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Head of Delivery Unit at the Office of the Vice President and a member of the Energy Sector Reform Committee Prof Kwaku Appiah-Adu, said the reform will among other things punish officials whose actions will lead to contracts in the sector that affects the country. The reform committee believes the move will help reduce debts in the sector. The energy sector debts which hit about 2.4 billion dollars is one of government’s major challenges as it affects most part of the economy. Although successive governments have defrayed some of the debts, Prof Kwaku Appiah-Adu said: “It’s the rules and regulations that need to be followed and a technocrat or somebody has signed an agreement which really shouldn’t have been signed, because you if look at what we have in place, already we have excess capacity there is no need for us to sign any new agreement, who advised what, were the figures at the time they signed, so all we are saying is that the rules and regulations that guide the signing of such agreements should be looked at vis-à-vis the agreement that has been signed and if anyone has flouted a rule then the laws of the nation have to apply that’s all we are saying we keep it nice and simple then the details will be implemented of course by the law court and any other committees that are put is together to come up with specific recommendations as to what penalties that will be meted out.”
Arker Energy sensitises oil and gas suppliers on procurement processes
Other topics treated were Local Content in Procurement, Compliance in the Arker Energy Procurement Process, Tax, Reimbursement, Cash Refund and Withholding Taxes. Mr Bernard Owusu-Ansah, the Contract Advisor of Arker Energy, entreated the participants, who intend to do business with the company, to abide by all the rules and regulations pertaining to procurement and supplies. He said Arker Energy had transparent and fair procurement processes, which were done electronically to avoid manipulation. Mr Owusu-Ansah said issues such as pricing, local content technology, health and environmental safety were paramount when it came to awarding contracts in Arker Energy. “Once you submit a solid tender you don’t need to know someone in Arker Energy before your contract is approved,” he said. Mr Owusu-Ansah said performance reviews were regularly conducted to ensure the effective execution of contracts. Mr Francis Wajah, an official of the company, who took the participants through Health Safety and Environment in Procurement, said Arker Energy dealt with competent and reliable suppliers as offshore operation was a high-risk project. He said all products and services delivered must meet standards with a good and robust Health Safety and Environment Policy. Mr Edward Owusu-Manu, the Supply Chain Manager, who made a presentation on the history of the company, said established in 2018, Arker Energy was rapidly growing its capabilities and would hire competent people to manage its varied components. He said it conducted business with integrity, respect to culture, dignity and right of individuals everywhere it operated and would comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the country. It has a workforce of 250 out of which 205 are Ghanaians, he said, and hinted that more supplies were needed in Information and Communication Technology, catering and marine logistics. Mr Owusu-Manu said the company was committed to contributing to the enhancement of local industries in Ghana through its supply chain activities. Source:GNA
Mozambique Creates New Oil and Mining Authority
The Inspectorate-General of Mineral Resources and Energy is to have administrative and technical autonomy and focus on five issues: mining inspection, hydrocarbon and fuel, energy, internal audit and rescue.
“We want to prevent illegal extraction, trade and export of oil and mining products,” the spokesperson said.
Over the last couple of years, Mozambique has been focused on hydrocarbon prospecting, following the discovery of large gas and coal reserves.
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Ghana Gas commences supply of gas to VRA
This is because the tie- in of its 11-km gas pipeline from Atuabo to the West African Gas Pipeline at the Aboadze power enclave in the Shama districts in the western region is almost complete. The Head of communication at Ghana Gas, Ernest Owusu-Bempeh Bonsu disclosed this at a press conference in Takoradi, to brief the media of the activities of Ghana Gas in connection with the recent power outages in the country. He said the tie-in was about 95 percent complete and they started supplying VRA with 130 million standard cubic feet of gas which can generate about 680 megawatts of power daily for the country. Mr owusu-Bempah stated that Ghana gas had the capacity to produce 405 million standard cubic feets of gas daily stressing, that the gas was currently being supplied based on demand. “We have enough gas to supply, if VRA wants more gas we are ready to supply them with gas”. He explained that it was a major shot down by the company which resulted in the power outages, but noted that with the completion of the tie- in and with the flow of more gas to VRA, the power outages would not happen again. The Head of Communications hinted that Ghana Gas also completed the ENI-Sankofa tie-in and would produce abundant gas of 350 cubic feet for transmission to the Eastern enclave, which would provide gas to the bauxite mining site. He said the company was also ready to provide gas for the execution of the various one District, one Factory Initiative , adding “the interconnection pipelines have taken place and we are ready to push gas to any part of the country to produce electricity for the IDIF. Touching on the achievements of Ghana Gas, Mr Owusu Bempah lauded the indigenisation of the company which he noted turned round the fortunes of the company , stating that soon the company would declare a dividend of GHC20 million to the government. He commended the management of the company for the rapid indigenisation programme, stressing that in some countries it took about 25 years to fully indigenise, but that Ghana used only three years. He said with a prudent management, the company was able to build its own office complex in Accra and employed about 600 people. Mr Joseph Ewoniah, Senior Manager in charge of Communication Relations and CSR, pointed out that Ghana Gas was committed to making the communities in which they operated comfortable and safe as the requisite compensation was paid to individuals and communities affected by the relocation of the Karpowership from Tema to the Naval Base in Takoradi. He said full compensation was paid to 26 people whose crops were destroyed in the process and the first phase of compensation on the 47.8 acres of land was done, while the second phase would be paid before the end of April this year . Source: GNA