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Driving the 21stCentury Texas Economy:

Sustainable Oil & Gas Communities

Coastal Bend College

Katie ShermanApril 22,2014

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Skills Development Fund– Drilling SimulatorFull sized drilling, production, and workover simulator, Standard equipment software and services from CS Inc. $239,500 total$163,694 Skills Development Fund $35,439 Pioneer Natural Resources$22,696 Marathon Oil $17,671 Coastal Bend College General Fund

AwardsRibbon Cutting Ceremony April

30 – 3 p.m.

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AwardSelf Sufficiency Fund $219,375$200,000 – SSF - $19,375 CBC

Electrical Certificate – 96 hours Basic electrical and safety and tools

Welding Certificate – 224 hoursIntroduction & SMAW

Construction Certificate – 96 hoursIntroduction to construction and blueprint reading

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AwardJET Grant $365,840$347,548 – Grant - $18,292 CBC

Still finalizing – Goal Fall 2014 • Introduction Programmable Logic

Controllers• Advanced Programmable Logic  Controllers• Electrical Power Distribution• Oil And Gas Electricity • Petroleum Instrumentation