Ghana is set to drill its first exploration well in the Voltaian Basin between the fourth quarter of 2026 and the first quarter of 2027, the Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Commission, Ms Emeafa Hardcastle, has disclosed.
The Voltaian Basin is a vast onshore sedimentary basin covering approximately 104,000 square kilometres, representing about 40 per cent of the country’s total landmass.
Spanning eight administrative regions across central and northern Ghana, the basin is currently the focus of major national efforts to establish a commercial onshore oil and gas industry.
Speaking at the opening of the 2026 Global Energy Show in Canada over the weekend, Ms Hardcastle said preliminary assessments of the basin had revealed encouraging petroleum potential and evidence of an active petroleum system, boosting confidence in the basins commercial prospects.