{"id":461714,"date":"2018-02-05T22:10:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T22:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/petroleum-register-to-improve-transparency-in-oil-and-gas-sector-amin-adam\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T22:10:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T22:10:52","slug":"petroleum-register-to-improve-transparency-in-oil-and-gas-sector-amin-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/petroleum-register-to-improve-transparency-in-oil-and-gas-sector-amin-adam\/","title":{"rendered":"Petroleum register to improve transparency in oil and gas sector &#8211; Amin Adam"},"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\/50732424.295.jpg\" alt=\"Amin Adam 10\" title=\"Amin Adam 10\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><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\/1517868652_143_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of petroleum, Mohammed Amin Adam has disclosed that the launch of the petroleum register is to improve on transparency and democratic accountability in the oil and gas sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe launching of this register is once again the fulfilment of the manifesto of the NPP government to improve on transparency and democratic accountability in the management of our oil and gas resources for the benefit of all Ghanaians,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>He made this disclosure at the launch of the petroleum register at the petroleum commission Monday, February 5.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy minister added that the register will ensure that regulations for the application of the open and competitive public tender process in the allocation of petroleum rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis commitment to transparency is in response to our national aspirations and in fulfillment of article 21(1)f of the 1992 constitution of Ghana, which guarantees the right of every citizen to information\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said further that the CDD\u2019s Afrobarometer policy paper in 2015 on the management of Ghana\u2019s petroleum revenue reports that an overwhelming majority of Ghanaians approve or strongly approve of government publishing all contracts between oil companies and the state.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cThe IEA in its 2017 petroleum transparency and accountability index report called for the disclosure of petroleum contracts. Many other civil society organisation have made similar calls over the last several years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The petroleum register according to the minister is a response to the calls that citizens can now have access to petroleum contracts and other relevant information relating to the award of such contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment is of the firm belief that the creation of a transparent and predictable environment through fiscal and non-fiscal measures delivers massive economic benefits in the attraction of the requisite investments needed to drive Ghana\u2019s upstream sector\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amin Adam said the petroleum register will ensure that the vision of the country becoming a petroleum hub can be achieved within the shortest possible time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/6Mwdm7Ii-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 71 updated by: 71 --><\/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 play videoMohammed Amin Adam, Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of petroleum The Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of petroleum, Mohammed Amin Adam has disclosed that the launch of the petroleum register is to improve on transparency and democratic accountability in the oil and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":461715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}