Ghana’s downstream petroleum regulator is signalling a broader strategy for energy security that goes beyond fuel pricing and market oversight, placing renewed emphasis on refining, storage infrastructure, gas-based fuels and long-term policy stability as the country seeks to strengthen its position as a regional energy hub. The message emerges from a detailed industry briefing by...
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ACEP Says Ghana’s Electricity Crisis Is a Failure of System Planning
Ghana’s mounting electricity-sector liabilities are increasingly being driven by a mismatch between generation contracts and the country’s ability to absorb, deliver and recover revenue from the power it purchases, according to the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP). The warning follows the U.S. bribery conviction linked to the AKSA Enerji power project, which ACEP says...
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GNPC Sees Voltaian Basin as Ghana’s Next Petroleum Frontier
Ghana’s National OilCompany is positioning the Voltaian Basin as the country’s most important long-term upstream frontier, arguing that the underexplored basin could reshape Ghana’s petroleum future at a time when global investment capital is becoming increasingly selective.According to the report, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Chief Executive Kwame Ntow Amoah said the basin represents a...