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A networking website, designed by Heriot-Watt Petroleum Learning Centre at Tomsk Polytechnical University graduates to make personal connections, has developing into a popular forum for Oil & Gas Industry professionals.

The idea of website to save links between Heriot-Watt Centre graduates in Russia originally was implemented guestbook by Gennadiy Fedorchenko (PE 2004). Anton Baluev (PE 2004) who became main website administrator together with Almaz Mullagaliev (PE 2003) and Roman Dzema (PE 2004) had developed guestbook into forum - with sections created according subjects and number of questions at forum. Further, as number of registered users was increased Vladimir Volkov (PE 2004) was started to serve as main moderator. Gradually, personal communications between gradutes has developed into discussions about professional subjects which attracted employees of different petroleum companies.

For example, career-related discussions had led to the development of a section at forum about career development in the oil and gas industry. Also, Petroleum companies readily started to post new job openings in "Oil and Gas Vacansies" section, where professionals publish their CV's for review and job search. Technical support for Schlumberger and Roxar software users is also provided through created for that purposes section. A special section was also designed for graduates applying to study at Heriot-Watt's Approved Learning Partner in Tomsk which also delivers Petroleum Engineering and Reservoir Evaluation & Management MSc courses, together with an increasing number of Petroleum Industry short courses.

http://heriot-watt.ru is one of the most popular and well-known forums in the Oil and Gas Industry in Russia, according to forum statistics data. Over 5,000 users are registered currently including about 1,000 users who visit the website each working day. There are now more than 2,000 visitors per day. Alexei Vashkevich, Deputy General Director of Samara-Nafta (Hess Corporation), first year graduate of Heriot-Watt Centre in Tomsk (PE 2002) commented: "Heriot-Watt University and the Petroleum Learning Centre in Tomsk provide a unique chance for Russian technical graduates to get a leading western education, which allows students to get a modern and alternative view on field development, to learn western technologies and management standards and allows them to successfully implement these in Russian or foreign Oil & Gas companies. The growing popularity of Heriot-Watt in Russia is becoming apparent". "Heriot-Watt.ru has already become a popular network source among the broad circle of oil & gas specialists who can publish job vacancies, discuss a wide scope of problems and get answers on questions." The site administrators are considering developing the forum further for use in professional network development in Russia and all over the world. For more information about Tomsk HW Learning Centre visit: http://hw.tpu.ru and for more information about the forum for Oil and Gas Geologists and Engineers or to register, visit: http://heriot-watt.ru

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