Kevin Okyere
Kevin Okyere is a Ghanaian entrepreneur in the oil industry. He serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Springfield Energy- a billion-dollar oil company.[1] The company was founded in 2008.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]He was born in 1980 to an affluent Ashanti family in Ghana. Okyere completed high school in Ghana and went on to study Accounting at the George Mason University in Virginia in the United States.
Achievements
[edit]Kevin's company, Springfield, was given the block, known as West Cape Three Points Block 2, by Ghana’s government in 2016 after it was relinquished by Kosmos.[3] Also, the company is the leader in exporting refined products to land-lock neighbouring countries such as Mali and Burkina Faso and Nigerian crude.[4] In 2019, Springfield Exploration and Production Limited (SEP) became the first indigenous Ghanaian company to drill in deep water. The company secured a contract with Stena Unicon Offshore Services Ghana Ltd, a subsidiary of Stena Drilling, to deploy the Stena Forth Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) for exploration in West Cape Three Points Block 2 (WCTP Block 2). At the time, Reuters reported that the Ghanaian government has been experiencing setbacks because of difficulties in offshore development in petroleum and, and that the discovery of around 1.5 billion barrels of offshore oil by Okyere's company was a potential game changer. Five years later, drilling commenced at the Oak-1x well and Afina-1x well, marking a significant milestone in Ghana’s oil and gas industry. At the 2019 Emy Africa Awards, he was awarded as "Man of the Year" for the Oil and Gas category.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Nsehe, Mfonobong. "Meet The 38 Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Built A $1 Billion Oil Company In Ghana". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ Nsehe, Mfonobong. "Ghanaian Tycoon Kevin Okyere's Springfield Group Signs Rig Deal, To Commence Drilling Campaign". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ "Springfield Group to position Ghana as major oil country after discovering 1.5bn barrels of oil". Face2Face Africa. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ "Springfield Group". London Stock Exchange Group. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ "2019 EMY Africa Awards: Full list of Winners". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.