Russian Oil Giant In Surprise $11bn Deal
The Kremlin has announced that commodities trader Glencore and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund are together buying a 19.5% stake in Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company. "It is the largest...
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Mineworkers Call For Local Content Law For Industry
The General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), Mr Prince William Ankrah, has called for a local content law specific to the mining industry. That according to him will help reverse the...
Introduce Local Content Law For Mining Sector – Ankrah
Mr Prince William Ankrah, the General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), has called for a local content law specific to the mining sector in order to reverse the decreasing Ghanaian...
Gov’t Targets 8% Growth Rate Next Year
President John Mahama has once again assured the nation that the economy will recover after it increased revenues and took tough measures to limit public sector wages and spending. Some of the...
Gov’t Is Building Strong Economy For More Jobs
The Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, said a total of 78,000 teachers were engaged between 2009 and 2016 while 23,411 nurses had been employed since 2013. Dr Boamah, speaking at the...
Meet the Press Series By Communications Ministry
Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen of the press Good morning, fellow Ghanaians We wish to welcome you to the final edition of the Meet the Press series for this year, and consistent with our mandate,...
‘Political Tag’ Impeding Operations of PIAC – Manteaw
The fear of the “partisan political” tag is creating a great challenge to the operations of the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, a member of the Committee has...
‘Political Tag’ Impeding Operations of PIAC
The fear of the “partisan political” tag is creating a great challenge to the operations of the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, a member of the Committee has...
‘Edwumawura’ Outlines Vision For Ghana
“My name is Papa Kwesi Nduom, born at Elmina in the Central Region specifically, from Teterkessim. My grandparents are from and lived in Elmina, Senya Breku, Gomoa Dago and Tarkwa. My parents were...
Threatening The Health Of Nigerians
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that climate change is impacting on the health of Nigerians, suggesting that the authorities have to put the right measures in place to handle its effects...
Western Region Economy Slums As Oil Prices Dip; Situation To Improve In 2017
The global fall in prices of crude has slowed down operations of businesses in the oil and gas sector in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The economic situation in the Western Regional capital improved...
Oil and Gas Sector Likely To Improve In 2017
The global fall in prices of crude has slowed down operations of businesses in the oil and gas sector in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The economic situation in the Western Regional capital improved...
How To Boost Local Participation In Ghana’s Oil and Gas Sector [Article]
Ghana discovered oil in commercial quantities offshore along the Cape Three Points in the Western Region in 2007 after years of prospecting. Production in the Jubilee Field started with 80,000...
I Am the Best Man For the Presidency – Nduom
The presidential candidate of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, last Friday took his turn at the GBC's Presidential Encounter Series, making a case for himself as the best...
Local Content Picks Up In Oil Industry; Sees US$960m Contracts In Qtr 1
Local firms in the oil and gas sector operating independently or in joint ventureships received contracts worth a total of US$960 million in the first quarter of 2016, the Petroleum Commission has...
Oil And Gas Companies Advised To Conduct Studies Into Possible Areas Of Operations
Local service companies in the oil and gas sector have been advised to conduct feasibility studies into areas where they want to operate to avoid loss of investment. Mr. Theophilus Ahwireng, Acting...
Local Content Fund To Enhance Gains By Local Participants
The Minister for Petroleum Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah is confident a Local Content Fund if fully instituted will further enhance the gains made in local participation in the oil and gas sector. This...
Vivo Energy Stood Out With Top Awards
Vivo Energy Ghana, the distributor and marketer of Shell-branded products, has won two prestigious awards at the 2016 Ghana Oil and Gas Awards. Vivo Energy Ghana emerged as the winner of Excellence...
Vivo Energy Wins Top Awards At GOGA 2016
Vivo Energy Ghana, the distributor and marketer of Shell-branded products, has won two prestigious awards at the 2016 Ghana Oil and Gas Awards. Vivo Energy Ghana emerged as the winner of Excellence...
3rd Ghana Oil and Gas Awards Held
The 3rd Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA 2016) brought together players in the oil and gas industry. The awards recognizes achievements from local and international companies involved in the Ghana oil...