SPRINGFIELD GROUP CONTESTS ALLEGATIONS OF PROVIDING INCONSISTENT DATA TO THE GOVERNMENT AND IS ASKING ACEP FOR AN APOLOGY.
Indigenous oil drilling firm Springfield Group has refuted claims made by Benjamin Boakye, Executive Director of the Africa Centre of Energy Policy (ACEP), suggesting that Springfield's recent appraisal of the Afina field contradicts its original assertions. Kevin Okyere (Springfield, CEO) This response follows Boakye's comments during the October 2024 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings, where he indicated inconsistencies between the new appraisal report and the initial data used for unitization. In a media address, Springfield's CEO, Kevin Okyere, clarified that the company has only recently initiated its appraisal program and has not yet gathered sufficient data for a comprehensive appraisal report. He dismissed ACEP's allegations as false and urged that they be overlooked. “There has been recent reports in the media implying that Springfield has completed a recent appraisal of the Afina field and there is some new appraisal report that co...