The Minister of Industries, Mines, and Energy has highlighted that placing upstream petroleum under the Presidency's Upstream Petroleum Unit is a strategic move aimed at safeguarding Namibia's emerging oil and gas sector.
Local content should be treated as an economic development strategy and not simply as a regulatory requirement.
The Presidential Special Advisor and Head of the Upstream Petroleum Unit in the Office of the President, Kornelia Shilunga, has commended the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre for upscaling the boiler making and metal fabrication course.
The Minister of Industries, Mines, and Energy, Frans Kapofi, has proposed tabling the Petroleum Amendment Bill, aimed at establishing an upstream petroleum unit as well as introducing measures to strengthen fiscal transparency and accountability.
