“On December 7th, 2017, the World Bank Group, within the framework of the Petroleum Business Opportunities (PBO) project, in partnership with Strathmore University Extractive Industry Center (SEIC), Extractives Baraza, and DAI Global, held the second session of a three part series aimed at facilitating local content discussion amongst key public, private, and civil society stakeholders in Kenya’s petroleum sector. The session, entitled “Kenya Local Content Exchange: Approaches and Mechanisms to Drive Local Participation in the oil and gas supply chain” sought to build on the outcomes of the first session held in July entitled, “ Local Content: Vision to Implementation””
Bentworth was referenced multiply in the second keynote speech by Toks Azeez, the Sales and Commercial Director for Baker Hughes (a GE company). “Under his strategic direction, Baker Hughes successfully formed a local partnership with Nairobi-based Bentworth Investments Limited, Kenya’s first indigenous oil and gas and geothermal service company.
“From the outset BHGE and Bentworth have worked together to deliver quality services for operations in Kenya in challenging conditions in remote locations. The partnership has resulted in the creation of a strong indigenous oil and gas and geothermal service company in Kenya capable of delivering large scale projects and has promoted Kenyan ownership and operation of technical assets. In addition, the partnership has enabled the transfer of knowledge and technology through the development of Kenya’s talent pool able to take on oil and gas projects in neighboring African countries.”
You can read the full report from this meeting here:
