P2 Energy Solutions provides oil and gas software, oil and gas map data and services for the upstream energy industry. More than 650 global energy companies–from hydrocarbon-sourced to alternative-sourced–use P2 products and services to improve decision-making, gain clarity into complex workflow scenarios, and optimize upstream efficiency.
The company, based in Denver, Colorado, is now looking beyond those already established in the energy industry and towards those looking for a future in the industry.
The company recently awarded a $578,000 in-kind contribution to the Business Administration Program of Western State College of Colorado (WSC) in nearby Gunnison, Colorado.
Founded in 1901, WSC is a public, liberal arts college with roughly 2,300 students taught by 120 faculty members. The school offers 22 undergraduate majors in 22 areas of study, as well as pre-professional programs, and two graduate programs.
P2 Energy's contribution will be used to equip students majoring in land and resource management with skills needed to fill positions in oil, gas, and alternative energy land management.
WSC's Professional Land and Resource Management Emphasis is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions as land negotiators. Students learn land and resource management principles through knowledge and perspectives of business administration, economics, geology, and environmental studies.
P2's contribution will allow WSC students to graduate with a thorough understanding of real-world workflows, the importance of high quality accurate data, and relevant data capture dependencies.
"Our new partnership with P2 Energy Solutions will add an additional level of real-world skill and expertise for our PRLM students," said Ed Grauke, WSC Moncrief chair and director, Professional Land and Resource Management Program. "This will give our students direct experience with GIS, leasing, and resource management that will help further differentiate our land management graduates from those at other universities."
The contribution includes product, training, maintenance, and service for the firm's Tobin Enterprise Land (TEL) software. TEL is lease management software used in the oil and gas and energy industry for lease acquisition and tracking for major, mid-cap, and micro-cap firms. From acquiring leases to maintaining producing properties, Tobin Enterprise Land handles the entire land asset management process using a familiar, browser-based interface.
"By allowing WSC students and instructors to learn and use Tobin Enterprise Land, P2 will assist with the training and development of future generations of oil and gas professionals," said Bret Bolin, P2 Energy Solutions' president and CEO. "This will enable WSC students to learn vital lease and contract information as well as learn and understand what and how data is captured in a lease record management application."
All 15 of the May 2010 graduates of the Land and Resource Management Program at WSC have been hired and are working in the oil, gas, and energy industry.
P2's Bolin is excited about the company's continued involvement in shaping the future of the oil and gas and energy industry.
"Western State has a leading oil and gas land management program, this contribution is intended to support the development of future skills in this area and is only the start for P2. P2 is hiring over 60 individuals from leading schools this year and programs, and contributions, like this support the future of this industry, but also the future skills development to support our growth. I look to P2 to support several other programs, including land management, well life cycle and advanced GIS in the coming year."
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