Breaking News: Residents of Odumase-Krobo block roads, burn tyres over ‘dumsor’
Scene of the protest
Information reaching energynewsafrica.com indicates that residents of Odumase-Krobo in the Eastern Region have blocked all the major routes in the area this evening in protest of three days of continuous power outages.
The action of the residents, this portal understands, has peeved scores of passengers onboard various vehicles and heading to places like Asesewa, Kpong, Accra and other areas.
Reports say the residents are also burning lorry tyres on the Odumase-Asesewa road, Odumase-Kpong road as well as the road from Odumase to Accra.
Vehicles from Accra, Asesewa and Kpong which wanted to use Odumase to their various destinations were said to have been made to retun to where they were coming from.
Eric Boafo, a reporter with Rite FM, who confirmed the incident, described the situation as worrying and terrible.
He said there had been three days of continuous power outages and that the residents hoped that power would be restored.
He said the unpleasant situation compelled the residents to do a public announcement to warn that if power was not restored, they would be compelled to hit the streets.
According to Eric Boafo, power was restored this afternoon only for it to go off at about 6:25pm.
The situation he said angered the residents to hit the streets.
Reports say personnel from the Odumase-Krobo Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are at the scene to quench the fire, but the angry youth are resisting them.
Ghana: NEDCO’s copper cables stolen in Berekum
Copper cables on towers belonging to the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) have reportedly been stolen in the Berekum municipality of the Bono Region.
The towers connect to the new sub-station in Berekum which supplies power to Dormaa, Drobo, Sampa, Wamfie, Wamanafo, and other surrounding communities.
This comes barely two weeks ago when some perpetrators hacked down one of GRIDCo’s transmission towers near its head office in Tema.The Corporate Communications Manager of NEDCO, Maxwell Kotoka, who confirmed the incident of theft said the development is frustrating.
“Some copper cables belonging to us have been cut and taken away from a number of our towers between the new 161Kv sub-station and the 34Kv sub-station for distribution all in Berekum. In all, there are 22 towers and the copper cables have been stolen from 16 of the towers. The copper is not energized, they protect the towers from thunder and lightning,” Mr. Kotoka explained.He said the theft of the cables could affect power distribution in the area.
“What we have done is that we have reported the incident to the police. We have done some engagements with the assembly, the political leadership of the area, stakeholders on the importance of each person helping in protecting the equipment and accessories,” he added.
Mr. Kotoko said NEDCO has taken steps to engage a contractor to have the stolen cables replace.
“We want to caution that we cannot continue replacing them as they get stolen and so we are urging everybody to be on the lookout for unscrupulous people who engage in the habit of stealing. We are also in collaboration with the driver unions to help us track such persons,” Mr. Kotoka noted.
Source: citinewsroom.comExxon May Sell $3B Worth Of Oil, Gas Fields In Nigeria
ExxonMobil is considering selling some of its stakes in onshore and offshore fields in Nigeria, and those stakes could potentially raise US$3 billion, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing banking and industry sources.
Exxon has recently held talks with Nigerian companies to see if there is interest in its assets in Nigeria, some of Reuters’ sources said, as the U.S. supermajor is now predominantly focused on boosting production in the Permian and developing the huge oil discoveries offshore Guyana.
Exxon is set to soon open in Nigeria the so-called data room with details about the oil and gas fields it plans to divest, one source told Reuters.
According to the sources, Exxon officials have recently discussed with Nigerian companies stakes in onshore oil fields, in which Exxon participates in joint ventures with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The U.S. major, however, is also mulling over selling stakes in offshore oil fields.
Exxon is one of Nigeria’s largest foreign oil operators and its production in 2017 stood at 225,000 bpd.
Nigeria, however, has been a difficult international scene for supermajors in recent years with militant violence disrupting export pipelines and streams and pipeline vandalism leading to spills.
Exxon is now primarily focused on getting the most out of the Permian and of the Guyana discoveries, which are its key growth areas for the coming years.
Exxon plans to significantly boost its earnings and cash flows through 2025, also thanks to asset sales.
“Cumulative cash flow from operations and asset sales over the period from 2019 to 2025 is $24 billion higher than what was communicated at last year’s analyst meeting, including $15 billion from anticipated asset sales from 2019 to 2021,” Exxon said last month.
