BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The oil and gas industry and south Louisiana higher education institutions have signed a pact to provide high-tech training for students seeking offshore jobs.

Chris John, president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday with higher education officials. They included representatives from the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, the University of Louisiana System, Fletcher Technical Community College, Nicholls State University, and South Central Louisiana Technical Community College in Morgan City, according to The Advertiser (http://bit.ly/1l1M6FZ ). Also signing were representatives of the Louisiana Workforce Commission and Louisiana Economic Development.