The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed George Mensah Okley as the Acting Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Ltd (BOST), subject to approval by the Council of State.
Until his appointment, George Mensah Okley, a native of Nungua, served as the Director of Upstream Petroleum at the Ministry of Energy, from February 2017.
Below is the new profile of the new BOST MD
George Mensah Okley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dortmund, with a focus on Fluid Separation Process, Process Modelling & Optimization, Process Control Design and Modelling of Dynamic Systems.
He also holds a Masters Degree in Reservoir Evaluation and Management from the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, with a focus on oil field operation (petroleum economics, production and drilling), reservoir engineering, reservoir concepts, reservoir sedimentology, formation evaluation, well testing and production, reservoir simulation, rock mechanics with geophysics and modeling with management.
In 2014, he undertook a professional course in petroleum engineering at the Imperial College, London; holds a certificate of completion in Well Surveillance Principles and Reservoir Management; holds a Certificate of Completion of Petrad course in Petroleum Economics; holds a Certificate of Completion of 8-weeks Petrad course in Petroleum Policy and Resource Management; and a Certificate of Completion in New Era in Oil, Gas and Power Value Creation (Project Economics).
Mr. Okley worked as a Research Scientific Officer at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission from 2005 to 2007. He worked as a Petroleum Engineer at the Ministry of Energy from 2008 to 2012; and served as Acting Head of Upstream of the Petroleum Division of the Ministry of Energy from 2013 to 2017.
He has been involved in the monitoring of the implementation of the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP); a member of Government Negotiation Team that negotiated Petroleum Agreements with International Oil Companies; was the Ministry’s representative on the Gas Power Infrastructure Committee for the implementation of OCTP gas project; and co-ordinated the development of the Gas Master Plan.
He has a good understanding and experience in Ghana’s Petroleum Regulations as member of the team that developed regulations; has strong Reservoir Engineering skills in Raven, Eclipse, TerraStation, Petrel, and Pansystem; and has extensive exposure in the Oil and Gas industry.
He is a native of Nungua, in the Greater Accra Region, and is married with four (4) boys.
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At least this one has a richer background than the former who got sacked from the KNUST for exam malpractices. Mr. President, shine your eyes whenever you are making appointments.
Enough degrees all the time but we can do a single thing to help the country, other than creating loot and share. The degrees actually help us to steal perfectly without not being seen.
Going through the comments, I am getting the impression that Ghanaians don't value education anymore.
Thank you all for your concerns, genuine or otherwise. I will pass them on but may I ask for a favor? If you believe in Prayer kindly say one for him for Godly wisdom and protection. Many thanks.
Questioning his competence wount solve any issue here and his educational background is not the problem.If i may ask doesnt one need knowledge before application ?.If you are not positive just stay quiet. BOST will definitely work again .Corruption will be a thing of the past if we all begin from our homes .
charlie forget.even Vice P and minister of finance and governor of BOG with plenty degree, lets say over qualified salf, the cedi still dey depreciate. inflation still dey go high, master dont worry us with all this plenty degrees. we want more actions not book.
good degrees, but the industry here is an interesting one with many pot holes. I wish you the best. Open your eyes and seek advice from the right people otherwise you are doomed.
@ Ogyam - So true but it is also very difficult to get a job as a foreign student. I think Okley has the best qualifications and experience of the last 3 CEOs. He could do a good if he can avoid the blatant corrupt activities.
Very happy with comments......degrees upon degrees.....Africans have it all......but still underdeveloped...
THIS IS NONSENCEEE. DEGREES AND SO WHAT! WE ARE WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE OF THESE SCARY DEGREES. STEALINGGG GALORE. 'AGRO NE FOM'. WE ARE FED UP WITH SUCH DEGREES. LETS TRANSLATE OUR DEGREES INTO SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE ORDINARY GHANAIAN. ITS NOTHING IF WE START USING DEGREES TO DO CORRUPTION, CHEAT THE SYSTEM, AMASS WEALTH, SWIM IN RICHNESS, BUILD SP MANY HOUSES AND THE COMMON MAN STILL WALLOWING IN POVERTY. TWEAAAAAAA. DEGREES FOR WHERE.