Ghana’s upstream petroleum regulator, the Petroleum Commission, and Kosmos Energy Ghana on Thursday signed an agreement to facilitate the secondment of some commission engineers to Kosmos Energy’s facility in Houston, Texas. The initiative is part of the commission’s efforts to build a skilled and technically competent workforce capable of regulating and supporting Ghana’s upstream petroleum […]
Oil majors Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab and Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab have signed a non-binding agreement for the acquisition of production rights over Ghana’s South Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points oil and gas block, Ghana’s energy minister said. The memorandum of understanding with Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, signed on Tuesday, comes as the […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Pecan Energies Ghana Limited, Kadijah Amoah, has called for greater innovation in mobilising African capital to finance the continent’s energy development. Speaking during the Finance Leadership Exchange at AOW 2026 in Accra, Kadijah joined senior leaders from the banking, development finance and energy sectors to explore the financing models required […]
West Africa-focused Tullow Oil (TLW.L), opens new tab reported a sharp improvement in first-half free cash flow on Monday, driven by strong output from its Ghana fields, stronger-than-expected new-well performance and higher oil prices stemming from the Iran war.Here are details: Tullow’s free cash flow swung to $4 million for the first half ended June […]
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and Malaysia’s state-owned energy company PETRONAS have begun a two-week technical and commercial engagement in Accra to assess opportunities in Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector.
Unity has launched an ultra-compact blowout preventer (BOP) valve designed to enable well intervention in space-constrained offshore environments where conventional BOP systems cannot be deployed. The new Unity Qb valve measures approximately one-third the width of conventional BOP systems and is rated to 10,000 psi. The technology is designed for wireline, slickline and coiled […]
Tullow Oil’s 2025-26 drilling campaign at its fields offshore Ghana has concluded. The last of the seven new completed wells – a water injector on the Jubilee field – came onstream earlier this month. All the previous six wells were Jubilee producers. Tullow added that 4D seismic data interpretation had paid off in terms of […]
Tullow Oil confirmed production was on track to hit the upper end of its guidance range on Monday, following a strong first half. The independent exploration and production firm said working interest oil and gas production in the six months to 30 June was 43,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), while a surge […]
Ghana has moved further to deepen its oil exploration with the endorsing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shell and Chevron covering exploration and production rights over the South Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block. The MoU includes the appraisal of the existing Nyankom discovery as the country seeks to revive upstream investment. The agreement […]