Business News of Sunday, 16 December 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgTakoradi Port to become host to oil and gas companiesFile photo of the Takoradi PortThe Takoradi Port is gradually equipping itself in terms of infrastructure to play host to the many oil and gas companies and industry players operating in the Western Region as well as create jobs. The Port would continue to be a main strategic support base for emerging industries in the oil and gas sector as well as fully support the current onshore explorations of oil and gas in the Volta basin. According to the GNPC, six blocks have been earmarked for oil and gas development in the Western Basin. The Takoradi Port continued to provide cost efficient operations in the oil and gas industry, “Recently, we witnessed the load out of the biggest suction pile (15.5 meters width) fabricated at the Belmet 7 yard located in the Port to Jubilee fields,” Captain Afedzi added. Captain Afedzi stated, “This I must say impacted negatively on port operations particularly container vessel turnaround time.

Source: GhanaWeb December 16, 2018 19:41 UTC