21-23 August 2009, BG Energy Challenge 2009 – Kazakhstan took place for the fourth time, this year in the area of the Kokshetau National Park in Zerendy.
The two-day event hosted 29 teams from various companies across the Kazakhstani energy sector. This year BG Kazakhstan’s annual initiative attracted 145 participants from companies including Agip KCO, Amec, Bolashak, BG Kazakhstan, Invensys, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating b.v., KMG E&P, ConocoPhillips, Lukoil Overseas, Petrom S.A., PetroKazakhstan, PricewaterHouseCoopers, Signum, Worley Parsons, Shell and Schlumberger.
The BG Energy Challenge series has been running since 1996 under the leadership of BG Group – the Best Foreign Investor 2008 in Kazakhstan. The BG Energy Challenge is a worldwide teambuilding and networking event for the energy sector annually held in the UK, India, Brazil, Egypt, Oman, and Trinidad & Tobago. In Kazakhstan this project has been carried on by BG Kazakhstan since 2006.
Giorgio Battistini, Deputy Country Manager, BG Kazakhstan: "One of our major aims in addition to raising funds for charity is integration of the energy sector in Kazakhstan. We are very pleased that this year such integration has been so vividly and clearly demonstrated by joint participation of the national company KazMunaiGas and BG Kazakhstan employees. It is for the first time in four years that two oil-and-gas companies decided to pool efforts together and enter the BG Energy Challenge with a joint team».
This time the participating teams have raised some 14 522 000 tenge for the Society of Disabled Children in Astana. The money will be used for educational programmes and recreational activities to support the social and personal development of disabled children.
As in previous years, representatives of the national media participated in the event as a joint team of such publications as Panorama, Info-Tses, Kursiv, Moskovskyi Komsomolets, Express K, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda.
Participants were challenged in a range of logical and strategic tasks linked to a recycling theme. Activities included GPS orienteering on foot and by bike, solving puzzles, boating and overcoming an obstacle course at night.
The results of the BG Energy Challenge 2009 – Kazakhstan were as follows:
Overall winner – Bolashak (Dragons)
Best female team – KMG E&P (Arailym)
Best male team – Lukoil Overseas
Best mixed team – PricewaterhouseCoopers
Best under 30's (average age of the team members is under 30) – Karachaganak -3
Best team spirit – Shell
Best fundraiser – Karachaganak B.V. (we said KPO b.v. on the website)
For the third year running the project was supported by KokshetayMineralWater Company and Pension Fund “Respublica”.
Notes to Editors:
About BG Group
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BG Group’s sponsorship portfolio is called Energy for life. The BG Energy Challenge series is one of the sponsorships that make up the Energy for life portfolio. For more information visit www.bg-group.com/sponsorship
BG Kazakhstan is part of BG Group, a leading international energy company and the largest British investor in Kazakhstan with investments in excess of USD 2.1 billion. BG Group is also recognized as the "Best Foreign Investor of Kazakhstan - 2008". BG Group holds a 32.5% interest in the giant Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field and, along with our partner, ENI, is a joint operator of this field. It is also a 2% shareholder in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which links Kazakhstan’s oil reserves to world markets.
About the Charity - Non-Profit Organization “Society of Disabled Children of Astana City”
The Society of Disabled Children was founded in 1998 by the parents of disabled children. It is the first NGO for disabled children in Astana city. The Society’s mission: to assist disabled children and their families to socially adapt, form skills of self-care, socialize, and extend potential for personal and professional development.
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