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Market Outlook – 1st to 15th May 2026 Pricing Window

Crude and Refined Products Price Review and Outlook     International crude oil prices plummeted...

CBOD Energy Manifesto Town Hall: Kofi Buah Touts NDC’s Record In The Energy Industry As Superior

The former Minister of Energy and Petroleum Emmanuel Arma-Kofi Buah has touted the National Democratic...

NPP and NDC justify their energy manifesto promises at maiden CBOD event dubbed “The Energy Manifesto Town Hall”

The two main political parties, the National Democratic Party (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will in...

Oil falls 3% as COVID-19 infections raise demand concerns

Oil fell 3% on Monday, extending last week’s losses as growing cases of COVID-19 in the United States and Europe...

Petroleum Hub Bill Passed

Ghana’s Parliament has passed the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation Bill, 2020. The Bills seeks to...

EPA Encourages LPG Stakeholders To Embrace Safety

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)has urged stakeholders in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry to...

Tanker Drivers Union Begins Sit-Down Strike

Aggrieved members of the National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union have embarked on a sit-down strike. The strike...

Fuel Tanker Drivers Begin Sit-Down Strike

Fuel tanker drivers across the country have been directed by their mother association, the Ghana National...

BOST Product Loss Internal Committee concludes its sittings

Figure 1 details The Bost stock Losses of the 7 BIDECs The BOST Product Loss Internal Committee has concluded...

NPA Boss Assures Industry Players of Addressing Concerns Over New Gas Policy

Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Alhassan Tampuli has assured a section of industry players that, their concerns about the existing pilot of the new gas policy will be addressed. He said consumers stands to gain from the overall outcome of the policy. Speaking at a pilot launch in the Jomoro District of...

Oil Giant Vitol handed record $2.2 billion payout to its traders

Vitol Group paid a record $2.2 billion to its executives and staff through share buybacks last year, an unusually large payout that comes as the oil trader undergoes a generational transition in leadership. The buyback — Vitol’s main way of rewarding about 350 top employees who own the privately-held company — means the trading house...

BP halves dividend after suffering record loss

BP has halved its shareholder dividend and posted a record $6.7bn quarterly loss after the coronavirus pandemic hit global demand for oil. The dividend news is another blow for pension funds and private investors who have seen a string of firms cut or halt payouts. The loss was largely due to BP writing down the...

Vaalco expects increased oil production in Gabon

Houston-listed Vaalco Energy, which has been producing oil from Gabon’s Etame Marin field since 2002, will increase its oil production in 2020 by 35% compared to 2019. Gross reserves and resources for the company’s Gabon assets are around 115mn bl; Vaalco’s share, net of royalties, is 31mn bl, while it produces around 18,000 barrels per...

Total writes off $9.3B in oilsands assets, cancels Canadian oil lobby membership

French energy giant Total says it is writing off $9.3-billion worth of oilsands assets in Alberta and cancelling its membership in the Calgary-based Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Total now considers oil reserves with high production costs that are to be produced more than 20 years in the future to be “stranded” given its carbon...

Ghana:Petroleum holding fund for 2020 Q1 drops by $124m as against 2019 Q1

A new report by the Bank of Ghana shows that the country received a total of 310.14 million dollars into Ghana’s Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF) for the first half of 2020. Compared to same period in 2019, the figure dropped by $124. 34 million dollars as the figure for last year was $434.48 million dollars...

Saudi Arabia may be forced to cut oil prices once again

After three consecutive months of raising its crude oil prices, the world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, is widely expected to make the first cut to its official selling prices (OSPs) since the OPEC+ group started their record production cuts to prop up the market and prices amid crashing demand.  Oil refiners and traders in...

African Energy Chamber Launches New Energy Jobs Portal and Pledges to Boost Local Content

The platform will assist local and international companies in attracting local talent across 30 different skills set in the oil & gas, power and renewable energy sectors JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 7, 2020/ — In order to maximize the saving of local jobs and assist in the recovery of African energy markets after the Covid-19...

VACANCY: Natural Resource Governance Institute President & CEO

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)’s mission is to secure a future where countries rich in oil, gas and minerals achieve sustainable, inclusive development—one where people receive lasting benefits from extractives, and the negative impacts associated with the sector are minimized. NRGI is an independent, global non-profit organization that works collaboratively to generate and translate...