Oil Contracts
Chinese Development Bank loan: to be or not to be

Chinese Development Bank loan: to be or not to be

The Finder Feb 24 — It’s been over two weeks now since representatives of the…

February 24, 20141 CommentRead More

Gas processing plant to be ready mid-year — Tullow

February 18, 2014No CommentRead More

Business
Ghana’s Energy Minister visits China to woo investors

Ghana’s Energy Minister visits China to woo investors

ACCRA, Feb 24 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) — Ghana’s Energy and Petroleum Resources Minister, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has…

February 24, 2014No CommentRead More

Lonrho to Start $600 Million Ghana Port to Lure Oil Rig Business

February 19, 20142 CommentsRead More

Four groups look at women’s interest in oil and gas sector

Four groups look at women’s interest in oil and gas sector

Four women’s rights non-governmental organisations have collaborated to implement…

Lonrho to Start $600 Million Ghana Port to Lure Oil Rig Business

Lonrho to Start $600 Million Ghana Port to Lure Oil Rig Business

By Ekow Dontoh Feb 13—Lonrho Plc will start building…

Four West Africa neighbours consider a sub-regional gas company

Four West Africa neighbours consider a sub-regional gas company

Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire have agreed…

Ghana struggling to translate oil money into development gains

Ghana struggling to translate oil money into development gains

Infrastructure development remains slow, fuelling fears that the transformative…

Kola Aluko and Ozwald Boateng Launches $500m African Development Fund

Kola Aluko and Ozwald Boateng Launches $500m African Development Fund

On Wednesday 25th September 2013, Ghanaian born British fashion…

Night Life In Takoradi – City Of Black Gold

Ghana discovered oil in commercial quantities in the Western…

Ghana sets up committee to determine cause of whales’ death

Ghana sets up committee to determine cause of whales’ death

A committee has been set up to find out…

Green groups worried about whale deaths along oil-producing Ghana coast

Green groups worried about whale deaths along oil-producing Ghana coast

Decomposed whale carcasses have been washing up on beaches…

6th whale in a month washed ashore in Ghana’s oil region

6th whale in a month washed ashore in Ghana’s oil region

Another dead whale has washed ashore at Asanta in…

Ghana’s energy sector at crossroads

Ghana’s energy sector at crossroads

The Ghana Gas Company (GGC) and its Chinese contractors,…

Ghana, Ivory Coast agree on roadmap to resolve maritime boundary dispute

Ghana, Ivory Coast agree on roadmap to resolve maritime boundary dispute

Ghana and Ivory Coast have agreed to constitute a…

New petroleum law ­­to be passed shortly

New petroleum law ­­to be passed shortly

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum is optimistic a…

Enforcing Ghana’s Local Content policy

Enforcing Ghana’s Local Content policy

When in November 2013 Ghana’s lawmakers passed regulations for…

Ghana’s oil and gas regulations are clumsy

Ghana’s oil and gas regulations are clumsy

By Justice Lee Adoboe – Stakeholders in Ghana’s oil and…

Refine crude oil for export – Dr. Kwabena Donkor

Refine crude oil for export – Dr. Kwabena Donkor

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Mines and…

Opinion An assessment of an environmental problem in Ghana

An assessment of an environmental problem in Ghana

TOPIC: An Assessment Of An Environmental Problem In Ghana AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL…

December 10, 20132 CommentsRead More

Resource companies ripping off Africa: AfDB chief

Resource companies ripping off Africa: AfDB chief

  Developed world mining and energy companies operating in Africa should pay more taxes to…

June 17, 201313 CommentsRead More

Working in Oil Government to invest $20 billion in new oil discoveries

Government to invest $20 billion in new oil discoveries

The government will invest about $20 billion in the development of new oil discoveries over…

October 11, 2013No CommentRead More

Ghana Cabinet Okays Local Content Policy For Oil Sector

Ghana Cabinet Okays Local Content Policy For Oil Sector

By Anthony Sedzro VENTURES AFRICA – Oil and gas companies operating in Ghana will soon…

June 16, 201319 CommentsRead More

Events

TOR secures $900 million facility

  The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has secured $900 million to finance its crude imports and clear the…

May 27, 201214 CommentsRead More

Accountability: Ghana Oil report sets new standard

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) in Ghana published its first report on petroleum revenues for 2011 as Ghana…

May 21, 201210 CommentsRead More

Ghana to host gas forum

Government’s strategic plan to utilize the gas from the oil-producing Jubilee Field to boost industrialization and also minimize…

February 13, 201236 CommentsRead More

Economy

Ghana is spreading oil revenue too thinly – Expert

An energy policy expert says government is not maximizing the use of Ghana’s oil money…

December 17, 2013No CommentRead More

De-link oil revenue funded projects from others – PIAC

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has asked governments to de-link oil-revenue funded projects…

December 4, 20132 CommentsRead More

Minerals Commission fears collapse of mining sector

The Minerals Commission has expressed fears of a possible complete shutdown of gold mining in…

September 30, 20131 CommentRead More

Africa Region
Govt reviews agreement with mining companies

Govt reviews agreement with mining companies

The government is in the process of renegotiating a stability agreement with mining companies to increase…

December 4, 2013No CommentRead More

Opinion

Ghana: ISODEC denounces threat of fuel subsidy withdrawal

  The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) has noted with grave concern attempts by the International…

June 1, 201210 CommentsRead More

Mining
Thousands of mine workers lose jobs as gold price dips

Thousands of mine workers lose jobs as gold price dips

According to the Ghana Mine Workers Union, over 3,000 workers have been laid off by the country’s…

December 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Oil Contracts

Cabinet approves oil exploration at Tano Block

Cabinet has approved an agreement for oil exploration at the South Deep Water Tano Block in…

August 19, 201313 CommentsRead More