Natural gas transporter West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has doubled its capacity from an initial 70mmscf per day to 140mmscf per day. According to management, the infrastructural expansion works - which cost some US$3.5million - will enable the company to transport higher volumes of natural gas to VRA, aside...
BOST’s Managing Director Mr. Alfred Obeng, with his management team, embarked on a two-day working trip up north to inspect depots in Bolgatanga, Savulugu, Buipe and Debre. During the visit, the MD affirmed continuity of BOST’s supply to Burkina Faso through SONABY - a Burkinabe state-owned company responsible for procurement...
…as it prepares to summon Finance Minister Members of Parliament are demanding a for full list of projects funded with oil revenue and are considering inviting the Finance Minister to come and provide the legislature with a detailed  lists of oil funded projects. During the debate of the 2016 Public Interest...
For the fourth consecutive year the Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA) has rewarded the best of industry players from the upstream, midstream and downstream to allied and supply chain service providers. At a glitzy event at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, more than 50 individuals and organisations were...
A decade after oil discovery in Ghana, the commodity’s revenue generation developmental impacts so far are questionable, Professor John Asafu-Adjaye - Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) - has stated. He said despite the fact that some of the revenue generated from oil has been saved for future...
Oil discoveries can lead first to jubilation then to economic jeopardy Every year there are major discoveries of oil and gas deposits around the world. Government officials and citizens alike are jubilant, anticipating the prosperity these discoveries herald. But that exuberance can often be misplaced. Some countries have experienced growth...
The Council of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) says the country’s premix arrangement needs a complete review and a complete overhauling. According to the Council, the current system in practice is simply prone to such corrupt diversions and retrading. It argues that premix fuel has become a lucrative business for...
Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has said that no individual is now allowed to lift contaminated oil from Ghana’s Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST). This, he said, is part of interim measures to prevent the supply of contaminated fuel onto the Market following the BOST scandal where some five...
Golden Star Resources Limited has been adjudged Mining Company of the Year at the 2017 edition of the Ghana Mining Industry Awards. Golden Star beat competition from over 10 other mining companies to win the top award at the 4th Ghana Mining Industry Awards, organised by the Ghana Chamber of...
The 4th Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA 2017) brings together over 400 industry players in the oil and gas industry annually from downstream, mainstream and upstream specifically. The awards recognises achievements from local and international companies involved in the Ghana oil and gas sector and rewarded those that have played...