Oil Contracts
Parliament ratifies petroleum agreement

Parliament ratifies petroleum agreement

The Parliament of Ghana has ratified the petroleum agreement between government and five organisations for…

March 25, 2014297 CommentsRead More

Watch trailer: Brad Pitt’s “Big Men” documentary on Ghana’s Oil

March 18, 2014449 CommentsRead More

Business

Chamber of Mines gets new CEO

Mr Sulemanu Koney, Chairman of the Technical Committee of the National Petroluem Authority (NPA), has…

April 18, 2014No CommentRead More

‘Extend exemptions to local companies’

March 20, 2014260 CommentsRead More

Ghana, Guinea to share experience in extractive industries

Ghana, Guinea to share experience in extractive industries

Ghana and Guinea are planning to engage in exchange…

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…

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…

Gas processing plant to be ready mid-year — Tullow

Gas processing plant to be ready mid-year — Tullow

  Tullow Oil, one of the major Jubilee partners…

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…

Fraud: Buah’s signature allegedly forged by Canadian oil firm

Fraud: Buah’s signature allegedly forged by Canadian oil firm

Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) says it fears…

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…

Three years of oil production in Ghana

Three years of oil production in Ghana

The third year of oil production in Ghana, precisely…

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…

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…

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, 2013203 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, 2013353 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, 2013363 CommentsRead 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, 20131,274 CommentsRead More

Events
Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme 2013 – 2014 (Hurry and Apply Now) – Ghana

Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme 2013 – 2014 (Hurry and Apply Now) – Ghana

  Tullow Oil plc is pleased to announce that it will offer up to 114 scholarships across its…

February 4, 2014436 CommentsRead More

TOR secures $900 million facility

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

May 27, 2012371 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, 2012747 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, 2013257 CommentsRead 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, 2013547 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, 2013439 CommentsRead 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, 2013214 CommentsRead 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, 2012342 CommentsRead More

Mining
TWN holds national dialogue on Minerals Dependence

TWN holds national dialogue on Minerals Dependence

   Mr Ben Aryee, Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, said government has over the…

March 17, 2014330 CommentsRead More

Oil Contracts
Enforcing Ghana’s Local Content policy

Enforcing Ghana’s Local Content policy

When in November 2013 Ghana’s lawmakers passed regulations for local content in its nascent oil industry,…

February 6, 201463 CommentsRead More