A Towering Training Tool Arrives, Wellfield-Tested and Workforce-Ready

A full-size natural gas wellhead has been donated to ShaleNET U.S. and installed in an electronics and computer engineering technology classroom on Penn College's main campus. A partnership of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and FMC Technologies resulted in Monday's delivery to the college's Center for Business & Workforce Development, where the equipment will be used by the ShaleNET U.S. regional hub in training for occupations in the oil and natural gas industry. Fully spruced up for instructional use, the wellhead arrived in five pieces: more than two tons of steel that, until recently, was at work in the field. After a requisite safety briefing, Penn College General Services and Allison Crane & Rigging assisted in the unloading, transport and assembly– a process that FMC's John Amburgey called "big-boy Legos."