In its Investor Day presentation in early March, one of Exxon’s key upstream messages was to aggressively enhance its portfolio competitiveness by executing industry-leading exploration opportunities, improving operations, and increasing divestments.
Source: Oilprice.com
Mozambique: Five provinces to gain electricity access
The World Bank has approved a $82 million grant to increase access to electricity in five of the poorest provinces of Mozambique.
The provinces include Niassa, Nampula, Zambezia, Cabo Delgado and Sofala.
The project is also supported through a $66 million Multi-Donor Trust Fund administered by the World Bank.
With a potential to benefit about 1.5 million people, this financing will help with the implementation of the government of Mozambique’s (GoM) Energy for All project, also known as ProEnergia.
“The nexus between poverty and lack of electricity has long been established,” noted Mark Lundell, World Bank country director for Mozambique.
“This project is part of our multipronged approach to poverty reduction by expanding energy access in Mozambique,” Lundell added.
About 70% of Mozambicans do not have access to electricity, which is below the average for sub-Saharan Africa.
This project contributes to the implementation of the GoM’s National Electrification Strategy (NES), known as “Programa Nacional de Energia para Todos” by broadening electricity access to peri-urban and rural areas and expanding and densifying the existing grid networks as well as promoting the use of off-grid energy solutions in those areas where the grid extension is considered economically unfeasible.
“We will seek to harness economies of scale in existing grid infrastructure,” noted Zayra Romo, the Bank’s task team leader for the project.
Using existing network
While the existing network reaches all 154 districts in the country, a significant number of households and businesses are still not connected.
This project will use existing infrastructure to build additional distribution networks and connect new users; it will also pilot a new business model to promote the development for off-grid energy solutions.
“It’s estimated that 272,000 new customers will have access to electricity services as a result of this project, representing about 1.45 million people, of which 74% are in rural areas,” Romo noted.
This operation is part of a coordinated effort by the donor community to implement the NES and is in full alignment with the Bank’s ongoing 2017-21 strategy, known as Country Partnership Framework (CPF), for Mozambique.
The project supports the implementation of the strategy’s key priorities such as Promoting Diversified Growth and Enhanced Productivity, and Investing in Human Capital; both of which depend on energy access to materialize.
It will also contribute to the strategy’s cross-cutting issues, such as gender and climate change.
For example, by supporting equal access to low-emission and renewable energy mini-grids, the project will contribute to reduce women and children’s exposure to indoor air pollution, among other benefits.
Its interesting Ghanaians are not tolerant of one week power disturbance – Deputy Energy Minister
Deputy Energy Minister, William Owuraku Aidoo
Deputy Energy Minister, William Owuraku Aidoo is in ‘shock’ over the reactions of Ghanaians towards government with regards to recent power outages in the country. Particularly after what appeared to be a rather extended period of ‘Dumsor’ under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, he is surprised that the same persons who suffered for well over months will be complaining about power outages he claims would last for just 12 days. The power cuts which have been ongoing for almost three weeks now has seen sector officials trying to salvage the situation and reassure Ghanaians of better services. Aside from the usual reassuring of citizens that government is working around the clock to bring relief, the deputy minister’s latest interpretation was to refer Ghanaians to the erstwhile Mahama administration where ‘dumsor’ was persistent, irregular, and unpredictable for several years. According to the deputy minister, if Ghanaians could endure such serious power outages and rationing that has been around for over three years, then they should be able to manage with just twelve days of unstable power supply. “It is really interesting that Ghana has gotten into the state that we are. Within two years of Nana Akufo-Addo’ government, Ghanaians are not of one week of power disturbance and that is saying something. It is only a week and it’s causing a lot of difficulties and inconvenience to people but they cannot stand it unlike sometime back when we had to endure years and years of dumsor”, he stated. Background Seven out of sixteen regions in the country are expected to experience 12-days of load-shedding known in the local parlance as ‘Dumsor’ starting March 30, 2019. According to sources, the Greater Accra, Central , Western, Eastern, Ashanti, Volta Regions are part of the affected areas following a 300MW loss of power as a result of the shutdown of Atuabo Gas Processing Plant for mandatory maintenance The valve of Atuabo Gas Processing plant in the Western Region was closed Saturday March 30 for a 12-day outage to complete the final tie-in works under the Takoradi-Tema Interconnection Project. As a result of the termination of gas flow from the west, the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has requested a total load reduction of 300MW from 08:00hrs to 18:00hrs. Source: Ghanaweb. com
Ignore Rumour Mongers Seeking To Destroy BOST-Workers
The Unionised Workers of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited are urging Ghanaians to disregard what they described as “obvious politically orchestrated petitions and statements” of wrongdoing being issued by some faceless individuals and circulated on media platforms and some print media, to deliberately bring the reputation of the company as well as the Managing Director into disrepute.
