ACEP has noted the publication of an article by one Dr. Paul Herzuah, widely published online on January 20, 2025, titled “The Endless Struggles of Ghanaian Businesses (Part 1).” In the article, the author attempts to argue that Ghanaian businesses fail to receive adequate local support due to deliberate efforts by their fellow citizens to undermine them. To support this claim, he references the operations of Springfield E&P, alleging what he describes as “strategic targeting by ACEP Ghana in recent years over the ENI case.”

It is important to state that ACEP is not above criticism and remains open to receiving constructive feedback on its work. However, we believe the criticism presented in this article blatantly displays the author’s ignorance of how the industry works and appears to be engineered primarily to discredit the organization and cast unwarranted aspersions on ACEP, a job many professors and private individuals declined on the subject matter.

In this statement, ACEP addresses disinformation targeting its credibility and reaffirms its commitment to advocating for transparency, accountability, and professional business conduct in the oil and gas industry in Africa.