{"id":461679,"date":"2018-02-05T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/petroleum-register-will-address-corruption-in-the-petroleum-sector-deputy-energy-minister\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T19:11:00","slug":"petroleum-register-will-address-corruption-in-the-petroleum-sector-deputy-energy-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/petroleum-register-will-address-corruption-in-the-petroleum-sector-deputy-energy-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Petroleum register will address corruption in the petroleum sector \u2013 Deputy Energy Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Monday,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/95772774.295.jpg\" alt=\"Amin Adam Mohammed\" title=\"Amin Adam Mohammed\" width=\"295\" height=\"189\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mohammed Amin Adam, Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of petroleum<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517857860_988_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of petroleum, Mohammed Amin Adam has lauded government\u2019s introduction of a petroleum register as a move that will help address corruption issues in the petroleum sector.<\/p>\n<p>He said government through the register will \u201cbring prudent coordination not only in the oil and gas sector but in other sectors of the economy as it will help in addressing secrecy as well as corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of the register at the petroleum commission Monday, February 5, the minister said Ghana has taken tremendous steps in ensuring that there is transparency in the oil and gas sector.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ghana was adjudged number one when it scored 67 out of 100 points in the 2017 resource governance index of the Natural Resource Governance Institute. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana\u2019s oil and gas sector scored a satisfactory 67 out of 100 points according to the 2017 resource governance index by the Natural Resource Governance Institute making Ghana the number one in the sub-Saharan region in terms of transparency and governance reforms\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amin Adam reiterated that the contribution of the petroleum sector in the natural economy cannot be understated because it can be seen in Ghana\u2019s performance and economic growth. <\/p>\n<p>Section 56 of the petroleum exploration and production act 2016 (Act 919) mandates the petroleum commission to establish and maintain a register of petroleum agreement, licenses, permits and authorisation as prescribed which should be open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 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 Monday, 5 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-05 Mohammed Amin Adam, Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of petroleum The Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of petroleum, Mohammed Amin Adam has lauded government\u2019s introduction of a petroleum register as a move that will help address corruption issues in the petroleum sector. 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