Trinidad to give scholarship to African students to acquire oil industry skills

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Accra, Nov. 6, GNA – President John Agyekum Kufuor has welcomed the decision of Trinidad and Tobago to extend a scholarship package to train students from Africa in the field ...


West African Gas Pipeline Project (WAGP) Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast - will be meeting in Abuja

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Participating countries in the West African Gas Pipeline Project (WAGP) Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast - will be meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, next month with a view ...


Vanco and Lukoil Secure Drilling Unit for Ghana Deepwater Drilling

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vanco Ghana Ltd, together with partner Lukoil Overseas Ghana Ltd, has completed contractual arrangements for the Aban Abraham drillship to drill the Dzata-1 well, which will be the first ...


Blackford Dolphin - commence mobilization

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

The drilling unit Blackford Dolphin has completed the commissioning and test phase in Rotterdam and commenced mobilization under the drilling contract with Tullow offshore Ghana Keppel Verolme B.V. and Blackford Dolphin ...


DONG Energy and CARE Danmark collaborate on climate projects in Vietnam and Ghana

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

The world’s poor are the most vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, these people depend on energy for their daily survival and for them to be able to ...


Industry Newsbite for w/e 20 July

Friday, July 18th, 2008

> Ghana to receive 30 million cubic metres of gas for power generation Accra, July 17, GNA - Ghana will soon receive 30 million cubic metres of gas from Nigeria for ...


Construction of a mini refinery in Ghana

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

The Management of Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDC), an international oil managing company operating in Ghana, has applied for an operational licence to design, fabricate and construct a ...


Mahogany-2 well, offshore Ghana, Positive second reservoir test

Friday, July 11th, 2008

10 July 2008 - Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”) is pleased to announce results of a second successful flow test on the Mahogany-2 appraisal well, which is part of the Jubilee ...


Golden Star Reports Increases in Power Costs in Ghana

Friday, June 27th, 2008

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Golden Star Resources Ltd. (TSX: GSC)(AMEX: GSS)(GSE: GSR) today announced that the cost of power from the national grid in Ghana will be increased as a result of higher ...


Anadarko Announces Successful Flow Test Offshore Ghana

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Updates Estimated Resource Range for Jubilee Field HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced the results of the Mahogany-2 drillstem test in the Jubilee field located on the West Cape ...


Kosmos Energy says its oil field at West Cape Three Points is the largest discovery in deep water West Africa

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

It is also potentially the largest single field discovered in the region, which includes oil major Nigeria. Accra, According to a report in the official Government of Ghana portal, an appraisal ...


Ghana and Uganda Exploration Update

Monday, February 25th, 2008

25 February 2008 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces an oil discovery on the Odum-1 exploration well in Ghana and the decision to suspend the Ngassa exploration well and redrill ...


Kosmos Energy Makes Second Oil Discovery Offshore Ghana

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Successful Odum-1 Exploration Well Confirms Significant New Regional Oil Province DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kosmos Energy announces today that the company has made a second significant oil discovery offshore the Republic of Ghana on ...