Following the successful staging of the maiden Western Regional Oil and Gas Excellence Awards ceremony last year, the 2nd Western Regional Oil and Gas Excellence Awards Dinner is due to be held in Takoradi on Friday, December 15, 2023.
The Western Regional Minister, Mr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, will grace the occasion as the Guest of Honour in the royal presence of the President of the Western Region House of Chiefs.
The Western Regional Oil and Gas Excellence Awards Scheme was instituted by the Western Regional Coordinating Council last year and will be organised annually in commemoration of the date of the first discovery of oil (15th December 2007).
A Note issued under the hand of Mr. Darko-Mensah observed that “the discovery of oil in commercial quantities off Cape Three Points in the Western Region on 15th December, 2007 is expected to serve as a major catalyst for the economic development not only of the Western Region, but of Ghana as a whole”.
The note indicated that the Western Regional Oil and Gas Excellence Awards Scheme will be implemented under the auspices of the Western Regional Coordinating Council by Top Brass Ghana, headed by Isaac Dakwa, a retired Director of the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
According to Mr. Dakwa, Director of Top Brass Ghana, the objective of the awards scheme is to acknowledge the vital contribution of the oil and gas fraternity to the economic development of the Western Region and indeed of the entire country, and to honour deserving oil and gas industry players in the hope of motivating them to strive for entrepreneurial excellence.
Mr. Dakwa also stated that the Western Regional Oil and Gas Excellence Awards Scheme is being organised under the poignant theme ‘Ghana: Toward an Oil-Led Economic Development’.
Under the awards scheme, awards are granted at five different levels, namely: Silver, Gold, Special Gold, Platinum and Special Platinum.
The first Western Regional Oil and Gas Excellence Awards ceremony took place on Thursday, 15th December, 2022 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the first discovery of oil.
At last year’s maiden awards ceremony, Gibson Safety Consult Limited (Quality, Environmental Health and Safety Consultancy); Glico General Insurance Company Limited (Insurance Services); Petrosol Ghana Limited (Oil Marketing); Safety World Engineering Limited (Marine Engineering) and Sagoe Interventions Limited (Fabrication Engineering) received Silver Awards.
Gold Award winners included Amaja Oilfield Limited (Marine Construction and Production Services); Bollore Transport and Logistics Company Limited (Logistics/Freight forwarding); Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (Petroleum Logistics); GNPC Foundation (Corporate Social Responsibility); GOIL Plc (Oil Marketing); and Mac Logistics Limited (Shipping Trucking).
Other Gold award-winners were Medea Development Limited (Oil and Gas Exploration); Monpe Heavy Haulage Company Limited (Special Tranport); OTS Ghana Limited (Lifting Engineering); Star Assurance Company Limited (Insurance Services), Zeal Environmental Technologies Limited (Environmental Solutions).
Ghana National Gas Company (Processing and Sale of Gas); National Petroleum Authority (Petroleum Downstream Oversight); Petroleum Commission (Petroleum Upstream Oversight) and Port of Takoradi, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (Port Operations) were recipients of Special Gold Awards.
Of the two topmost awards, a Platinum Award was conferred on Tullow Ghana Limited (Operator Production) while a Special Platinum Award was bestowed on Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (Overall Petroleum Upstream Exploration and Production Oversight).
