Energy

Public lecture on the critical future of Ghana’s energy sector and how to avoid more surprises to Ghana’s growth prospects

• 24 April 2018
• Energy, Media, Oil and Gas
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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…Read more →

Renewable Energy Can Compete at Market Price in Africa

• 13 January 2016
• Energy
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Originally Posted By This is Africa By EDDIE O’CONNOR Developing adequate power supply for Africa is one of the great challenges of our time. The climate agreement in Paris in…Read more →

Theo Acheampong speaks about electricity sector developments in Ghana

• 25 November 2015
• Energy, Media
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Theo Acheampong spoke to Ghanaian media on the sidelines of the Africa Oil Governance Summit on developments in the country’s power sector. In two separate interviews given to Joy News,…Read more →

Policy Paper | Petroleum Product Pricing, Deregulation and Subsidies in Ghana

• 24 August 2015
• Economics, Energy, Writings

I reproduce below my latest policy paper published on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Title: Petroleum Product Pricing, Deregulation and Subsidies in Ghana: Perspectives on Energy Security Authors: Theophilus…Read more →

Theo Acheampong speaks at the launch of the Citizens’ Demand for Accountability in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Sector Report

• 17 July 2015
• Media, Oil and Gas
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   Theo Acheampong spoke at the launch of the IMANI & Oxfam America Citizens’ Demand for Accountability in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Sector report. Advocates for a Long Term National…Read more →

Impact of the Oil Price Fall On Exploration and Production Activities in Africa

• 10 March 2015
• Oil and Gas, Writings

In Africa, oil explorers will keep drilling and producing from select locations such as onshore east Africa and less complex projects off the West African coast even with oil at…Read more →

Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Maritime Border Dispute: Time to Act Strategically? (Part 2)

• 5 March 2015
• Oil and Gas, Writings

In an interesting twist of events, the Ivorian government formally requested the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for a suspension of oil exploration and production activities…Read more →

Turning Organic Waste into Gold Dust

• 23 February 2015
• Writings

This is one of the policy initiatives I will vigorously pursue to diversify Ghana’s energy mix, were I to have the chance. All public schools (especially the secondary schools), municipal…Read more →

THE IMPACT OF FALLING CRUDE OIL PRICES ON GHANA’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY

• 5 December 2014
• Oil and Gas, Writings

Global Context Last week, crude oil prices fell below the key $80 per barrel mark on international markets as new information confirmed a slowdown in the economic recovery — weak…Read more →

GHANA’S PETROLEUM REVENUES: WHY THE RUSH TO SPEND THE HERITAGE FUND?

• 10 May 2014
• Energy, Writings

Post by Theo Acheampong.  Read more →

Pricing and Deregulation of the Energy Sector in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects

• 31 March 2014
• Economics, Energy, Writings

Myself and IMANI Ghana have teamed up to publish our independent first quarter (Q1) 2014 assessment of some of the most pressing issues confronting Ghana’s energy sector. Please let us…Read more →

On the Recent Utility Price Increments in Ghana

• 24 October 2013
• Economics, Writings

The Ghana Water Company loses nearly half of the water it produces. Its official target for what it calls Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is 46.3 percent. Strangely enough, PURC, the regulator…Read more →

Crude Oil Find in Ghana & Cote D’Ivoire: Time to Act Strategically? (Part 1)

• 27 April 2013
• Energy, Writings

 This week, international news media reported that France’s Total had struck oil on the CI-100 block off Ivory Coast adjacent to Ghana’s giant Jubilee Field. The block is very close…Read more →

Ghana: Petrol Politics and the Tema Oil Refinery

• 20 February 2013
• Energy, Writings

 The last time we were told our inability to import crude oil for the refinery was due to difficulties with raising letters of credit (LC’s) as a result of arrears…Read more →

Development Strategy For Resource-Rich Nations: Learning from the Norwegian Example

• 19 October 2012
• Oil and Gas, Writings

Norway today ranks top in every major human development metric and it didn't occur by chance. Rather, it had a concerted policy in place to develop a national petroleum industry,…Read more →