The Government of Ghana has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with ENI Ghana, Vitol Upstream Tano Ltd (Vitol) and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) covering offshore acreages GH WB 3 and GH WB 8 in the Tano Basin. The agreements, signed by the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, […]
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Ghana’s Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has urged global oil and gas investors to support greater African ownership, local capacity and stable policy frameworks, saying the continent needs to capture more value from its hydrocarbon resources as the energy transition gathers pace.
Ghana must continue to improve its competitiveness to attract the capital needed to sustain production from existing oil fields, develop discovered resources and advance new exploration opportunities, the chief executive officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Kwame Ntow Amoah, has said.