THE production of first oil from Tullow Oil Plc’s Jubilee Field in late 2010 marked Ghana’s emergence as a new player in Africa’s energy industry.
Category: Oil & Gas
UK Moves To Extend Libor Rigging Laws To Oil, Others
TRADERS who manipulate key oil, gold and currency benchmarks will be handed the same huge fines or jail sentences as those who rig Libor under government proposals to tackle market abuse. The Treasury launched a formal consultation on Thursday to extend the new legislation to cover the foreign exchange, fixed income and commodity markets. Under […]
Nigeria Restores Gas Supply To Ghana
NIGERIA gas has resumed the supply of gas to Ghana through the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo).
Malku Gearing Up To Offer Short Course In Oil, Gas
MALKU Institute of Technology, a leading trainer of middle level technical personnel in the oil and gas is set to introduce short courses on oil and gas for mid-level technical staff in Ghana.
50 Young Ghanaians Get Tullow Scholarships
50 young and enterprising Ghanaians are the lucky beneficiaries of the 2014/2015 Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme (TGSS) to study at the post-graduate level in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
Atuabo Gas Plant To Cater For 70% Of Ghana’s LPG Needs
Ghana’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum Emmanuel Kofi Buah says the Ghana gas plant would cater for 70% of the country’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) needs when the plant comes on stream by the close of the year.
IMANI Alert: Can The Tema Oil Refinery Deliver Today? A Possible Way Out
By IMANI Ghana The energy sector is undoubtedly the most essential sector if Ghana is to come out of its current economic atrophy. President John Dramani Mahama underscored this fact when he declared that the Atuabo Gas project is his view, is the game changer in Ghana’s energy mix and an attempt to resurrect […]
Lukoil Discovers Oil In Ghana’s Cape Three Points Block
Lukoil Russia’s second-largest oil producer, has made a discovery at Ghana’s offshore Cape Three points project, according to a person with direct knowledge of the development. The company has 90 days to evaluate the find and decide what the next step is, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t […]
Oil Workers In Ghana Least Paid In The World
Ghanaian workers in the oil and gas industry are among the least paid in the world. This is according to a report compiled by oil and gas recruitment experts, Hays Oil and Gas, and industry researchers, Oil and Gas Job Search. The report which focused on the 2013 average annual salaries in the global oil […]
WOGFund Enhances Local Firms Participation In Oil Sector
WESTON Capital has launched what is said to be the first sector-focused fund, the Weston Oil and Gas Fund (WOGFund), aimed at enhancing the participation of indigenous companies in the oil industry. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Weston Capital, Rex Kontor, said the fund would support the drive for local participation in the oil and […]