An important test of progress in the world today is extent of energy - petroleum and electricity used per capita in any country. The higher the energy resource used, the more developed the country tends to be. It is no wonder then that Ghana has not developed to our expectation over the past three decades. We believe that one of the critical reasons is our movement from being a net exporter to a net importer of power. Our vision in the energy sector ties out productivity to the national vision. President Kuffour's coordinated social and economic programmes presented to Parliament last year included a goal for Ghana to become a middle-income country with a per capita income US$1,000. The nation's ability to meet and exceed this goal will depend largely on the performance of the energy sector. In the medium term, it is the aim of the NPP Government to sustain growth though sound programmes of action under the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS). The priority areas of the GPRS need a boost from energy to produce positive results. President Kuffour announced his plan to shepherd Ghana into a Golden Age of Business. The Golden Age requires the private sector to function as the engine of growth. It is only abundant and relatively cheap energy that will provide the fuel to power the private sector engine. Our point here today is that the public and private sectors in Ghana must pay particular attention to the energy sector if the Ghanaian economy is to grow to the extent that will allow the average Ghanaian to achieve an appreciable level of micro level prosperity.

http://www.energymin.gov.gh/

Mission Our mission is to promote, explore and develop the hydrocarbon resources of the nation through lean, efficient and technology-driven investments so as to enhance the economic development of Ghana. Value Core values which we hold dear are professionalism, respect for talent, reward of merit and encouragement of teamwork. The Corporation also encourages and rewards creativity and innovation. GNPC is committed to self-discipline and to the protection of Ghana's interest at all times. Vision Our vision is to become a World-Class Corporation capable of making Ghana the fastest growing destination for upstream petroleum investments in West Africa. We will place the nation on the map of self-sufficient oil producing countries. We envision a Ghana that is vibrant, prosperous and fuelled by its own hydrocarbon resources.

http://www.gnpcghana.com/home/

We regulate, oversee and monitor the Petroleum Downstream Industry to ensure efficiency, growth and stakeholder satisfaction. Together as a team and in collaboration with our stakeholders, we shall institute appropriate measures to achieve full de- regulation of the sector. We shall ensure transparency, fairness and firmness in all our activities. Efficient, highly motivated, high caliber human and state – of- the- art technology shall constitute the bedrock of our activities.

http://www.npa.gov.gh/

Tullow Oil plc is one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration companies in Europe. The Group has 86 licences in 22 countries, with operations in Africa, Europe, South Asia and South America. Tullow is headquartered in London and employs over 540 people world-wide. Current production is 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd). In 2008 the Group drilled 99 exploration, appraisal and development wells, which included multi-well campaigns in Ghana and Uganda. The group achieved a 77% exploration success rate with 17 out of 22 successful wells in 2008.

http://www.tullowoil.com/

About Vitol The Vitol Group was founded in 1966 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The company is a major participant in world energy markets and is the world’s largest independent energy trader. Its trading portfolio includes crude oil, oil products, LNG, LPG, natural gas, coal, power, metals and carbon emissions. Vitol trades with all the major national oil companies, the integrated oil majors and the independent refiners and traders. In addition to its trading business and its 50% share in the storage and terminals business, VTTI, with 11 terminals on five continents, Vitol has an exploration and production business which includes interests in Ghana and Cameroon. Further details on Vitol are available on www.vitol.com

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The Vanco Group is an independent oil and gas group whose mission is to explore for and develop oil and gas worldwide, emphasizing deepwater and frontier areas. Vanco holds a high-potential deepwater exploration portfolio in the highly prospective Transform Margin region of West Africa with approximately two million gross deepwater acres under license. The Group holds interests in and is the Operator of three large licenses in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, with co-venturer LUKOIL Overseas Holding and national oil companies Petroci Holding and GNPC (the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation). In addition Vanco as Operator holds an interest in a license in Equatorial Guinea with over one million gross deepwater acres. In the Black Sea, Vanco holds a significant interest in and is the Operator of the Prykerchenska block, in a deepwater frontier just south of the Crimean Peninsula, under Ukraine's first Production Sharing Agreement. Vanco also won the rights to participate in the exploration of two important offshore blocks in Romania's 10th Licensing Round. Vanco has developed an organization and culture to meet the demands of frontier international operations. Its people are high-energy, creative and proactive. The Vanco Exploration Company (VEX) management team is a dedicated group of individuals that possess a wealth of knowledge and international experience in the exploration and development of oil and gas. VEX's offices are based in Houston, Texas. In order to facilitate operating efficiency and good government relations, Vanco subsidiaries Vanco Côte d'Ivoire Ltd. and Vanco Ghana Ltd. maintain representative offices in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and Accra, Ghana, respectively. Vanco Prykerchenska Ltd., in which Vanco holds an interest, maintains a representative office in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Vanco Group believes in being a good corporate citizen and strives to contribute to the communities where it does business by working with governments and national oil companies to provide or support professional training, local content and assistance with local social programs. Vanco believes in respecting human rights, cultures and customs of its host countries, and works to ensure that operations are conducted in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

