President Akufo-Addo has appointed former Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid as the new Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). He is expected to assume office on July 1, 2021 and will succeed Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli, now a Member of Parliament for Gushegu. A...
PETROSOL Ghana Limited, a leading privately-owned Ghanaian Oil Marketing Company(OMC), has received triple International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification. These are ISO 9001: 2015–Quality Management System; ISO 14001:2015–Environmental Management System and ISO 45001: 2018–Occupational Health & Safety Management. According Mr. Michael Bozumbil, the Chief Executive Officer of PETROSOL, the certifications...
… GTA finally issues guidelines to operators The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has given the greenlight for cinemas and theatres nationwide to resume operations after 15 months of closure of their facilities. The closure has cost the industry some US$5 million ever since facilities were closed to curb the spread of...
Tullow Oil has announced the constitution of a Tullow Ghana Advisory Board to provide strategic guidance and advice on its operations in Ghana and the delivery of its 10-year business plan. The Advisory Board will also provide counsel on managing key relationships in Ghana and will assist with Tullow...
Chairman of the Board-Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs), Henry Akwaboah, has tasked members to enforce safety protocols at all times. Speaking in Accra at the launch of the 2021 AOMCs Safety Week celebration, which runs from Monday June 7 to 11, 2021, Mr. Akwaboah said achieving incident-free operations within...
Gov’t working to revive company’s fortunes
Debt reaches more than US$340m The reliability on imports of crude oil and its finished products for processing at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is still deepening the company’s financial woes, Deputy Minister designate for Energy, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has admitted. He said the...
CSOs demand in wake of ExxonMobil’s exit Government needs to overhaul the petroleum agreements (PA) regime to make the industry more attractive to international oil companies, energy sector Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have said, following the recent exit of American oil multinational ExxonMobil. The oil major’s exit - coupled with...
The attention of Springfield Exploration and Production Limited (Springfield), has been drawn to various print and electronic media publications on the topic of the unitization of the Afina and Sankofa fields with statements attributed to Eni Ghana Exploration and Production Limited as well as to ACEP, PIAC and IES....
Puma Energy Distribution Ghana Limited one of Ghana’s leading Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) has launched its latest retail site in East Legon, on the Adjiringano Road. The East Legon branch adds to the growing nationwide rollout of Puma Energy and in keeping with the company’s promise of moving closer to...
The State Interest and Governance Authority has held the first of a series of media engagement to give accountability of progress and growth made in various State-Owned Enterprises, Joint Venture Companies and Other State Entities. In this maiden edition, the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) and Ghana Gas were...