Supporting local research in the oil and gas industry is a key objective for Bentworth Energy. We are constantly looking for new ways to expand the reach of our activities within Kenya and Africa. We have approached this through local recruitment and training and also by supporting ongoing research into locally available products that can…
Tullow Oil’s Sustainability Report complements their 2019 Annual Report providing further details of Tullow’s environmental and social performance over the past year. The report features Bentworth Energy in the Shared Prosperity Section. “The largest portion of our local spending supports our operations in Ghana and Kenya, where, in 2019, 28 per cent and 41 per…
This article published in August 2017 was discovered in our archives. It provides an overview of the challenges faced by Bentworth Investments Ltd, international players and the oil and gas sector in Kenya in general. These include: Limited available skilled local workforce Availability of and access to technology, training and resources Transfer of knowledge and…
The Linkages case study, titled “Persistence against the odds: Bentworth’s entry into oil and gas supply” sets out Bentworth’s journey to becoming the first Kenyan indigenous oilfield services company. It all began when “Baker Hughes a leading oilfield service company based out of Houston, needed a local supplier of coiled tubing services in Kenya. When…
“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…