http://www.vancoexploration.com/index.html

LUKOIL is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated oil & gas companies. Main activities of the Company are exploration and production of oil & gas, production of petroleum products and petrochemicals, and marketing of these outputs. Most of the Company's exploration and production activity is located in Russia, and its main resource base is in Western Siberia. LUKOIL owns modern refineries, gas processing and petrochemical plants located in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries. Most of the Company's production is sold on the international market. LUKOIL petroleum products are sold in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries and the USA. LUKOIL is the second largest private oil Company worldwide by proven hydrocarbon reserves. The Company has around 1.1% of global oil reserves and 2.3% of global oil production. LUKOIL dominates the Russian energy sector, with 18% of total Russian oil production and 19% of total Russian oil refining. LUKOIL proven reserves at the beginning of 2009 were 14,458 mln barrels of crude oil and 29,253 bcf of natural gas, totaling 19,334 mln boe. LUKOIL has an outstanding portfolio of production assets. The main production region for LUKOIL Group is Western Siberia. LUKOIL is carrying out international exploration and production projects in Kazakhstan, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Venezuela, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Iraq.

http://www.lukoil.com/

Expro has created and captured the well flow management market. All our core services, products and key technologies assist our customers to measure, improve, control and process flow from their wells. Expro operates in all the major hydrocarbon producing areas of the world, employing 5,000 people in 50 countries. With our head office in the UK, Expro has regional headquarters in Aberdeen, Cape Town, Dubai, Houston, Kuala Lumpur and Rio. We have grown rapidly in recent years to become a market leader in the offshore and subsea arena, with a strengthened presence in gas wells and land markets. Expro’s global product line teams are supported by our network of multi-discipline experts, ensuring consistency of service and underpinning our commitment to deliver service excellence to our customers worldwide.

http://www.exprogroup.com/

Kosmos Energy is a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on frontier and emerging areas in West Africa and South America. The Company’s asset portfolio includes existing production, major discoveries and exploration prospects offshore Ghana, as well as exploration licenses with significant hydrocarbon potential offshore Morocco and Suriname and onshore Cameroon. Kosmos is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is traded under the ticker symbol KOS. The Company’s Mahogany-1 exploration well discovered the Jubilee Field in Ghana’s deepwaters in 2007, one of the largest oil discoveries worldwide that year and the biggest find offshore West Africa during the last decade. Additional follow-on exploration success followed, with several additional oil and gas discoveries offshore Ghana by Kosmos. The Company and its partners developed the Jubilee Field on an accelerated schedule, delivering Ghana and the Kosmos’ first oil production in late November 2010. The oil discoveries to-date embody the vision of the Kosmos founders: build a sizable, highly valuable, and enduring oil and gas exploration and production enterprise through organic growth. Kosmos Energy is well known by government officials, business leaders and peers for its advanced scientific, operational, development and commercial experience. The management team possesses the leadership capabilities and technical expertise to generate and participate in significant exploration and production projects, particularly in deepwaters. All have successful track records and many have previously worked together in the oil and gas business. www.kosmosenergy.com. The oil discoveries to date embody the vision of the Kosmos founders: build a sizable, highly valuable, and enduring oil and gas exploration and production enterprise through organic growth. In addition to Ghana, Kosmos’ asset base includes licenses onshore Cameroon and offshore Morocco. The company continues to target oil plays in frontier and emerging basins, as well as established provinces. Kosmos Energy is well known by government officials, business leaders and peers for its advanced scientific, operational, development and commercial experience in Africa. The management team possesses the leadership capabilities and technical expertise to generate and participate in significant exploration and production projects, particularly in deep waters. All have successful track records and many have previously worked together in the oil and gas business.

