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…
Bentworth was recently proud to launch our graduate intern program. We have been humbled and overwhelmed by the amount of interest we have received to date. As we have reviewed applications, it has lead us to consider a number of general tips for graduates, which may be helpful when putting together applications and moving into…
Carey Ngini, Bentworth Chairman and CEO recently attended the much anticipated Baker Hughes Annual Meeting in Florence. This conference brought “together global leaders to debate key issues and learn more about the latest innovations for our industry.” The conference was titled Energy Forward: What the Future Demands. Below we have collated some of the key…
As Kenya debates the Local Content Policy and draft Local Content Oil and Gas Regulations, we have been taking our own steps to monitor and maintain quality standards. During 2019 we will continue working on our policies and procedures and implementation of these policies to enable us to obtain the following ISO standards. These include:…
A cross section of Baker Hughes a GE Company (BHGE) channel partners, including Bentworth, were recently represented at BHGE’s Channel Partner Summit in Lagos, Nigeria. The Summit provided an opportunity for networking amongst BHGE’s partners, whilst considering how to create synergies and new revenue streams to increase penetration within African markets. These discussions come at a time…
Taking place in Nairobi yesterday the Local Content 2nd Stakeholder Engagement Workshop hosted by ESAL Africa and Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives. As one of the only local content providers in Kenya, Bentworth understands that oil and gas extraction is new territory for providers and government alike. We have shared a number of posts…
On 23rd July 2018 Kenyatta University Society of Petroleum Engineers chapter hosted a Technical conference focusing on the theme “The Petroleum Industry in Perspective”. Bentworth’s Project Lead, Lynette Nyagah, delivered a presentation on “Oil and Gas Cementing Design”. The presentation focused on Bentworth’s experience with the cementing process from planning and design to laboratory testing…
Representatives of Bentworth will be attending the 4th Uganda International Oil and Gas Summit (UIOGS) from 19 – 20 September 2018. The conference will be focused on discussions around: Oil production and its challenges, New oil and gas The ongoing programme of exploration activity, New exploration blocks in highly prospective fields Announcements of tenders. “Following…
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…
The East Africa Oil & Gas Summit and Exhibition, which has been running for 5 years, partnered with The Upstream Oil & Gas Awards, to host their first ever event in 2018, endorsed by the Kenyan Ministry of Energy. The aim of the awards was to recognise excellence within the upstream oil and gas community. Bentworth…