Ghana to Award New Oil Blocks off West Coast
, the energy ministry said on Thursday.The West African country plans to award six of the nine blocks this year while the remaining three will be given out next year through a mix of open competitive tender and direct negotiations, the ministry said in a statement.It said state oil company Ghana National Petroleum Corporation will acquire one of the blocks to explore in partnership with a strategic partner to develop its technical capacity and become an operator.Ghana, which began commercial crude production in late 2010, currently produces around 180,000 barrels per day mainly from three fields offshore
Wood Group Kenny Wins Ghana Contract for Subsea Engineering
. The TEN fields lie in the Deepwater Tano block, around 60 kilometres offshore Ghana. The reservoirs are spread over 800 square kilometres, and lie in water depths of between 1,000 and 1,800 metres. Development of the TEN Project is being led by Tullow Oil, with partners Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Kosmos Energy LLC, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and PetroSA. The TEN Development Plan was approved by the Government of Ghana in May 2013 and requires the drilling and completion of up to 24 development wells. These will be connected through subsea infrastructure to an FPSO