E. Guinea applauds Ghana at African Energy Week in SA

The Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Mr Gabriel Obiang Lima, has lauded Ghana for her innovative steps taken toward oil and gas development and advancement.
He made his remarks during a panel discussion on the second day of the maiden African Energy Week (AEW) in Cape Town, South Africa while discussing the development prospects of the African petroleum market’s value chain.
Lima re-emphasised the need for other sister countries to emulate the discipline-specific human resource capacity building agenda as had been underscored by Ghana’s Deputy Energy Minister, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam who is leading the country's delegation to the event.
In his comments earlier, Dr Adam had explained that the government of Ghana had set up the Accelerated Oil and Gas Capacity (AOGC) building programme under the Petroleum Commission to train young men and women in technical, specialised skills such as welding that would be required on the various FPSOs and the technical upstream sector in general.
The Equatorial Guinean minister encouraged all stakeholders gathered at the conference to join Ghana, and other sister countries to a make a strong position for the course of the African energy agenda.
Source: Classfmonline.com
Trending Business
BoG: Gold crosses $3,000/ounce price, oil jumps 2.4%, cocoa tumbles 8.5%
05:07Fiscal performance sees improvement – BoG Governor
05:03Bank assets grow 34%, CAR rises to 14.4%, NPLs fall to 22.6% – BoG
05:00Inflation expectations softening – BoG
04:58‘Business, consumer sentiments improve significantly’ – BoG
04:55Economic growth ‘exceeds expectations’ – Asiama
04:46DVLA saddled with 'dirty' debts: CEO
21:55Legacy Crop CEO calls for effective implementation of agricultural policies
11:08It’s not a crime for businesses to make profits - Amin Adam chastises gov’t over reintroduction of sustainability levy
02:08Reintroduction of Special Import Levy is a betrayal of the trust of Ghanaians - Amin Adam to Finance Minister
01:56