According to the unionised workers, those faceless individuals are seeking to satisfy their parochial interest and rather subject the reputation of some of the employees into disgrace.
The vanGuard Newspaper reported on Monday, 2nd April, 2019 that there was uneasy calm at BOST because of certain actions of the Managing Director of BOST George Mensah Okley.
However, a press statement signed by both the Senior Staff and Local Union Staff of BOST insisted that inasmuch as they are not in the habit of dignifying every faceless statement with a response, they are moved to respond to this because of the conscious efforts of the faceless people to tarnish the image of the Managing Director, Mr. George Mensah Okley.
“We want to tell Ghanaians that the Managing Director of BOST; George Mensah Okley is one of the most hardworking, result-driven and fair minded Managing Director to have come to BOST and we the Unionised Staff are fully behind him”, the statement read.
Below Is Full Press Statement Issued By Unionised Staff of BOST:Press Statement For Immediate Release Ignore Rumour Mongers Seeking To Destroy BOST Our attention has been drawn to a statement from some faceless individuals circulating on some media platforms that seek to deliberately bring the reputation of the company and that of the Managing Director (MD) and some employees into disrepute in order to satisfy their parochial interest. Inasmuch as we are not in the habit of dignifying every faceless statement with a response, we are moved to respond to this because of the conscious efforts of the faceless people to tarnish the image of the MD. We, Unionised Staff of BOST categorically distance ourselves from the obvious politically orchestrated petitions and statements and also urge Ghanaians to equally treat same with the contempt it deserves. We want to tell Ghanaians that the Managing Director of BOST; George Mensah Okley is one of the most hardworking, result-driven and fair minded Managing Director to have come to BOST and we the Unionized Staff are fully behind him. For starters, it takes a rare breed of individual in Ghana to decide to work with people based on their competence and integrity and not one’s political affiliation. Any right thinking person who has the corporate interest of BOST at heart should applaud Mr. George’s exemplary leadership and not condemn him. Mr. Okley has done his best since he took over as MD of BOST. We believe his achievements deserve mention rather than this desperate attempt by these faceless individuals to tarnish his image. A few of his achievements are as follows: 1. Great advancements in securing funding and technical partners to upgrade BOST depots, restoring integrity in our operations at all BOST depots. We expect that this will raise our HSE to global standards. 2. A better and clearer relationship with the Bulk DISTRIBUTING COMPANIES (BDCs) has been established and this has further business to the company thereby giving the company a competitive edge over competitors. A typical example is the execution of through put agreements with almost all BDCs and collection rate of through put fees has increased from 43% to 96%. 3. Strategically, BOST is currently negotiating the purchase of a Depot in the Western Region with a Ghanaian Bank to free some private interests and to have some presence in that part of the country. 4. The acquisition of the VRA depot as a foundation to the petroleum plans in the Western Region. We are also planning on building an LPG network to support the delivery of government’s cylinder Recirculation Model. The success of the restructuring the company’s debts with the MOF will enable this take off soon. 5. The MD has successfully renegotiated and is at the stage of shipping into the country pipelines to refurbish the existing degraded pipeline between Accra plains depot and our transit depot in Akosombo. The contract has been awarded and the project will start within the next couple of weeks. This is a milestone in the history of the company because these pipelines were locked up in Houston, USA for the past ten years and no previous BOST MD was able to do what he has done within his short stay in office. Under our current MD, BOST seeks to forge strong alliances and build confidence with the Banking and investment community. The good news is that we are well on course to achieve this milestone as well with excellent financial practices and compliance with regulations. Following the above policy direction of the company under the leadership of the MD and his competent Board, it is therefore important that Ghanaians, the government and workers at BOST avoid paying attention to rumour mongers in order to give the hardworking MD the peace of mind to carry out the policy that he has initiated. This will serve BOST and Ghana greatly in the long run. SIGN: Senior Staff Chairman Abdul Rahman Senior Staff Secretary Ekow Sey Local Union Chairman Louis Doe Anku Local Union Secretary Peter Akoma Agyarko
Maduro Fires Electricity Minister After Devastating Blackouts
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced that he had replaced the country’s electricity minister amid a string of three nationwide blackouts that sparked protests against the lack of basic services including water supply.
