Accra, Dec 28, - The Ghana
National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has won two awards, confirming its
leadership role in Ghana’s Petroleum Sector and beyond.
A statement issued by the GNPC,
and copied to the Ghana News Agency, on Thursday, said The Majestic Falcon
Award for Quality and Excellence; and the Ghana Industry Leadership Award –
Petroleum Category, were conferred on the Corporation at two separate events in
Dubai, and in Accra last month.
It said GNPC received its first
award, an international one: ‘The Majestic Falcon Award for Quality and
Excellence, on 27 November, 2017 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
It noted that the Award was in
recognition of GNPC’s leadership in ensuring the timely completion of three key
projects (Jubilee, TEN and Sankofa fields) on schedule and on budget.
It said the event was organised
and conferred by OtherWays Management and Consulting International Limited.
The statement explained that on
Thursday, November 30, GNPC received The Industry Leadership Award – Petroleum
Category, at the first Ghana Energy Awards, held in Accra, under the theme:
Energy for National Development: 60years and beyond.
It said the Ghana Energy Awards
aimed to recognise the efforts, innovation and excellence of stalwarts within
the energy sector and to celebrate the successes of the players competing under
various categories of the awards.
It said the Ghana Energy Awards
was organised by the Energy Media Group (EMG), a full-service media company
based in Accra and GP Business Associates (member of the CH Global Network), a
business consultancy company.
It said the awards was endorsed
by the Ministry of Energy, Energy Commission, Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil
Distributors and the Association of Oil Marketing Companies.
GNPC was established in 1983
under the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Law 1983, PNDC Law 64 and
started operations in 1985.
GNPC is the anchor partner in
upstream petroleum operations in Ghana, and is currently in 17 joint venture
partnerships with international players over 17 oil blocks.
GNPC is the national gas
aggregator, and its strategy is to become an operator in the medium term. It is
currently pioneering exploration works in the onshore Voltaian Basin, the
largest sedimentary basin of Ghana, covering 103,600 kilometres (approximately
40 per cent of the country’s landmass).
The current phase of GNPC’s
corporate social investments (CSI) is focused in three areas: Education and
Training, Economic Empowerment, Environment and Social Amenities.
The GNPC Foundation with the
slogan ‘Impacting Lives’, is driving GNPC’s corporate social investment
strategy.
Under the Education and Training
pillar, the GNPC Foundation has started awarding scholarships to more than 700
students entering the country’s universities to study courses in Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
The foundation is also in
discussions with some universities to drive positive reforms in our educational
system (STEM) to meet the growing needs of industry, provide our citizens with
livelihoods and upgrade our educational standards to that of developed
countries.
It is also working on setting up
industry specific chairs in some selected public universities with a value of
One million Ghana Cedis annually per university.
Additionally, a School of
Petroleum Studies is being constructed at the University of Mines and
Technology (UMaT).
The Foundation is also working to
complete a Science Application Laboratory at the University of Energy and
Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani.
GNA
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