The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is making strong progress in the use of the flying robot technology to aid the growth of the nation’s agriculture. Its College of Engineering (CoE) has developed a home-made drone, which could be deployed to pick weather data, monitor farming activities and environmental degradation. The device … Read more
Tullow Oil has indicated that it will carry out another round of Jubilee shutdowns in the next half of this year which is expected to help the oil exploration firm, to complete work on the Jubilee Turret bearing. Officials of the Oil exploration firm announced this to investors in London last Wednesday. According to the … Read more
“And now this is what will allow you to see everything because we know there is oil, but we need to know where exactly to drill. In this business, the most important thing is seismic.” Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com is your source for all Ghana News. … Read more
Oil production on the Jubilee Field is expected to be halted for the next fifteen days beginning today, Friday February 3. This is to allow for an interconnection between the Tweneboa, Enyera, Ntomme fields and the Jubilee Field for gas exportation from the FPSO Atta Mills. The interconnection between the countries’ first and second operating oil … Read more
Oil production on the Jubilee Field is expected to be halted for the next fifteen days beginning today, Friday February 3. This is to allow for an interconnection between the Tweneboa, Enyera, Ntomme fields and the Jubilee Field for gas exportation from the FPSO Atta Mills. The interconnection between the countries’ first and second operating … Read more
Ghana’s third Floating Production Storage and Offshore (FPSO) vessel has been named after Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor. A statement from the Former President’s office on Wednesday said the Former President has left to Singapore for the naming of the third FPSO in his honour. The vessel will be operating in the Offshore Cape Three Points … Read more
The minister-nominee for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, says Ghana’s development can be fast-tracked if it prioritizes the use of science and technology. According to him, the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), must be reinforced in schools especially at the basic level to conscientize Ghanaians on the use … Read more
Former President Kufuor has arrived in Singapore to grace the naming of a new FPSO in his honour Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has arrived in Singapore to grace the naming of a new Floating Production and Storage Vessel (FPSO) in his honour. His spokesperson, Frank Agyekum confirmed the trip adding that Mr Kufour will … Read more
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) wishes to thank the Parliamentary Appointments Committee for raising our objections to the nomination of Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture. However, we cannot hide our complete disappointment in the manner the question was framed which was a complete neglect of the actual basis of our … Read more
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) wishes to thank the Parliamentary Appointments Committee for raising our objections to the nomination of Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto as Minister-Designate for Food and Agriculture. However, we cannot hide our complete disappointment in the manner the question was framed which was a complete neglect of the actual basis of our … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service is targeting a 60 percent reduction in fire incidents by the close of 2017. Though the region recorded one hundred and one (101) fire incidents less in January this year as compared to the same period in 2016 (196), the rate according to the regional … Read more
CGhana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is expectant of the timely approval of its recently modified Plan of Development – PoD expected to be submitted by the Jubilee Partners. This, the Corporation says is crucial to facilitate the purchase of a mooring equipment required to offload crude oil from the FPSO. Currently, GNPC is no longer be capable … Read more
The planned shutdown of the Atuabo gas processing plant between February 3 and 20, 2017 will not affect power generation and supply in the country, power producers have assured. According to them, they have instituted measures to ensure the production of enough power from the Akosombo and Kpong hydroelectric plants. The Ghana National Gas Company … Read more
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG), believes Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto’s position on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), is enough justification for their call that the yet-to-be vetted minister nominee for the Ministry of Agric be disqualified. Despite the absence of any legal basis for the call, the Communications Director of the Group, Edwin Kwaku Bamfo, argued that … Read more
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG), believes Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto’s position on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), is enough justification for their call that the yet-to-be vetted minister nominee for the Ministry of Agric be disqualified. Despite the absence of any legal basis for the call, the Communications Director of the Group, Edwin Kwaku Bamfo, argued that … Read more
By: Nana Owusu Sekyere Every developmental agenda presents new dynamics in our socio – economic lives. Technology seems to be fueling the majority of these developments. Drones lately are the tonic of media houses to reach out to the skies for the best of images or videos, whiles the entertainment industry finds it a ‘gold … Read more
Lily, the company behind an autonomous camera drone that had amassed $34m (£27m) in pre-orders, has announced that it is shutting down. In an email to customers the start-up said it had failed to raise additional funds to start production of the drone. It promised to reimburse all pre-order customers within the next 60 days. … Read more
The US military has launched 103 miniature swarming drones from a fighter jet during a test in California. Three F/A-18 Super Hornets were used to release the Perdix drones last October. The drones, which have a wingspan of 12in (30cm), operate autonomously and share a distributed brain. A military analyst said the devices, able to … Read more
African Center for Energy Policy has warned that Ghana may face power crisis by next month. According to ACEP, the danger the power sector will face could be attributed to a potential disruption in gas supply and the shutting down of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) for maintenance. In an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb, … Read more
Some industry watchers have made a strong case for the new government to merge the management of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) if it is to be efficient in the petroleum downstream sector. In their view, the merger will among others cut down cost and facilitate … Read more