Hi Everyone, I am co-editing a Special Issue of Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL) on “COVID-19 and the Energy Transition” with Prof. Tina Soliman Hunter, Professor of Energy…
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…Aker Energy postpones operations, as COVID-19 disrupts supply value chain Even as the projected US$1.5billion revenue from the petroleum industry will not be met due to the collapse of global…
The country has gas reserves of about 2-3 trillion standard cubic feet, and Dr. Theophilus Acheampong, a petroleum economist, believes the gas sector has the potential to be a game-changer…
A Petroleum Economist and Political Risk Analyst, Dr. Theophilus Acheampong, has said Aker Energy cannot be said to have made new oil discoveries rejecting claims made by policy think IMANI…
Policy analysts are calling on government to regularize the gas sector with focus on the gas pricing as it is the base of our economy. A research on gas price…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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),…
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),…