18 Facts About Benjamin Asante

Benjamin K D Asante is a Ghanaian engineer and international consultant for the gas and oil industry.

Benjamin Asante is a graduate of Mfantsipim School and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Benjamin Asante is the chief executive officer of the Ghana National Gas Company.

Benjamin Asante is an Asante-Akyem from Juansa and was born in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana to Kwasi Aninakwa-Asante and Gladys Mensah.

Benjamin Asante proceeded to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering.

Benjamin Asante later enrolled at the University of Calgary, Canada, where he pursued a Master's degree in chemical engineering.

Benjamin Asante completed a joint dissertation on Multiphase Flow at Imperial College London and the University of Calgary and obtained a PhD in chemical engineering.

Benjamin Asante has worked for major operating companies as well as engineering consulting companies in Canada, the US, and Ghana in various technical and management roles.

Benjamin Asante has provided engineering services, project management, and technical support for projects throughout the world, including Abu Dhabi, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the US.

Benjamin Asante has provided consulting services to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

Benjamin Asante has taught gas processing and pipeline engineering to graduate students at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Imperial College, London.

Benjamin Asante's expertise was brought to the fore after 2007 when Ghana discovered oil in commercial quantities.

Benjamin Asante was the technical director of Ghana's first gas infrastructure project and developed the first gas infrastructure and utilization master plan for Ghana in 2008.

Benjamin Asante was one of only five Africans to be invited by the United States Department of Energy to help author a book on natural gas and liquefied natural gas.

Benjamin Asante was an expert witness in the resolution of the gas custody dispute between Bolivia and Brazil in 2004.

Benjamin Asante has advised on, developed, and evaluated several oil and gas projects around the world.

Benjamin Asante replaced George Yankey, who had asked for a terminal leave from the Board of Ghana Gas.

In February 2017, Awulae Agyevi Kwame II, Paramount chief of Nsein, who had been leading calls for the president to cancel the appointment of Benjamin Asante, pledged to work with him, conceding defeat in his bid to get a native of the land to be appointed to the position.