{"id":448467,"date":"2017-12-19T22:11:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T22:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/government-to-make-oil-and-gas-contracts-open-to-public-from-january-2018\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T22:11:08","slug":"government-to-make-oil-and-gas-contracts-open-to-public-from-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/government-to-make-oil-and-gas-contracts-open-to-public-from-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to make Oil and Gas contracts open to public from January 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39918983.295.jpg\" alt=\"Oil Lol\" title=\"Oil Lol\" width=\"295\" height=\"209\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, Deputy Energy Minister<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513721468_666_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Deputy Energy Minister, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam has disclosed his outfit\u2019s intentions to deepen transparency and access to information within the oil and gas industry by making public, a register detailing all activities.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mohammed Amin Adam noted that this will demonstrate government\u2019s commitment to widening the boundaries of accountability and public disclosure of information. <\/p>\n<p>The register, according to the deputy Energy Minister will be launched in the second week of January 2018. <\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minister was speaking at the launch of an independent Oil and Gas information centre located within the oil and gas enclave in Dzorwulu called the Independent Oil and Gas Information Resource Centre (IOGIRC).<\/p>\n<p>He was of the view that the move by government to launch the public register will complement the role the resource centre will play in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>He remarked, \u201cTo give true meaning to the objectives of the resource centre, government will soon demonstrate its commitment to broadening the boundaries of transparency and disclosure of information by launching a public register of petroleum arguments, permits and authorisations. I believe we will be launching the public register hopefully in the second week of January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe register will contain full text petroleum agreement, permits, authorisations, names of companies that bid for oil blocks and the winners of these blocs. These are the kinds of information the public is interested in because these are the information that will allow the public to effectively scrutinise the government and the authorities involved in the allocation of petroleum rights,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p><b>Launch of Independent Oil and Gas Information Resource Centre<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The IOGIRC was launched at the Alisa Hotel on Tuesday, 19 December 2017.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIt is an institution set up by the World Bank funded Oil and Gas Capacity Building Project (OGCBP) to operate as an interactive space for comprehensive information on the Oil and Gas sector and to ensure transparency in the operations of all stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>A steering committee to superintend the running of the IOGIRC was introduced and charged to ensure the efficient and effective running of the centre.<\/p>\n<p>The members include representatives from Tullow Ghana, Cosmos Energy, ENI Ghana, GNPC, Petroleum Commission and EPA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAu6EEvdgWM\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-19 play videoDr Mohammed Amin Adam, Deputy Energy Minister Deputy Energy Minister, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam has disclosed his outfit\u2019s intentions to deepen transparency and access to information within the oil and gas industry by making public, a register detailing all activities. 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