Chief Executive Officer for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Opoku Ahweneh Danquah, has revealed that as part of exploration efforts, the GNPC has acquired and processed over 3,800-Iine kilometres of 2D seismic data from Phase 1 to 3 Phase 3 of the Voltaian Basin Project and is now about 77% complete.
He says the Corporation will acquire additional 2D seismic data and collect geochemistry samples to further aid their understanding of the basin.
Opoku Ahweneh Danquah was speaking at the 2022 Local Content Conference and Exhibition which was on the theme; Sustaining Local Content Development through Enhanced Exploration and Production Activities in the Era of Energy Transition’.
According to him, the GNPC’s local content plan has seen real results.
“Phase 1 involved 46% local goods and services contracted, while Phase 3 has seen 100% of the goods and services contracted locally. Phase 3 has also involved no less than 95% of indigenous staff employed.
“The project was borne out of the Corporation’s drive for commercial operatorship of its oil and gas assets coupled with a strong national desire for Ghanaians to manage and retain maximum benefit from our petroleum resources,” he disclosed.
He added that “GNPC will continue to fully implement local content in our Exploration and Production operations while we strategically build standby technical capabilities which are both commercially and financially sustainable in the wake of the energy transition.”
By Ebenezer Atiemo|ConnectFM|Onuaonline.com
