PetroTal organized a recreational workshop that attracted the interest and participation of students from the Puinahua district, where the Bretaña Norte field of Block 95 is located.

More than 500 primary school children and 20 teachers from the district of Puinahua (Requena, Loreto) participated in the workshop “Learning with PetroTal: Oil and its benefits in our daily lives”, which, as its name suggests, seeks to strengthen, in a didactic and playful way, the knowledge of children regarding the hydrocarbon industry and the importance of this natural resource in our daily lives.

Between July and September, the workshop was held in the towns of San Carlos, Bretaña, La Palma, 7 de Junio, Huacrachiro and Manco Cápac. The activity generated great interest among the students who were eager to learn more about oil and to participate in the dynamics led by the two irreverent “scientists” who led the activity.

PetroTal, a company led and operated by Peruvians, emphasized that the workshops brought the oil industry closer to the district's smallest population, showed that it is a modern activity that preserves the environment and made it clear that oil is a key input for the development of all human activities, from transportation to medical care and education.

Through this initiative, the company that operates Block 95 seeks to sow in school children the seed of knowledge about the oil industry that is developed in their locality in order to promote a harmonious coexistence with the population and promote development opportunities for the children and young people of Puinahua, said Luis Pantoja, PetroTal's general manager.

“We thank the commission that came to give this workshop and we hope that this activity will be permanent and not only for primary, but also for secondary and for the entire population,” said Luis Chota, headmaster of the school Corina Cabrera Burga of the town of San Carlos Maria Huaynacari, teacher of the school 60633 of Bretaña, capital of Puinahua, district where the Bretaña Norte del Lote 95 field is located, expressed his joy for the activity.

“We hope it will be carried out in the different parts of the district because children need to be informed so that they build their own conclusions about oil extraction,” he said.