GE opens Ghana services centre

ACCRA, March 23, 2017 – GE Oil & Gas on Wednesday opened a services centre in Ghana that will underpin the company’s work on deepwater offshore projects in the country.

GE will be supplying equipment, ranging from turbines to centrifugal compressors, for the Eni-led Offshore Cape Three Points project as part of an USD 850-million contract awarded earlier in March. The new facility’s 1,600-square-metre testing grounds allows for the simultaneous examination and testing of three subsea trees.

Located in Takoradi Port, the new site has 4,000 square metres of storage space available.

GE will also be providing training of the Ghanaian workforce on site. Over the next five years, the company plans to achieve 45,000 training hours.

“The opening of the GE Takoradi facility demonstrates our commitment to developing local partnerships and capacity building to deliver effective and efficient solutions for our customers,” GE Oil & Gas Lorenzo Simonelli said at the opening ceremony.

The company’s president and CEO for operations sub-Saharan Africa, Ado Oseragbaje, said, “We have the strength and scope to be able to stay close to our customers, work where they work, and invest in the training and facilities required to reduce complexity, provide faster turnaround of equipment deliveries, support our partners and build a solid talent pipeline in-country.”

US Ambassador to Ghana Robert Jackson was also in attendance on Wednesday.

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