Monday, March 15th, 2010
The United States (US) Government on Saturday, presented four speed patrol boats to the Ghana Navy, to help ensure maritime safety and security. Ms Julie Furuta-Toy, Deputy Chief of Mission ...
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Two multi-national oil field service providers- Africa Oilfields Service Limited (AOS) and Orwell International (Oil&Gas) Limited, have committed $5million worth of equipment to Ghana's oil and gas industry. The two ...
Friday, March 12th, 2010
A world class oil processing and storage vessel required for the giant Jubilee oil field will arrive in Ghana in June ahead of commencement of production in the last quarter ...
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has returned from South Korea, where he led a bi-partisan delegation to sign a 10 billion- dollar Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of Ghana for ...
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Ghana on Tuesday announced the discovery of a significant accumulation of oil and gas on the Cape Three Points Deep Water Block located offshore the West African nation.
The Ghana National ...
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
The government of Ghana has blocked the estimated $4bn sale of a stake in its Jubilee oil field, foiling months of talks between potential buyer Exxon Mobil Corp and the ...
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Dr Sekou Nkrumah, National Coordinator of the National Youth Council (NYC), has cautioned government not to overly rely on the oil sector to the detriment of other sectors. He said ...
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
The Tweneboa-2 exploratory appraisal well, being drilled some 6 km southeast of the Tweneboa-1 discovery, has intersected a significant combined hydrocarbon column. Results of drilling, wireline logs and samples of ...
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
The 2008 Flag Bearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom on Thursday reiterated calls for the country to strategize and agree on how the money from ...
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Professor Samuel Kofi Sefa Dedeh, Dean of Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Ghana, Legon, on Thursday called for efforts to ensure Ghana developed the appropriate human resource to ...
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
•Mills-led govt now in credibility problem
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which is holding the Federal Government’s equity in the oil and gas industry, has failed to supply crude oil ...
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Oando, Nigeria's leading integrated energy solutions provider announces that it has been selected as a Strategic Partner to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to develop assets and infrastructure to ...
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
The new license participating interests, which will be the same for both blocks, will be Eni Ghana Exploration and Production Limited 47.22% (and operator); VUGL 37.78%; and state company Ghana ...
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
A delegation from Trinidad and Tobago, arrived in the country at the weekend, to explore the oil and gas industry.
Ms Charles Mendes, (Ed. correct) Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to ...
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Ghana continues to position itself as the investment destination of choice in the sub-region attracting new investments valued at US$111.67 million in the second quarter of 2009 alone), a significant ...
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Nigeria's crude oil production averaged 2.09 million barrels per day in the second quarter, up from 2.01 million bpd during the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics ...
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
The Sankofa-A1 well drilled at Cape Three Points Block on Ghana's offshore by Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) in conjunction with Vitol Upstream Ghana Limited (Vitol) discovered a net hydrocarbon ...
Monday, July 20th, 2009
Nigeria Ambassador to Algeria, Amb. Jeremiah Hassan, yesterday said the Nigeria/Niger/ Algeria Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline agreement would boost the country’s economy.
Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an ...
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Afren Plc, First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) have established First Hydrocarbon Nigeria Company Limited (FHN), which is an... oil and gas company, as ...
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Emerging oil giant Ghana aims to maximise local ownership of its resources to avoid mistakes made by neighbouring nations where oil has become a "curse," its deputy energy minister said ...
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) on Sunday blew up a crude oil facility belonging to the United States oil major, Chevron.
The militant group also seized a chemical ...
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
)))))))))Light, sweet crude for July delivery was recently up 43 cents, or 0.7%, at $63.88 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude on the ICE Futures exchange ...
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
)))))))))US crude for June delivery was up $0.75 at $59.60 a barrel, having hit a high of $59.90. It settled $0.35 higher at $58.85 a barrel on Tuesday, off an ...
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Drilling Unit Leaves Port for Deepwater Drilling
ACCRA, Ghana--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Government of the Republic of Ghana, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Vanco Ghana Ltd. and LUKOIL Overseas Ghana Ltd., ...
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Oando Marketing Limited (OML), Nigeria's leading oil retailer and a subsidiary of Oando PLC, Nigeria's leading integrated energy provider, in its bid to encourage safety consciousness by motorbike operators in ...
Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Fourteen young Ghanaian graduate engineers have begun studies in various disciplines in oil and gas exploration and production under Tullow Oil Ghana’s sponsorship as part of the company’s bid to ...
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Saudi Arabia, said it wanted 60 -75 dollars for a barrel of crude.
Brent North Sea crude for delivery in April shed 1.97 dollars to 42.96 dollars a barrel in London ...
Monday, March 9th, 2009
Company Marks Fourth Consecutive Find on Ghanaian Acreage
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kosmos Energy announces today that the Tweneboa-1 well has discovered a light hydrocarbon accumulation in the Tano Basin offshore the Republic of ...
Monday, March 9th, 2009
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Tweneboa-1 exploration well, drilled in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana, has discovered a significant highly-pressured light hydrocarbon accumulation.
The well encountered 21 metres ...
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
TOR Oil
Don’t forget TOR when oil production starts - Nigeria High Commissioner advices
Tema, March 3, GNA - Senator Musilu Obanikoro, Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana has advised the government of ...
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Oil was steady under $43 a barrel on Thursday, after surging more than 6 percent overnight on U.S. government data that showed a larger-than-expected drop in gasoline stocks as demand ...
Friday, February 20th, 2009
Two organisations has called for the right institutions and transparent policies to be put in place before the production Ghana’s oil begins.
The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) and Oxfam America ...
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Oman began pumping natural gas from the West Bukha offshore field off the Musandam Peninsula, with forecasts of 40 million cubic feet per day by 2010.
The Ras al-Khaimah Gas Commission ...
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Nigeria steps up reforms in oil sector
With two former OPEC heads on board, the Nigerian administration seems decided to clean up the national oil company despite falling crude prices and ...
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Nigeria- Okoro Setu Project
Production operations on the Okoro Setu Project are continuing to run efficiently. The wells are producing in line with expectations and fine tuning of the production process ...
