On Friday, December 9, 2022, the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra hosted the winners' announcement for the 9th edition of the Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA).

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The prestigious event, which was planned by Xodus Communications Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Graphic News Plus, provides an opportunity for the oil and gas sector to highlight and celebrate achievements in important areas such as environmental stewardship, efficiency, innovation, leadership, corporate social responsibility, and health and safety.

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Richard Abbey Junior, the chief executive officer of Xodus Communications Ltd., addressed the attendees of the event and stated that his company was close to applying ISO 20121 in its operations. According to him, implementing and complying with the ISO 20121 standard would help to manage the events and control their social, economic, and environmental impact.

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" Xodus communications is currently in the final stages of implementing ISO 20121 in our operations. The ISO 20121 standard specifies the requirements for an event sustainability management system. It would also help us improve our awards' transparency, integrity, and professionalism while ensuring our resources' efficient use", he said.

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Richard Abbey Junior also took the opportunity to call on stakeholders to support the establishment of petroleum hub in Ghana. He added that, Ghana imports in excess of over 100 million US dollars of petroleum products hence the country cannot have oil and be poor.

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Support Initiative To Curb Cedi Depreciation, Reduce Import Of Petroleum Products - Abbey Jnr 0 seconds of 1 minute, 36 secondsVolume 90% " I call on stakeholders to support the Petroleum Hub initiative so that we can curb the depreciation of our currency and reduce imports of petroleum products. This actions comes with a political will and we hope government and successive ones will align in that regard ", he said.

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Mr Agyeman Duah the industry coordinator of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies in a solidarity speech encouraged nominees to keep thriving despite challenges. He congratulated Xodus Communications for its consistency in putting up such credible Awards scheme Here are the winners of the 2022 Ghana Oil and Gas Awards; HALL OF FAME 2022 (WITH CITATION – NO NOMINEES) 1. OIL MARKETING COMPANY OF THE YEAR GOIL PLC 2.

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PETROLEUM RETAILER/DEALER OF THE YEAR MADAM ARETHA BAKERS WOODE-BETHEL CONSTRUCTION AND TRADING ENTERPRISE 3. LUBRICANT PRODUCT OF THE YEAR TOTALENERGIES – TOTAL QUARTZ 9000 4. EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – DOWNSTREAM VIVO ENERGY GHANA, SHELL LICENSEE 5. BULK DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR JUWEL ENERGY NO NOMINEES / SINGLE NOMINEES 6. HAULAGE COMPANY OF THE YEAR KODSON PLUS COMPANY LIMITED 7.

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OIL AND GAS INSURER OF THE YEAR STAR ASSURANCE 8. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR TECHNIPFMC GHANA LIMITED 9. LPG MARKETING COMPANY OF THE YEAR ANDEV COMPANY LIMITED 10. OIL AND GAS LOGISTICS COMPANY OF THE YEAR KODSON PLUS COMPANY LIMITED DIVIDE / MULTIPLE WINNERS IN SAME CATEGORY 11. OIL AND GAS SERVICE COMPANY OF THE YEAR (GAS) GHANA NATIONAL GAS COMPANY 12. OIL AND GAS SERVICE COMPANY OF THE YEAR (BUNKERING) GOIL PLC 13.

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OIL AND GAS SERVICE COMPANY OF THE YEAR (UPSTREAM) RIGWORLD GROUP 14. EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT & QUALITY (DEPOT) TEMA TANK FARM LIMITED 15. EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT & QUALITY (HAULAGE) KODSON PLUS COMPANY LIMITED 16. EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT & QUALITY (UPSTREAM) TECHNIPFMC GHANA LIMITED CATEGORIES WITH NOMINEEES 17. PETROLEUM RETAILER/DEALER OF THE YEAR ANDEV COMPANY LIMITED 18.

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INDIGENOUS OIL COMPANY OF THE YEAR PETROSOL GHANA LIMITED 19. EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - UPSTREAM GHANA NATIONAL GAS COMPANY 20. OIL AND GAS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (DOWNSTREAM) MR ISAAC ASANTE- GASO PETROLEUM LIMITED 21. LOCAL CONTENT INITIATIVE AWARD TULLOW GHANA LIMITED 22. OIL MARKETING COMPANY OF THE YEAR TOTALENERGIES 23. BRAND OF THE YEAR GOIL PLC 24. EMERGING BRAND OF THE YEAR ENGEN GHANA LIMITED 25.

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PROMISING OIL AND GAS COMPANY OF THE YEAR JP TRUSTEES LIMITED 26. DEPOT OF THE YEAR TEMA TANK FARM LIMITED 27. LUBRICANT PRODUCT OF THE YEAR LUBRICANTS SUPPLIES GHANA – CASTROL 28. BULK DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR CHASE PETROLEUM GHANA LIMITED 29. EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - DOWNSTREAM TOTALENERGIES 30. BEST GROWING OIL & GAS COMPANY OF THE YEAR IBM PETROLEUM LIMITED 31.

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ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR MR KODIME AGBEMADOR- KODSON PLUS COMPANY LIMITED 32. CEO OF THE YEAR (DOWNSTREAM) MRS YVETTE SELORMEY – SAHARA GROUP 33. CEO OF THE YEAR (UPSTREAM) DR BEN K.D ASANTE- GHANA NATIONAL GAS COMPANY SPECIAL RECONITION 34. SPECIAL RECOGNITION – LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARDS MR KWAKU BEDIAKO - CHAIRMAN, CH GROUP Goil, Total Energies, Vivo Energy, Juwel Energy Bag Hall Of Fame

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