The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has officially launched its National Petroleum Safety Campaign to raise awareness on adherence to safety protocols in the petroleum downstream sector, under the theme ‘People Safety First’. Speaking at the launch, Chief Executive of the NPA Alhassan Tampuli said since April this year, the authority...
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced the appointment of Dorothy Thompson as independent non-executive Director and Chair-designate subject to the approval of the Group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held next week April 25, 2018. Ms. Thompson when approved will be succeeding Aidan Heavey, Tullow’s current Chairman and Founder,...
ZEN Petroleum has announced the opening of its new Kojo Thompson Road Station, in an expansion of its retail presence in Accra. The opening of the new service station marks a major milestone for the company which has seen consistent growth in the petroleum downstream sector, while maintaining its position...
Sulzer-Mansa, a joint venture service provider in the oil and gas industry, has commissioned a US$500,000 state-of-the-art rotating equipment service centre at New Amanful in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region. The centre is to serve the upstream players, mining and manufacturing industries as well as repair heavy...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has handed over twenty-two solar power mechanised boreholes to 12 municipal assemblies across the country. The beneficiary assemblies include Builsa North, Akuapim North, Juaben, Bongo, Tain, Suhum, Yilo Krobo and Shai Osudoku. The rest are Adaklu, Wa, Awutu and Akuapim South. Speaking at the boreholes handing-over...
For Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic is turning into a wake up call to find better ways to industrialise, chief amongst them being access to reliable, cheap and clean energy As global markets think of the post-COVID-19 world and how the pandemic will reshape business models worldwide, African countries are coming...
The Western Regional Co-ordinating Council has instituted an annual Western Regional Oil and Gas Excellence Awards Scheme which will be organised in commemoration of First Oil with effect from this year. A Note issued under the hand of the Western Regional Minister, Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, observed that “the discovery...
A total of 1,000 Ghanaians will receive training annually as part of the newly launched Accelerated Oil and Gas Capacity Programme (AOGC), President Nana Akufo-Addo, has said. Two hundred Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) will also be provided with the capacity to gain a competitive advantage in the industry...
Two of Tullow Oil Plc’s Board Members, Mr. Martin Greenslade and Mr. Mitchell Ingram are undertaking a four-day working visit to Ghana from 8th to 11th November 2022. The visit comes on the back of the Group’s renewed focus to prioritise investments in its producing assets. The visiting Board Members,...
Total has called off a plan to acquire Occidental Petroleum’s assets in Ghana, which was conditional on completing the acquisition of Occidental’s other assets in Algeria, the French energy company said on Monday. The deal was part of an US$8.8billion agreement reached between Total and Occidental to take over Anadarko’s...