Issues and events related to the business of oil as it affects gender in Ghana.
VibeGhana – The emerging oil and gas industry both in Ghana and in Uganda have a lot of prospects and potentials for all women in the two countries, Ms Lyoidah Kiconco, a Ugandan Geologist, said on Tuesday. “All the women need to do is to get the required training that will enable them to fit...
Various stakeholders and key players at the just ended Ghana Summit on oil and gas, deliberated on a number of issues, including Local Content development in relation to the industry, enumerating the developments, policies as well as the challenges faced by this industry in Ghana. Local Content and participation according to the Ministry of...
Accra — A year after Ghana started its oil production questions are being asked about the country’s preparedness to handle major environmental issues like pollution. Community leaders whose areas are to host the country’s petroleum infrastructure are demanding what safety measures are in place for their people. Civil Society and Academia are also questioning...
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas has said public disclosure of all oil and gas contracts by government would remove the incentive for public officials to negotiate bad contracts on behalf of the State. It said all draft agreements and contracts must be widely published for 30 days for the public to...
BRISTOL, England, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — On 25-27 September 2012, the Le Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana, will play host to a 65-strong consortium of C-level executives from small, mid and large cap oil and gas producers attending the latest Next Generation Oil and Gas Summit (NG O&G). Positioned...
By Moses Mozart Dzawu, Bloomberg –DGhana’s cedi weakened for a ninth straight day against the dollar, reaching the lowest in almost 18 years, as importers bought the U.S. currency. The currency of the world’s second-biggest cocoa producer depreciated 0.9 percent to 1.7603 per dollar by 2:05 p.m. in Accra, the capital. That’s the lowest...
Julia Kollewe, the Guardian — Tullow Oil, the London-based explorer, has had a good week: two days after reporting soaring profits it confirmed that an oil strike off the coast of Ghana was a major find. The Africa-focused company, which has been built from scratch by Irishman Aidan Heavey, has been ramping up a...
KOFORIDUA, GHANA, March 15 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) — Ghana’s Ministry of Energy has developed a policy framework on Local Content and Local Participation in Petroleum-related Activities which has been approved by the Cabinet and is awaiting the necessary legislation to give it effect, says the minister, Dr Joe Oteng Adjei. In a speech read on his...
A project, geared towards building local capacity and capability needed to support Ghana’s Oil and Gas (O & G) industry, is currently underway, following a World Bank Executive Directors’ approval of a US$38million, under an Oil & Gas Capacity Building Project (OGCBP) for the country in December, 2010. The project, which is also to...
Senior High School Students in the Upper East, had their curiosity on operations at the Jubilee field satisfied when Tullow Oil Ghana (TOG) organised a two-day road show in the Regional Capital city of Bolgatanga. The show, which took place on 23rd and 24th of February 2012, is one of the planned series of...
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