Reuters quoted Maduro as saying the new minister is an electrical engineer.
This, however, is unlikely to help much with the root causes of the crisis, which some observers have attributed to years of underinvestment in power plants and the grid.
Maduro himself blamed the first blackout on the United States, calling it sabotage.
The news about the new appointment follows an announcement from earlier this week that electricity will be rationed for at least a month following the third blackout in a month.
The rationing, Maduro said, will help the authorities deal with the consequences of the power outages.
The blackouts are the latest in a host of woes for the sanction-stricken country.
The first one crippled the already ailing economy and paralyzed Venezuela’s oil industry. So did the second one, which shut down the country’s most important oil export terminal, the port of Jose, temporarily suspending vital shipments of oil amid a shrinking client base.
This may shrink further as reports emerged last week that Washington was pressuring commodity traders to stop buying Venezuelan crude even if the deals were not in violation of the U.S. sanctions against Venezuela.
The country’s oil industry has also suffered from the power outages just when Venezuela needs to export more of its falling production.
The blackouts extended from the port of Jose to the four upgraders that process Venezuela’s super heavy crude into a liquid making it fit for exporting.
According to a recent Reuters survey , Venezuela’s production fell by 150,000 bpd as a result of the blackouts, adding to an ongoing decline resulting from a lack of maintenance and seriously aggravated by the U.S. sanctions targeting Venezuela’s oil industry specifically as the main revenue generator for the Maduro government.
Source: Oilprice.com
(Photos) Peter Amewu tours power projects in Takoradi with journalists
The Ministry of Energy has organized a fact finding trip, to Takoradi in the Western Region with some selected journalists for them to see the ongoing Takoradi -Tema Interconnectivity Gas Project as well as some other projects in the western power enclave.
The trip to the project sites follows the shut down of Atuabo Gas Processing Plant for tie-in works for 12 days, which has resulted in a loss of about 300MW of power from the national grid.
The completion of the tie-in works would pave way for reverse flow of gas from Ghana Gas to Tema.
Critics of the government say the recent power outages are as a result of government’s inability to honour its financial obligation to the Independent Power Producers(IPPs), hence the IPPs inability to procure fuel to keep the plants running.
The sector Minister John-Peter Amewu, who led officials of the Ministry first visited the Amandi power at Aboadze, where 192MW power plant is under construction.
They also visited Takoradi Regulating and Metering Station, where the tie-in works is ongoing and also the Western Naval Base, where preparation work is underway for the relocation of Karpowership.
The team included deputy minister of power Hon. William Owuraku Aidoo, CEO of Ghana Gas Company Dr Ben Asante, CEO of GRIDCo Jonathan Amoako-Baah and CEO of VRA Emmanuel Antwi Darkwa.
Hon. John-Peter Amewu who expressed satisfaction about the progress of work noted that the completion of the tie in would ensure stability in power supply.
CEO of Ghana Gas Dr Ben Asante in a group picture with ENI Engineers
Boaz Lavi, General Manager of Amandi Power
CEO of Ghana Gas, Dr Ben Asante
This is where Karpowership will be situated
CEO of Ghana Gas Dr Ben Asante in a group picture with ENI Engineers
Boaz Lavi, General Manager of Amandi Power
CEO of Ghana Gas, Dr Ben Asante
This is where Karpowership will be situated Eskom bags $180m loan from New Development Bank
New Development Bank (NDB) and Eskom signed a loan agreement for renewable energy integration and transmission augmentation project.
Under the agreement, the NDB will provide a loan with sovereign guarantee to Eskom with an amount of $180 million.
The loan agreement was signed by Xian Zhu, NDB Vice President and Eskom’s Chief Financial Officer Calib Cassim during the 4th Annual Meeting of the New Development Bank in Cape Town, South Africa.
