Ghana: 5th Africa Oil Governance Summit Opens In Accra(Photos)

22nd October 2019

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AOP2 — Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam(left), Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of petroleum in a chat with Mr. Charles Darku(right), Chairman of Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber during the opening of the 5th Africa Oil Governance Summit in Accra

The 5th edition of Africa Oil Governance Summit has opened in Accra, the capital of Ghana, West Africa.

The Deputy Minister of Energy in-charge of Petroleum Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam opened the two-day summit, being organised by the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), and under the theme: ‘Optimising Oil and Gas Resources in Africa: The Role of New Discoveries in the continent’s Development Agenda’.

The Summit has brought together oil and gas players in Ghana and other parts of Africa.

The objectives of the Summit are to encourage alignment of Africa’s petroleum resource exploitation with the development of the continent and its people, as well as provide the platform for regional consensus building on strategies that must be adopted to promote regional planning for the utilisation of oil and gas resources.