Ghana Archives - Ibe Kachikwu

22nd November 2021

Tullow Oil Exercises Pre-Emption Rights, Increases Interests in Jubilee and TEN Fields Offshore Ghana

Tullow Oil is to increase its stake in the Jubilee and TEN fields offshore Ghana by 7.7%, with the company having exercised its pre-emption rights to acquire Occidental Petroleum’s interest...

11th November 2021

COP26: Climate Summit Not Considering African Reality – Ghanaian Ministerial Delegation

According to Upstream, a representative of the Ghanaian ministerial team claimed that while developed countries release pledge after pledge to reduce emissions at the COP26 climate summit, the concerns of...

4th November 2021

COP26: It is Unfair to Demand Africa Abandons the Resources Needed to Finance Development – President Akufo-Addo

President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, spoke at the Glasgow Summit, expressing his disappointment with wealthy nations for failing to honour their annual commitments of $100...

20th September 2021

Ghana Establishes Petroleum Hub to Boost Economic Growth and Prosperity

Ghana is building a petroleum hub along the coast of the country's Western Region province to facilitate necessary industrial services such as rails, roadways, storage tanks, refineries, and air transportation....

22nd July 2021

AfDB to Provide Renewable Energy to Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tunisia

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Leveraging Energy Access Finance Framework (LEAF) programme aims to unlock commercial and local currency financing for decentralised renewable energy (DRE) projects in Ghana, Guinea, Ethiopia,...

9th July 2021

Eni Announces Significant Discovery in Block 4 Offshore Ghana

Eni, an Italian oil and gas corporation, has announced a significant oil discovery off the coast of Ghana on the Eban exploration area in CTP Block 4. According to preliminary...

27th May 2021

Tema Oil Refinery Refutes Reports it is on the Verge of Shutdown

Contrary to allegations that the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is on the verge of failing due to its failure to pay utility bills, the refinery's managers have denied that the...

8th April 2021

Tullow Oil Commences Multi-Well Drilling Campaign Offshore Ghana

Tullow Oil has announced that it has started a multi-year, multi-well drilling campaign offshore Ghana with the commencement of drilling of the first well at the Jubilee field. Maersk Venturer...

24th March 2021

Bureau Veritas Completes Classification of Torman LNG FRU at Tema Port, Ghana

Classification society, Bureau Veritas, has completed the classification of the Torman LNG floating regasification unit (FRU) at Tema port, Ghana. The unit is combined with a floating storage unit (FSU)...

24th February 2021

Sahara Group through So Energy Commissions New Filling Station in Ghana

The Downstream Company of Sahara Group, So Energy, has commissioned the So Kojokrom Station on the Takoradi highway, in the Western Region of Ghana. The new project conforms to the...