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West Africa industry leaders, experts, and decision-makers in the petroleum downstream industry are gearing up for what is anticipated to be the largest Ghana International Petroleum Conference (GhipCon) yet as organizers reveal another milestone for West Africa\u2019s most influential oil and gas event.<\/p>\n
The conference, which is being organized by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in collaboration with the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) and under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy and the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), will take place at the plush Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, Accra from the 28th -30th September 2022.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s Vice President Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia is expected to deliver a keynote address at this year\u2019s conference dubbed; \u201cEnergy Transition in the African Petroleum Downstream Context: Prospects, Challenges and the Way Forward\u201d.<\/p>\n
The conference is designed to actively bring to the fore, the downstream petroleum industry\u2019s perspective and guidance on issues of Energy Transition and how government policy and regulatory framework could drive the Transition process.<\/p>\n
It also highlights best practices for the advancement of the industry, not only in Ghana but across the West African sub-region and beyond.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the first time, the conference will have a regulator\u2019s workshop. The workshop is expected to share best practices amongst ECOWAS regulators in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cote D\u2019Ivoire and Togo and other key stakeholders on progress made thus far on adoption of the mandated AFRI-5 (50-ppm Sulphur) Fuel Specifications and promote collaboration on the implementation going forward,\u201d a statement from the NPA noted.<\/p>\n
Panelists will discuss issues of governmental and regulatory policy, and best practices for the advancement of the industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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