Ghana starts to think big
Big international energy firms’ interest in Ghanaian upstream acreage bolsters hopes for the future
Mohammed Amin Adam, Ghana's minister of energy in charge of petroleum, is confident that the country's energy sector is on the brink of something big. He says the country can expand oil production from 180,000–-200,000bl/d now to 500,000bl/d within six years, and is targeting up to 1mn bl/d beyond that. But getting there will need both established ones and new operators to follow through on exploration and production plans. And Adam knows that will not be easy in an increasingly competitive African marketplace. International oil companies' spending may be rising, but still remains below pre-2014 oil price slide levels. Ghana has built on the success of UK independent Tullow's Jubilee field—d
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