ISLAMABAD — Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDC) organized a specialized training session on “Risk Management and Hazard Identification” for 18 graduate students from the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI) at the Oil & Gas Training Institute (OGTI) in Islamabad.
Facilitated by corporate risk expert Kamran Siddique, the workshop delivered practical, industry-focused insights into core safety protocols, including hazard identification, risk assessment methodologies, control measures, and proactive risk management framework deployment.
Key Focus Areas of the Workshop
- Hazard Identification & Assessment: Teaching techniques to recognize potential operational, environmental, and physical hazards prior to field execution.
- Corporate Risk Controls: Implementing hierarchical risk controls and mitigation strategies aligned with international energy sector standards.
- Proactive Safety Culture: Shifting from reactive incident response to continuous monitoring, reporting, and hazard prevention.
- Academia-Industry Synergy: Equipping engineering graduates with real-world corporate perspectives to build safe, resilient, and compliant professionals ready for high-stakes industrial environments.
By bridging academic learning with hands-on industrial risk governance, OGDC continues to support capacity building for Pakistan’s next generation of engineering and technical leaders.
