Helium (He) is the second lightest element in the universe and the second most abundant, and yet is incredibly rare here on earth. While the process of fusion in our sun produces an estimated 700 million tons of helium per second, our earth’s atmosphere has only a paltry 0.0005 percent…
Born in Malaysia, where she lived most of her childhood years, Genga Nadaraju decided to venture to the U.S. for her postsecondary education. She obtained her geology degree at The College of Wooster, Ohio, and did her master’s degree at The University of British Columbia, Canada. Her career took her to Calgary, Alberta, where she has over 25 years of diverse professional experience in the oil and gas industry that includes business development, asset exploitation, strategic planning, and investor relations. Nadaraju is currently the VP Subsurface at Avanti Helium Corporation, a start-up helium company based in Calgary. She enjoys the outdoors, hiking in the Canadian Rockies, loves travelling, enjoys preparing and having meals with family and friends or just reading a good book. Currently, she is reading Knights in Retrograde from the Dynamicist Trilogy by Lee Hunt.
Oil and gas operations are commonly found in remote locations far from company headquarters. Now, it's possible to monitor pump operations, collate and analyze seismic data, and track employees around the world from almost anywhere. Whether employees are in the office or in the field, the internet and related applications enable a greater multidirectional flow of information – and control – than ever before.