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The Ohio
Oil and Gas Energy Education Program
(OOGEEP) and the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy
Education Foundation (Foundation) is pleased
to announce our scholarship program targeted
at students pursuing careers in the
oil and natural gas industry.
Each scholarship will be
worth a minimum of $1,000 per year and can
be renewed for up to four years. The
minimum scholarship criteria includes:
- Student must have
a career goal in the crude oil and
natural gas industry, or related energy
field.
- Student must be an
OHIO resident,
OR,
a student attending,
OR
planning to attend an Ohio
college, university or vocational
school.
- Student must be
enrolled full-time in a program at a
college or university,
OR
a high school senior enrolling in a
4-year college program,
OR,
a student attending or enrolling in a
vocational school.
"In 2010, Ohio
celebrates its 150th Anniversary
of the first commercial well drilled in the
state.
Since then more than 273,000 natural
gas and crude oil wells have been drilled.
Changes in technology and energy
demand drive our need to encourage more
students to pursue careers in domestic
energy production.
By establishing scholarship
opportunities, we want to reward these
outstanding students who will certainly help
develop, produce and supply tomorrow's
energy needs," states Rhonda Reda, Executive
Director, OOGEEP and the Foundation.
The deadline for
applications is March 31st, and scholarship
winners will be announced by May 31st of
each year.
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