Skip to main content

Offshore West Africa Conference and exhibition slated in January 2014



By: Fred Sarpong
The Offshore West Africa Conference, which aimed at bringing together oil and gas companies operating offshore West Africa to share ideas and networking is coming on at the Accra International Conference Center, Ghana on 21-23 January 2014.
The event expected to address key technology and development issues for the West Africa offshore oil and gas market, through a comprehensive educational program and three-day exchibition.
The conference, which will be under the theme: ‘Expanding West Africa’s Offshore Potential’ will bring together over 1,200 international audience from 38 countries across the world.
Next year event will the fourth times the conference is been held in Ghana, after hosting the event in Accra in 2010, 2011, and 2013. In 2012, the event was help in Nigeria. Similarly, the 2015 event will either be held in Nigeria or Cote d’Ivoire.
The Offshore West Arica 2014 will feature a technical and strategic conference program developed by an advisory board comprised of leading industry experts, as well as an exhibition showcasing products, technologies and services from global and regional oil and gas companies.
At a media briefing in Accra last week at the British High Commission, Eric Pwadura the Acting Head, Corporate Affairs at the Ghana National Corporation (GNPC) said “The premier technical forum for the West African offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry will return to Ghana in 2014 for the latest edition, after hosting this event in 2010, 2011 and 2013,”
Pennwell Corporation, business-to-business Media Company, is organizing the event with UK Trade and Investment section of the British High Commission.
Pwadura said the conference and exhibition would address vital technology and development issues for the West African offshore oil and gas market.
In the course of this, there would be a comprehensive educational programme and exhibition, under the conference theme: “Expanding West Africa’s Offshore Potential, he said.
David Paganie, Director of Offshore Conferences, Pennwell Corporation said the Offshore Conference and Exhibition is expected to bring together national and international operators to play an important role in expanding the West African market.
He said Ghana was a country at the centre of recent impressive offshore discoveries and home to some of the largest offshore projects in the region, thus, playing host ones again for the 2014 event.
Paganie said for the past 18 years Pennwell has open the doors for networking and sharing ideas through this event.
He indicated that, nest year event will bring on board big companies like Tullow, Shell, Lukoil, GNPC, Petroleum Africa, African Energy and among others.

  



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

CIMG holds strategic marketing conference

By: Fred Yaw Sarpong The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG)’s annual strategic marketing conference will take place at the Golden Tulip hotel in Accra between October 26 and 27, 2016. The conference is part of the institute’s mission to improve on the performance of marketers, professionals and administrators within corporate Ghana. The theme for the conference; “Democracy and National Cohesion: Marketing a new Political Paradigm.” Mr. Kwabena Akuamoah Agyekum, the Executive Director of CIMG said the conference seeks to promote the CIMG advocacy mission to impact on professional, corporate organizations and officialdom. He mentioned that four resource persons are billed to present papers over the two day event covering very exciting and insightful segments of the theme under the chairmanship of the Marketing Woman for Year 2015, Ms. Maidie Elizabeth Arkutu, Managing Director of Unilever and Dr. Doris Dartey, a Media Consultant. Mr. Agyekum said the speake...
Post a Comment
Read more

Vodafone Ghana gets new CEO

The Board of Directors of Vodafone Ghana have appointed Haris Broumidis as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). His appointment took effect from July 15, 2013. Haris Broumidis joined Vodafone in 2002 as the Marketing Director and Enterprise Unit Director in Vodafone Greece and moved on to Vodafone Albania as the CEO in 2007. Under his leadership, Vodafone Albania became the undisputable leader in the telecoms sector. In 2012, he joined Vodafone Group in its h eadquarters, London, as the Commercial Director for Europe. Among several other responsibilities he was tasked with the acceleration and implementation of Vodafone’s commercial priorities in European markets. He brings on board several years of experience and a winning strategy to strengthen Vodafone Ghana’s number two position in Ghana’s telecom market and also make it the undisputed leader for enterprise. Haris Broumidis is from Greece and studied Economics at the University of Athens. He pursued his MBA at the ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Barbering Salons, bridging the unemployment gap in Ghana

By: Fred Yaw Sarpong Barbering business in Ghana is money making venture, depending on the location of the shop. Various barbering shops scattered across the country charges according to the location of the shop. The nature and sustainability of every barbering shop depends on the location of the shop. The location will determine how much one can charge a customer for barbering his or her hair. Checks indicate that some barbering shops located at Spintex, East Legon and Osu Oxford street charges between GHc15.00 and GHc20.00 per hair cut. At South La Estate, it will cost a customer to pay GHc4.00 for hair cut, while one will have to pay GHc3.00 to barber his or her hair at a place like Nima, Maamobi and Mallam Gbawe. Royal Vulture Executive Barbering Salon is one of the biggest barbering salons one can locate within Accra. One is its shops is located at Madina, near Taxi rank while one is located at Accra New Town, near the Post Office. Customers at Madina pay GHc7.00 ...
7 comments
Read more