The New Development Bank’s Project Finance Facility (PFF) will be used to support the development of grid connection infrastructure, which is vital for the development of renewable energy projects.
The PFF will also support renewable energy development and reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels.
Modern grid connection infrastructure
The project will integrate a total of 670MW of renewable energy into the Eskom’s grid.
Modern grid connection infrastructure will be used for renewable energy projects and augmentation of the Eskom transmission network to the identified areas.
The project will also help increase electricity supply to the targeted areas for sustainable development.
The project will enhance the country’s capacity for renewable energy while achieving sustainable growth.
It also aligns with the bank’s focus to support projects that aim at developing renewable energy sources.
Zhu said: “We are happy to support this important project that will contribute to the development of grid connection infrastructure in South Africa and support the shift to a more sustainable energy path in the country.
The project is coherent with the bank’s focus on projects that incorporate sustainability from their inception.
“Moreover, we believe that supporting South Africa’s energy sector is fully in line with the Bank’s mandate and our role as a reliable development partner,” he added.
Cassim also commented: “The successful conclusion of this inaugural transaction with NDB will significantly contribute towards driving Eskom’s goals to reduce South Africa’s CO2 emissions.
“Eskom welcomes the support from NDB and we look forward to fostering a valuable partnership with this organization whose mission is to enhance infrastructure for sustainable development in its member countries.”
South Africa Negotiating Refinery with South Sudan
South Africa is negotiating an oil deal with South Sudan, Energy Minister Jeff Radebe said when speaking to the media.
The Minister’s statement follows reports that the country was in talks to construct a refinery in South Sudan.
Radebe said the negotiations with South Sudan were not exclusive and it was also looking at securing deals in other countries like Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.
Reports of a $1-billion refinery deal with South Africa first emerged earlier this year, saying Cape Town had already spent almost $1.4 million on the refinery project.
Radebe and the government were criticized by lawmakers of going about the deal in a secretive way. The Energy Minister dismissed the criticism saying all was “above board” in South Africa’s oil and gas negotiations with South Sudan.Power outages: Enough of the excuses – Buah to government
Emmanuel Armah, Kofi Buah
Former Energy Minister, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has slammed government’s attempt to downplay the recent power crisis with a series of explanations.
Speaking to reporters Monday on the back of government’s apology to Ghanaians for the recent erratic power cuts in several parts of the country, Kofi Buah urged the government to focus and once and for all deal with the challenges.
According to him, he is as confused as any Ghanaian on the current power instability and that government needs to comprehensively engage the public on the extent of the challenge as well outline steps being taken to address it.
“The people of Ghana, I have learnt are very understanding and will be very clear in their minds when the government levels with them. But I think that the government do not level with the people of Ghana and comprehensively tell the people of Ghana what’s going on, the challenges they are facing.
“But try to basically do ad-hoc announcements and think that when it comes to the energy sector you can simply buy your way on a daily basis, it won’t work because, in the final analysis, the people of Ghana do not want to hear anything else. I have learnt that. Just turn the lights on,” he said.
Meanwhile, at a news conference Monday morning, the Deputy Energy Minister, William Owuraku Aidoo, said enough measures have been put in place to deal with the situation.
“We have enough fuel, contrary that government doesn’t have money and we are mismanaging the energy sector, that is absolute balderdash…in a nutshell all that I am trying to say is that we have taken the necessary steps to reduce to the barest minimum the disruption of power to the country.
“All I will say now on behalf of the Hon. Minister, President, of course, is to apologise to the people of Ghana and to assure you that we are doing all we can to bring the supply of electricity to normalcy.”
We’ll apply sanctions over recent ‘dumsor’ – PURC
Mami Dufie Ofori, Executive Secretary of PURC
The Public utilities regulatory commission(PURC) has served notice it will apply sanctions if anyone or institution is found guilty of the recent power cuts Ghanaians are suffering.
According to the PURC, an investigation is being conducted in the intermittent power supply in several parts of the country and the responsible agencies will have to provide answers.
