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Gas Industry, courses on finance, accounting and audit, economics, risk and project management, contracts, purchasing and negotiations as well as communications, leadership and management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global training provider for the oil and gas industry MDT International it sees Africa and South America as the new growth frontiers that need increased public awareness in the sector. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/mdt-international-sees-africa-south-america-as-new-growth-areas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[1541,1852,2097,2261,2619],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-mbt-international","tag-oil-and-gas-training","tag-public-courses","tag-scottish-development-international","tag-uk-trade-and-investment","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/training_classroom.jpg?fit=700%2C465&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-ik","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5334,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/skills-shortages-in-east-africa-opens-up-opportunities-for-scotland-trainers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1136,"position":0},"title":"Skills shortages in East Africa opens up opportunities for Scotland trainers","author":"","date":"October 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With over 100,000 locals needing to be trained over the next 10 years to support East Africa\u2019s oil and gas, mining and construction ambition, a delegation of 10 Scottish oil and gas training providers will visit Tanzania and Mozambique this week to offer their skills & experience to these markets\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/scottish-enterprise.png?fit=496%2C393&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":775,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/special-training-in-offing-for-oil-gas-stakeholders-in-tanzania\/","url_meta":{"origin":1136,"position":1},"title":"Special training in offing for oil, gas stakeholders in Tanzania","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"March 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Story by Tanzania Daily News Oil and gas stakeholders in the country will soon benefit from a special course organised by the MDT International Company, in collaboration with Calderbag International Energy Corporation. 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