Ghana’s Ministry of Power, in collaboration with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is this month using the law court to compel consumers who owe the company to pay.
Category: Energy
Who Regulates The Bogus Oil And Gas Schools?
They enrolled in their multitudes: some took loans, using family cocoa farms as collateral to pay for tuition on the back of a promise that they would be the welders, pipe-fitters, electricians and what have you when the US$850million Atuabo Gas infrastructure project began.
Tullow Oil To Cut Jobs As North Sea Braces For Investment Slump
Tullow Oil is gearing up to announce job cuts by the end of the first quarter as UK and North Sea oil and gas companies scramble to cut costs in line with the savage fall in the price of crude.
Oil Price ‘To Fall To $20’ As Gulf States Battle Shale Drillers In US
Oil traders are betting that crude prices will hit a 20-year low of $20 a barrel as prices fell again yesterday and as Gulf producers stood firm on their plan to turn the screws on shale drillers in the United States.
Access, EREN Launch Largest Privately Funded Africa Focused Power Dev’t Firm
Access Power MEA (‘Access’), a power project developer focused on the Middle East and Africa, and EREN, a leader in renewable energy, today announced the launch of Access Infra Africa, a vehicle that will be dedicated to invest in the early stage development of power projects in Africa.
$2.6m Burnt Meters: ECG Board Ignores Minister’s Directive
The Board of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it cannot execute a directive by the Energy Minister that some senior management members in Kumasi be interdicted for the loss of 21,000 prepaid metres in a warehouse fire.
Oil Rigs Laid Up As Crude Hits New Low
Oil exploration in the North Sea is set to be hit hard this year as companies mothball as many as half of the exploration drilling rigs in operation, resulting in thousands of job losses.
Top ECG Officials Suspended Over Kumasi Fire
Ghana’s Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has directed the Electricity of Ghana (ECG) to suspend six top officials of the company following the fire destruction of 21,000 meters at a warehouse in Kumasi.
Ghana: Falling Oil Prices To Throw Gov’t Budget Off Gear
A renowned Chartered Economist, Dr. John Gatsi, has warned that if the trend of the falling oil crude prices on the international market continues into the second quarter of this year, it will pose a challenge to the 2015 budget.
President Mahama Justifies 10% Reduce Of Fuel Prices
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has justified the recent paltry reduction of fuel prices in the country insisting that Ghanaians cannot continue to demand a reduction in fuel prices and still expect meaningful development.