Pacific Oil launches engineering scholarship

Pacific Oil Management Limited, a PNG owned company is pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring four final year Mechanical Engineering students at the University of Technology in Lae, Morobe Province this year.

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Technology and awarding of scholarships to the four final year Mechanical Engineering students will take place next week.

It will be an ongoing scholarship program Pacific Oil Management will be running with the University’s Mechanical Engineering Department.

This scholarship program is dedicated to the country’s first Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, the late Professor John Pumwa.

The late Professor John Pumwa has set an engineering benchmark in PNG and Pacific Oil Management wishes to identify that under this scholarship so many more Papua New Guineans continue to raise the bar in Mechanical Engineering.

These students after graduating will be given a work placement with Pacific Oil Management Limited, where they will be provided the opportunity to obtain experience and support in their field of expertise.

Professor John Pumwa

• Former Head of Mechanical Engineering Department –PNG University of Technology 
• First Papua New Guinean to be awarded an engineering Ph.D
• First Professor in Engineering in PNG
• Recipient of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society 

• Recognized by the Institute of Engineers PNG (IEPNG) and because of his contribution in education to the industry, he was appointed as a fellow of the institution 
• Ranked as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)- probably the first Papua New Guinean recognized as a fellow of the society
• Member of the institution of Mechanical Engineers U.K

About Pacific Oil Management 

Pacific Oil Management delivers 30+ years of lubricants supply and technical support and is the exclusive distributor of Castrol lubricants in PNG and the pacific islands. 

We have a support team of engineers that work closely with our client to ensure optimum outcomes. Pacific Oil Limited also specializes in the legal repatriation and 

management of waste oils under binding international agreements, providing an environmentally safe program to manage Hazardous Waste through its parent company in Singapore.

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Pacific Oil Management Limited (PNG)

Caption: (L-R) Unitech’s Mechanical Engineering Department’s Deputy Head of Department Mr. Brian Ndrelan, Pacific Oil Management Limited representatives Mr. Rex Paura, Ms.Melisha Yafoi, Mrs. Elizabeth Pumwa, Mr.Yawing Babul and Unitech’s Mechanical Engineering Department’s Head of Department Dr. Shoeb Ahmed Syed.