Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) officials are in Ghana, West Africa, to understudy Ghana’s power and petroleum sector and learn from her success story.
Led by Daniel Kiptoo, Director General of EPRA, the delegation visited Ghana’s petroleum downstream regulator, NPA, where the guest was taken through key operations of the latter.
Welcoming them to the NPA head office in Accra, the capital of Ghana, the Chief Executive Officer of NPA, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, outlined some areas where the two countries could collaborate.
The delegation would visit other allied institutions in the petroleum downstream sector while in Ghana.
The visit was a replication of a similar visit by NPA officials in January this year.
When contacted on WhatsApp on the purpose of their visit to Ghana, Daniel Kiptoo said: “We’re to benchmark with the Ghanaian authorities.”
EPRA regulates the entire energy sector and has oversight responsibilities over both the petroleum upstream and downstream sectors, as well as electricity and other energy generation sources in Kenya, including renewable energy.
Neighbouring countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo also import petroleum products through Kenya’s pipeline system.
Kenya operates an efficient network of petroleum product pipelines connecting its port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi and other counties in the country.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com