Of the 1.5 billion people in the world without access to modern fuels, almost a third of them live in Africa. Developing energy systems to bring power, including renewable energy to rural locations is the prime focus of CAMAC Gas & Power.
CAMAC Trading maintains an extensive line of credit with major international banks and has a demonstrated record of financing and marketing up to 120,000 barrels per day of crude oil and refined products.
Founded in 1986, CAMAC has evolved over 25 years into a global energy services firm involved in the exploration, development and operation of oil properties in Africa and South America. Essential to the company's early success was the development of key relationships with major oil companies working offshore West Africa.
Since CAMAC's founding in 1986, the company has contributed funding for scholarships, endowments, internships, arts education and programming in the United States, Nigeria and South Africa.
CAMAC subsidiary Allied Energy has formed partnerships with both major international and indigenous oil and gas companies, permitting exceptional access to the West African market.
The technical paper, "Openhole Gravel-Pack Case Histories Using Alternative Fluid Displacement for Synthetic-Based Mud", co-presented by Allied Energy's Meshack Ilobi, is now published in the SPE Drilling Completion Journal.
CAMAC was recognized as the eighth largest privately-owned company headquartered in Houston based on 2010 revenues by the Houston Chronicle.
Black Enterprise ranked CAMAC as the third largest African-American owned company in the United States in the BE100s Industrial Service List.
The President of South Africa, His Excellency Jacob G. Zuma, was in Houston to announce a new educational partnership amongst CAMAC, Texas Southern University, the University of Houston and the Jacob G. Zuma RDP Education Trust.
Since 2006, CAMAC's South African affiliate, Allied School Bus Service (ASBS), has provided curb-to-curb transportation for thousands of school-age black South African children in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
In May 2006, CAMAC pledged $500,000 to Hope Lives Here: UNICEF’s Campaign Against AIDS.
In what is the largest single gift ever given by an alumnus, Dr. Kase Lawal presented a $100,000 check, the first installment in a 10-year, one million dollar pledge to fund the CAMAC International Corporation endowment at Texas Southern University. The endowment will fund student scholarships and the development of the Lawal Center for Global Trade at the Jesse H. Jones School of Business.
Dr. Lawal was joined at the check presentation cerem...
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CAMAC established a petroleum engineering endowment at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering to benefit education and research training. This endowment has provided 23 scholarships since established in 1992.
