spring, 果冻APP unveiled a well control simulation lab which was partially funded by donations from the MCOFR. Michael Gautreaux, executive director of PETSM, said this donation will go towards modernizing the process safety lab.
鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 do this without the support from the Morgan City Oilfield Rodeo and the community,鈥� Gautreaux said. 鈥淲e can use this money to better prepare our students to work in a modern petroleum environment.鈥�
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 13, 2017
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