GUIDELINES FOR SETTING UP UPSTREAM PETROLEUM SERVICE COMPANIES IN GHANA
The Ministry of Energy directs that all companies setting up in Ghana for the purpose of providing services to Oil Companies that are conducting Petroleum Exploration and Production Operations :"Service Companies") under various Petroleum agreements with the Government of Ghana and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation :GNPC) should register and apply for permits from the GNPC before setting up.
Companies which have already set up should register and apply for permits from GNPC to regularise their operations.
Service Companies are reminded that they "are defined as
"Sub-Contractors" under the petroleum (Exploration and Production)
Law, PNDCL 84, 1984. This law imposes local content obligations on sub-contractors. Thus Service Companies are required to operate within the framework of this law.
ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY
MINISTRY OF ENERGY
DATED 28TH MARCH, 2008.
Interested companies should please download Registration Procedures or request for any further information through our e-mail address info@gnpcghana.com.
