Two weeks ago (11-17 June), about 100 delegates representing 50 companies operating in Ghana’s upstream industry participated in the maiden Ghana Oil and Gas Trade Mission to Aberdeen, Scotland. The trade mission, which was the…
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In the wake of revelations that GNPC’s exploration subsidiary Explorco has been facing harassment from Togolese navy officials during exploratory activities, government has been advised to as a matter of urgency resolve the country’s eastern…
Ten years after Ghana discovered oil and started commercial production three years later, government says it plans to increase production volumes by moving to award new exploration contracts to IOCs. How well have we fared…
The government has been advised to prioritise local content and local participation in awarding upstream petroleum contracts, as it prepares to launch its first-ever bidding round in the growing industry. Government announced recently that it will…
On 25 April 2018, delivered a public lecture yesterday as an IMANI Africa @ImaniAfr Fellow on the “Critical Future of Ghana’s Energy Sector and How to Avoid More Surprises to Ghana’s Growth Prospects”. Many thanks to…
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has delivered its ruling on the four-year-old maritime dispute between Ghana and its Western neighbour, Ivory Coast. The Special Chamber in session. In a seven-point unanimous…
The ruling of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the maritime dispute will not affect Ghana’s oilfields, a Petroleum Economist has said. Dr Theo Acheampong said the country will not be…
The decision by Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration to finance its flagship free Senior High School policy with petroleum revenues has stirred controversy about the usefulness of the Ghana Heritage Fund (GHF), originally meant for future generations…
At the core of the dispute between the two countries is not whether a maritime boundary should exist, but the method of delimitation of the boundary and/or affirmation of an already existing maritime border. Both…
The Buhari government finally made a bold move today to abolish the moribund fixed (pegged) exchange rate regime it adopted last year for the Naira amidst plummeting oil prices in favour of a floating regime…
There is more bad news for the government of Ghana and the upstream oil and gas sector as oil production and revenues are set to plummet by 50%; thus putting extra pressure on an already…
Came across this interesting article in the Guardian today on how offshore accounts have helped people get rich off the continent’s natural resources – just not ordinary citizens. I produce below an extract: “Consider the…
So, I came across this interesting media report which said that: “Ghana’s Enterprise Development Center has observed local businesses are not winning service contracts from International oil companies due to inadequate and inappropriate environmental health…
The Daily Graphic reports Ghana’s Minister of Petroleum, Mr Emmanuel Kofi-Armah Buah, giving an assurance that the drastic drop in the prices of crude oil on the world market will not have adverse effects on…
Want to know more about the oil and gas and mining industries? The Natural Resource Governance Institute the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), the World Bank and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network…