Tag: Oil
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Ghana’s oil revenue drops to US$540m in first half of 2023
Ghana has recorded a total of US$540 million in petroleum receipts during the first half of 2023, as reported by the Petroleum Holding Fund report released by the Bank of Ghana, which provides insights into the Fund’s performance. However, this amount represents a decrease compared to the US$731 million recorded during the same period in…
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Ghana’s oil production declines for the third consecutive year – PIAC
Ghana has for the third consecutive year seen a decline in crude oil production according to the 2022 Public Interest and Accountability Committee’s (PIAC) annual report. 71,439,585 barrels were produced in 2019 but declined to 66,926,806 barrels in 2020 representing a 6.32 percent drop. It further declined to 55,050,391 barrels in 2021 (17.75%) and then…
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Trade surplus hits $1.87 billion in October
Latest figures from the Bank of Ghana indicate that Ghana’s total balance of trade recorded a surplus of 1.87 billion dollars in the first ten months of the year. This, according to the Central Bank’s Summary of Economic and Financial Data is equivalent to about 2.8% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The surplus recorded is…
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Gov’t to barter gold for oil – Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has hinted at a policy to use gold to make purchases of oil on the commodity market. Speaking at the AGI Awards night in Accra, Dr. Bawumia said this barter of sustainably mined gold for oil is key in addressing the economic crisis confronting the country. The cedi depreciated…
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The crisis of debt and Oil price shocks: The looming storms in Ghana
According to the World Bank, Ghana’s economy faces the risk of collapsing by 2022 due to a looming debt crisis. We draw on history and current situations in some developing economies to shed light on this predicament, suggesting solutions that we believe can prevent us from being in recovery mode. The 1980s is wildly celebrated…
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Tullow executives pay working visit to Ghana
The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of Tullow Oil Plc, led by the Chief Executive Officer, Rahul Dhir are paying a working visit to Ghana. The visiting Executives will hold a series of engagements with key Government of Ghana stakeholders, including the Office of the Vice President, Ministry of Energy, the Bank of Ghana, the Ghana…
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Adverse impact of COVID-19 causes decline in exports and imports – BoG data
Latest data from the Bank of Ghana’s Summary of Macroeconomic and Financial Data for January 2021, indicate that the country’s external sector continues to suffer adversely from the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the data, the value of the country’s total exports decreased to 1.4 billion dollars in 2020, from the $1.5…
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Fuel prices to go up slightly in 1st pricing window of February – IES
Consumers of petroleum products should be paying slightly higher prices for the fuel they purchase at the country’s various pumps for the next two weeks which is the first pricing window for February, 2021. According to an analysis by the Institute of Energy Security, IES, the increase can be attributed to the 3.9% increase in…
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Nigeria counts on gas to ease pangs of fuel subsidy cuts
Nigeria is counting on gas-powered vehicles to help it reduce reliance on gasoline and improve its climate credentials while easing the pangs of ending decades of an expensive fuel-subsidy regime. Energy prices have shot up sharply after the government ended subsidies and the country’s labor unions are threatening a general strike on Sept. 28. After…
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy to shrink by 3.2% in 2020 – IMF
Data released by the International Monetary Fund, IMF, in a revised Regional Economic Outlook (REO) forecast for 2020 indicates that countries within Sub Saharan Africa will suffer a significant shrink due to depressed economic activity, a negative outcome of the novel Coronavirus pandemic. According to the IMF, earlier anticipated impact could worsen in Sub Saharan…