Tag: oil hedging
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Protect Ghanaians from possible US-Iran tensions escalation – COPEC
Even as oil prices drop on the international market, the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana-COPEC, has called on the government to put in place strategies to protect Ghanaians against a possible hike in oil prices due to any escalation in US-Iran relations in the near future. According to COPEC, the government can consider hedging as…
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IFS renews pressure to hedge Ghana’s oil
The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), has made fresh calls for Ghana to hedge its oil to protect the country from shocks in the global price of crude. The Institute is warning the country risks missing out on its 7 percent growth target for 2017 should prevailing conditions on the global oil market persist. “We…