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 gas has resumed the supply of gas to Ghana through the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo).
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 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.
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.
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Mashood A. Kunateh The Jubilee Technical Training Centre (JTTC), which is affiliated to the multiple award winning Takoradi Polytechnic, is bursting with glory as graduates from the centre are making great strides in Ghana’s burgeoning oil and gas industry. Samuel Owusu Fenteng, who is among the first graduates of the centre said: “The centre […]
