Articles by Joe Asamoah
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Joe Asamoah is a consultant in the Oil and Gas Industry, Environment, Energy and the CDM. He received his Ph.D from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. In 1998, he received an International Award of Professor Thomas Kuhn–“Hopes for the Future for a Sustainable World”–under the auspices of the International Academy of Science and the IUAPPA for his sterling work in energy and the environment. Dr Asamoah is a prolific writer with over 50 papers and articles and four books to his credit.
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The Oil Curse It is difficult to find oil success stories in sub-Saharan Africa. The economies of major oil producing countries like Nigeria, Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have performed rather dismally. Nevertheless, it could also be argued that all hope of having positive oil stories within the sub-region is not lost yet, as some examples of mixed blessings exist in the exploration and...Full Article »
Lately, local content has become very topical, and most countries are enacting laws to make it mandatory for all stakeholders of specified industries. But, what is local content, and why has it become such a hot issue in the natural resource industry in general and the oil and gas sector in particular? Local content is the development of local skills, technology transfer, and use of local...Full Article »
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