“It’s rather unfortunate that a series of negative things are happening in the power sector. If PURC realizes that somebody didn’t do something right, the appropriate sanctions will be applied,” spokesperson for the PURC Bawa Munkaila said on Accra based Starr FM. Power cuts have been regular in parts of the country following the takeover of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by the Power Distribution Services (PDS). PDS has at different times given different reasons for the cause of the power cuts but the problem still persist despite assurances to curb it. Currently, the Bureau of National Investigations and the Police Service are investigating the deliberate destruction of power transmission lines of the Ghana Grid Company in Tema. Some unknown persons reportedly put some corrosive chemicals on the pylon to melt it and later hacked it down. The Energy Minister John Peter Amewu who toured the area described the incident as an act of sabotage to derail government’s efforts to improve power supply.Ghana: Power outages not due to money to buy fuel-Owuraku Aidoo
William Owuraku Aidoo
The Energy Ministry has dismissed claims that government does not have money to procure fuel to power the various power plants, hence the recent power outages.
According to the Ministry, the current government has not mismanaged the energy sector as its critics wants Ghanaians to swallow hook, line and sinker.
Energynewsafrica.com reported over the weekend that Ghanaians should brace themselves up for 12 days of load shedding due to the shut down of Atuabo Gas Processing Plant.
The planned shut down is to enable Ghana Gas complete the final tie-in works under the Takoradi-Tema Interconnection Project.
Consequently, the country lost about 300MW from the national grid.
The situation, apparently, heightened the suspicion of Ghanaians, especially the opposition NDC, who had been claiming that Ghana had returned to the era of load shedding popularly referred to as ‘dumsor’.
Executive Director of Energy Think Thank, Africa Centre Energy Policy (ACEP), Benjamin Boakye speaking on Accra-based Joy FM on Monday, April 1, 2019, also claimed government does not have money to buy fuel and urged government to accept that the country is going to load shedding.
But, at a presser at the Ministry of Energy today, Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of Power, William Owuraku Aidoo described the claim as false.
“The claim that government doesn’t have money is absolutely balderdash,” he stated in a strong word.
Owuraku Aidoo, who admitted that the shutdown of Atuabo Gas Processing Plant would result in interruptions in power supply, however, explained that government has made arrangements for alternative fuel to power the plants.
“We have taken all the necessary steps to reduce interruptions in the power supply. We have enough fuel in TOR tanks and so after this press conference, we will take you there,” he stated.
The Deputy Minister, who apologised to Ghanaians for the interruptions in power supply, urged for calm, noting that the tie-in of Atuabo Gas Pipeline interconnectivity with West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAGPCO) would inure to the benefit of Ghanaians.
The CEO of Ghana Gas, Dr Ben Asante, stated that the completion of the Takoradi-Tema Interconnection Project would benefit the country, as it would transport gas from the Western Region for utilisation in Tema power enclave.
Briefing pressmen and officials of the Ministry of Energy led by Deputy Minister for Power, William Owuraku Aidoo, the MD of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Isaac Osei said his outfit had received fuel deliveries for AKSA and Volta River Authority (VRA).
“We have received 10,500 metric tonnes of argu (diesel ) from Stratcom and Go Energy for Karpowership. We have also received 11,000 metric tonnes of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) from Go Energy for AKSA as well as 300,000 barrels of Light Crude Oil(LCO) for VRA,” he explained.
NOC and ENI Sign MoUs
Libya’s state-run oil and gas firm NOC, and Italian major ENI, signed two MoUs on March 25.
The first MoU concerned the establishment of a steering committee to expedite gas production at structures ‘A’ and ‘E’ within maritime concession MN 41 in the Sabratha marine basin.
The steering committee will oversee the timely and transparent implementation of this project, in line with best-practice good governance, and will work to alleviate difficulties facing project implementation. This important strategic project will provide gas to meet both local consumption and export requirements. Once complete, project capacity from both structures will total 760 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
The second MoU agrees to jointly fund capacity building programs for industrial security staff at NOC and Mellitah Oil and Gas Company, with workshops focusing on risk assessment and mitigation, crisis management, and comprehensive field inspection procedures.
During the signing ceremony, NOC chief Mustapha Sanalla commented: “ENI is one of NOC’s strategic partners and one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, renowned for its expertise and technological capabilities that we seek to bring to Libya. Our sector is the backbone of the national economy – we should preserve it for future generations. We have to work on developing the sector in order to increase production and fuel development.” Source: petroleumafrica.com