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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Theo Acheampong speaks to the BBC Africa Business Report on the Ghana-Ivory Coast maritime border dispute and the impact of petroleum activities on Ghana’s economy. Ghana told to hit brakes…
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…
The one thing that often strikes me in my research on Ghana’s recent economic history is why despite the country being one of the new petroleum producing developing countries; it…
I made my first appearance on Newsfile, the influential Joy FM programme, to discuss the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire maritime border dispute. Some of the issues discussed together with the other panellists…
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…
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…
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…
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,…