http://www.kosmosenergy.com/

We are a major integrated energy company, committed to growth in the activities of finding, producing, transporting, transforming and marketing oil and gas. Eni men and women have a passion for challenges, continuous improvement, excellence and particularly value people, the environment and integrity.

http://www.eni.it

FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI) is a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry and other industrial markets. The Company designs, manufactures and services technologically sophisticated systems and products such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry. Named by FORTUNE Magazine as America’s Most Admired Oil and Gas Equipment, Service Company in 2008, FMC Technologies has approximately 10,400 employees and operates 19 manufacturing facilities in 14 countries.

http://www.fmctechnologies.com/

A top-tier oilfield service company with a century-long track record, Baker Hughes delivers solutions that help oil and gas operators make the most of their reservoirs. Collaboration is the foundation on which we build our business. We listen to our clients to understand their unique challenges and then develop solutions designed to help manage operating expenses, maximize reserve recovery, and boost overall return on investment throughout the life of an oil or gas asset. With more than 53,000 employees in 80 countries, our local geomarket teams work side by side with customers to engineer reliable application-specific products and services that create more value from the reservoir whether the application is deepwater, unconventional hydrocarbons or production and water management. Our history of technology innovation is a cornerstone of our success. Local teams are supported by global centers of excellence where scientists push the boundaries of value-adding technology to find solutions for progressively more complex technical challenges. At dedicated innovation centers, scientists conduct applied and game-changing critical research. We collaborate with customers to jointly develop technology for specific industry needs at regional technology centers. Engineers and scientists at our product centers work on next-generation products and services for drilling and evaluation, completions and production, and fluids and chemicals. At Baker Hughes, we are looking forward to the next 100 years of working side by side with our customers to continue expanding the limits of oil, gas and alternative energy drilling, completion and production through innovation problem solving.

http://www.bakerhughes.com/

Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. With more than 60,000 employees in approximately 80 countries, the company serves the upstream oil and gas industry throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir – from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing production through the life of the field. Our Business Halliburton consists of two divisions: Drilling and Evaluation and Completion and Production. As of December 31, 2010, these two divisions accounted for approximately 18.0 billion dollars in Revenue.

http://www.halliburton.com/

The development of Ecobank Capital is a logical progression for the Group, harnessing all its in-house experience and expertise in capital markets to deliver a sophisticated range of services that our growing international clients demand. By adopting a holistic approach to investment banking, Ecobank benefits from operational synergies and efficiencies, whilst our clients value a “one-stop-shop” approach to investing in Africa.

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Aker Solutions is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. The business within Aker Solutions comprises several industries, including Oil & Gas, Refining & Chemicals, Mining & Metals and Power Generation. The parent company in the group is Aker Solutions ASA. Aker Solutions has aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 58 billion and employs approximately 23 000 people in about 30 countries. Aker Solutions is part of Aker (www.akerasa.com), a group of premier companies with a focus on energy, maritime and marine-resources industries. The Aker companies share a common set of values and long traditions of industrial innovation. As an industrial owner controlling 40.27 percent of the shares in Aker Solutions through Aker Holding AS, Aker ASA takes an active role in the development of Aker Solutions.

http://www.akersolutions.com/

A world leader in engineering, technologies and project management for the oil and gas industry. Backed by more than 50 years of experience and thanks to the expertise and know-how of its teams, Technip is a key contributor to the development of technologies and sustainable solutions for the exploitation of the world’s energy resources. Technip is listed on Euronext Paris (EURONEXT: FR0000131708). Key Figures 2009 * A workforce of 23,000 people in 48 countries * Industrial assets on five continents * A fleet of 19 vessels by 2011 * Operating income from recurring activities: €677 million * Revenues: €6.5 billion Technip operates in three segments of the world oil and gas market: Subsea, Offshore and Onshore. This market represents 97% of the Group’s revenues. On behalf of its clients, for the most part international and national oil companies; Technip executes infrastructure projects that are increasingly ambitious, complex and demanding: ultra-deep waters, extreme climates, mega-sized projects, non-conventional resources and optimization of environmental performance.

