Conditions of work, issues and events related to production of oil
Tullow Oil Ghana says it has awarded over 800 contracts worth about 65 million dollars to Ghanaian companies as part of efforts to build and improve upon its local-content capacity. The company says these contracts would be exclusively awarded to local contractors who meet the requirements of the company. The Chief Executive of Tullow...
Accra, May 20, GNA – Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Fidelity Bank (FB) Ghana, on Thursday signed a 20-million-dollar trade finance agreement to partly-finance importation of petroleum products into the country. It was signed by Mr Edward Effah, Managing Director of FB, Ghana, and AFC’s President and Chief Executive, Mr Andrew Alli, in Accra....
By JON GAMBRELL – LAGOS, NIGERIA – Nigeria signed a $23 billion agreement with China to build three gasoline refineries and a fuel complex in the oil-rich, but gas-starved nation that imports much of its fuel, officials have announced. The deal struck by Nigeria’s state-run oil company comes as China’s resource-hungry economy manuevers its way into...
Outspoken Alfred Kwame Agbesi has resigned as a member of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) board. Mr Agbesi, who is the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, tendered in his resignation letter to President Atta Mills on Monday May 10, 2010, at the Castle, Koku Anyidoho, Director of Communications at the Presidency, confirmed on Joy...
Workers of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has pledged their commitment to ensure that Ghanaians derived the maximum benefit from the operations of the Corporation. They pointed out that as a national corporation, GNPC’s fortunes were tied to the success of the country and its people and that it would not renege on...
Tema, May 12, – About 1,000 members of the Tema District Council of Labour (TDCL), on Tuesday morning embarked on a peaceful demonstration in Tema to express their misgivings on events at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), PSC Tema Shipyard and Stevedore operations at the Tema Port. Workers of the three establishments, who were...
Angry workers of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) have petitioned Parliament to help end the crude oil draught and alleged mismanagement at the state-owned refinery. On Friday, May 7, leadership of the workers Union presented a carefully worded petition, together with a dossier on what they said were the myriad of problems crippling the...
A SYMPOSIUM from April 29 - 30, 2010 at the Howard University Blackburn Center, Washington, D.C. The proposed themes are as follows: Good governance requires fair legal frameworks that are enforced impartially. It also requires full protection of human rights, particularly those of minorities. Impartial enforcement of laws requires an independent judiciary and an impartial and...
Accra, Ghana, 17 April – Although significant revenues are expected from the Jubilee Field oil production, various analyses suggest the expected revenue will have little impact without the engagement of local companies to render various services. Related to the issue of local content are the elements of timeliness and quality assurance which have been...
The West African state of Ghana has the potential to become a major oil producer. Its oil reserves are significantly bigger than initially estimated. But then so is the challenge posed by the management of such riches. The Ghanaian government is becoming increasingly assertive, with Members of Parliament being trained in the niceties of...
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