Ghana News


Eni Ghana contract secured for Maersk Voyager

Mar 02, 2015

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from eni Ghana Exploration and Production Ltd., an Eni subsidiary, for use of the newbuild drillship Maersk Voyager. The firm contract period is 3.5 years with an option to extend by one year…

DeepOcean providing MPV for Tullow

Feb 19, 2015

Tullow Ghana awarded DeepOcean Ghana a contract to provide the services of a multi purpose construction vessel (MPV) offshore Ghana. DeepOcean will provide the inspection, survey and subsea construction on the Tullow operated deepwater Jubilee and TEN fields…

KANFA wins Cape Three Points contracts

Feb 16, 2015

Sevan Marine subsidiary KANFA has been awarded a letter of award for the engineering, procurement and construction  (EPC) of four process modules for the FPSO Yinson Production. The contract is expected to last 15 months and be worth about US$50 million…

Yinson inks Ghana FPSO deal

Jan 28, 2015

Malaysia's Yinson Holdings has won a US$2.5 billion FPSO charter and operation contract with Eni on the deepwater Offshore Cape Three Points Block (OCTP), offshore Ghana. The contract, agreed between Eni and Yinson companies Yinson Production…

Eni sanctions Ghana OCTP project

Jan 27, 2015

Italian explorer Eni sanctioned the Offshore Cape Three Point (OCTP) deepwater development project that will provide domestic gas supply to Ghana’s thermal power plants for more than 15 years. Image from Eni…

Agreement reached on Tano

Oct 13, 2014

Petrel Resources and Clontarf Energy have confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the Ghanaian authorities on the specific revised co-ordinates of the signed Petroleum Agreement on a license Block in the Tano area of Ghana.   The…

Hydra joins Wood Group for Tullow's TEN, off Ghana

Aug 01, 2014

Hydra Offshore Ltd. and Wood Group Ghana Ltd. cement a long-term relationship for subsea engineering services in Ghana. Ghanaian company Hydra Offshore has signed a two-year contract to provide local engineering support to Wood Group Ghana…

Eco Atlantic acquires block offshore Ghana

Jul 30, 2014

Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd.received approval from the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana to acquire a 50.51% interest in the Cape Three Points West block, located in the Tano Cape Three Points basin, offshore Ghana. The agreement is for 25 years…

Tullow discusses offshore Ghana developments

Jul 01, 2014

Tullow Oil shares this video on their exploration projects offshore Ghana, including the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) project, which the company says is on track for first oil by mid-2016. Read more on Tullow's TEN development…

Tullow selects WGK for TEN work

Jul 01, 2014

Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has been awarded an engineering services contract to support Tullow Ghana and its partners through the execution phase of the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) project, offshore Ghana. WGK will provide subsea, umbilical…

AGM Petroleum, GNPC team up in Tano Basin

Mar 13, 2014

Minexco Petroleum Inc., the African focused private Oil and Gas Exploration Company, provided details of the petroleum agreement between its subsidiary AGM Petroleum and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), for their joint project in the South Deepwater Tano Basin…

FMC wins TEN order

Oct 15, 2013

FMC Technologies, Inc. received an order from Tullow Ghana Ltd to supply subsea systems for its Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme Development (TEN) offshore Ghana. The order has an estimated value of US$340 million in revenue. FMC Technologies' scope of supply includes subsea trees…

Latest Tullow Ghana project gets green light

May 31, 2013

Tullow Oil's offshore Ghana Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme Development (TEN project) plan has been given the green light by the country's government. The TEN project is in the Deepwater Tano Contract Area, 60km off the coast of Ghana and about 30km west of Tullow's Jubilee Field…

Craig International Supplies launches West African alliance

Apr 24, 2013

Craig Group seeks Ghana bases Craig International Supplies (CIS), a division of global shipping and energy services firm Craig Group, has announced at the 4th Ghana Summit, Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, a strategic partnership…

Eni touts Ghana find

Jan 18, 2013

Eni discovers oil and gas pay at Sankofa wellTesting at Sankofa-2 ST (Photo: Vitol)Eni successfully drilled Sankofa East 2A, the first appraisal well of the Sankofa East oil discovery in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, located in the Tano Basin offshore Ghana…

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