http://www.technip.com/en

Fidelity Bank is one of Ghana’s premier banking and financial institutions serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. Fidelity Bank was incorporated on the 28th of June, 2006 following the acquisition of its universal banking license, making the Bank the 22nd to be licensed by the Bank of Ghana. Working with our clients as strategic partners, we create and execute customized winning solutions, which address our clients’ most pressing strategic, financial and investment needs all the time. Fidelity Bank places service and clients relationship first and stand apart by building and maintaining solid partnerships with our clients. We are proud to conduct our business based on five uncompromising principles –Integrity, Excellence, Service with a Passion, Exceeding Client Expectations, and Community Service Our Bank provides unmatched convenience serving our wide clients base that include government /parastatals, multinationals, large domestic corporate, NGOs, Real Estate, Insurance Companies, Non-Financial Institutions, Churches, SMEs. Sole Proprietorships, Individuals and High- Net Worth Individuals (to whom we offer wealth management and private banking services). We support these clients through a suite of innovative products and services as well as easy-to-use online services

http://www.fidelitybank.com.gh/

VALLOUREC & MANNESMANN TUBES is a Vallourec Group company. VALLOUREC is world leader in Premium tubular solutions. Specializing in the most complex industrial applications (involving high temperatures and pressures in corrosive environments), the Group offers a comprehensive portfolio of tubular products and high value-added services. VALLOUREC is now a leading supplier all over the globe, particularly in the oil & gas and power generation markets, and has manufacturing and sales operations worldwide

http://www.vamservices.com/

About Stanbic Bank Ghana Stanbic Bank Ghana is a member of the Standard Bank Group, and is a fully fledged top tier bank. It began operations in 1999 and has since developed structures and strong pillars which have ensured the consistent growth of its business and brand in Ghana. Since 2007, Stanbic Bank Ghana has expanded its branch network to almost every region in Ghana and now there are 23 branches across the country. Stanbic Bank Ghana is a Tier One bank and the sixth largest bank in terms of assets. The bank was voted the top company in Ghana in 2009 in the prestigious Ghana Club 100 Company rankings (conducted by the Ghana Investment Promotion Council). It was also rated the leader in financial services, for two consecutive years, 2008 and 2009. Stanbic Bank Ghana has two main business units; these are Personal and Business Banking (PBB), and Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB). The Personal and Business Banking business unit provides retail services and takes care of the transactional and financial services needs of individuals, small and medium scale enterprises and other businesses. The department offers a wide range of products and services tailored to suit the specific needs of customers.

http://www.stanbicbank.com.gh/portal/site/ghana

Mobicrane was founded in 1999 to meet the needs of lifting requirements in Ghana. We have grown steadily since then, and have become a leader in this area. Today we are a first class company with a fleet of equipment, superior staff and a recognized reputation for excellence in the industry. We are a family owned, financially stable organization possessing profound dedication and pride in our work. Our 24/7 commitment to our clients and employees is vital in this business. We offer the “best of what is available” in equipment, personnel, management, and support staff to meet our clients unique requirements. Our focus and mission is to meet the needs of all growing sectors, especially the Oil/Gas sector.

http://mobicrane.com/

KROS Ghana Limited is an indigenous company committed to; building and sustaining a reputation for service delivery. KROS Ghana Limited was incorporated in 2007 under the Companies Code of the Republic of Ghana 1963 with a mission to providing Management Consultancy Services amongst others, to International Organizations seeking to invest in Ghana. Our innovative and tailor-made approach to solutions which places emphasis on customer satisfaction are indeed the cornerstone of our success in today’s competitive market. KROS Ghana Limited is headed by Senior Executives, Kofi Sereboe and Yaw Kankam. In 2010, KROS Ghana Limited partnered CWC to deliver the first Flagship event in Ghana, Ghana Summit 2010 that attracted over 400 delegates from all the major global Oil & Gas players to the heart of Ghana, Accra. The Senior Executives of KROS Ghana combine over 18years of diverse corporate experiences both locally and internationally in the areas of Engineering, Business Development in Ghana, Insurance, Energy, Mining, Events Management and Corporate Social Responsibility. The vision of KROS Ghana is to bridge the gap between International Investors and business opportunities in Ghana. Our guiding values are “Equity, Transparency and ‘It can be done’ ”.