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...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planting over 1.6 million forest trees in the 2020/2021 cocoa crop year on cocoa farms across the country and also as part of its National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme.
COCOBOD is embarking on the rehabilitation programme to replace about 40% of the country's cocoa tree stock...
...but sector holds firm to emerge economy’s lead export earner
Gold production in 2020 fell 12.1 percent - the highest decline since 2014 - from 4.577 million ounces in 2019 to 4.023 million ounces, the Ghana Chamber of Mines said in its 2020 annual report, citing COVID-19.
Despite the decline in...
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....
GAWU signals COCOBOD to act or miss 900,000 tonnes target
Sefwi, Juaboso, Akotombra farms at big risk
Forestry Commission, chiefs, district assemblies sit aloof
Every week, illegal mining activities or ‘galamsey’ destroys at least 20 acres of cocoa farms in the Sefwi-Wiawso, Juaboso, Bia and Akotombra areas in...
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...
Government risks dampening investor confidence in the country’s petroleum upstream industry by remaining tight-lipped on the ongoing unitisation tussle between Eni Ghana and Springfield Exploration and Production, the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has warned.
“Unfortunately, the government's silence amid raging media war is unhealthy for creating a competitive...
