The paper is a speech delivered by Senyo K. Hosi in October 2018 at the Africa Development and Investment Convention (ADIC 2018) in Zurich, Switzerland. The paper interrogates the ‘Africa rising’ phrase and explores whether Africa is rising with its people. It assesses challenges Africa faces with its sustainable development and proposes a way forward […]
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has cautioned the Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) to ensure that it puts in place the necessary measures to absorb any risk that may arise from its partnership with Exxon Mobil. GOIL is set to become ExxonMobil’s local partner as it begins full-scale exploration for oil in Ghana’s
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The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has acquired a 120-tonne-per-hour boiler to assist in the production of steam for onward conversion into electricity for the operations of the refinery. That will help the company to wean itself off the national grid and make it self-sufficient in energy supply. Currently, TOR consumes 7.5MW of power at peak
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The mercurial nature of the oil market has flipped the mood in the past two weeks from hysterical expectations of severely reduced supply from Iran to concerns over the pace of global economic and oil demand growth. Trade wars, weakening emerging markets and currencies, and the strengthening U.S. dollar began to overshadow market fears that
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Petro-states urgently need to begin diversifying their economies, shifting away from oil production, or else they face financial risks in the years ahead. That conclusion comes from the IEA’s new report, “Outlook for Producer Economies,” which warns that a changing energy system threatens the economies of oil-producing countries. The threat comes in multiple forms, both
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Crude markets had a panic attack in August and September that sent prices soaring. Sanity is now returning. Prices have fallen but are likely to move even lower over the next few months. The panic attack was caused largely by Trump’s August 7 announcement that sanctions would be re-imposed on Iran. Anxiety about the effect
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The new ship fuel regulations coming into force at the start of 2020 are set to create an initial confusion on the refining market and crude oil and oil product trade flows, analysts and industry experts say. We are now just 14 months away from January 1, 2020—the start date which the International Maritime Organization
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Oil prices fell on Tuesday [October 10, 2018] following the IMF’s downward review of the global economic growth forecasts. Reuters however reports that markets were supported as Hurricane Michael closed nearly 40 percent of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil output and U.S. sanctions restricted Iranian exports. The Fund reduced the global economic growth from 3.9
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The Tankers Drivers Union (TDU) says Monday’s industrial action by its members has been called off with immediate effect. The union of over 4,000 transporters of petrol, diesel and petroleum products, said they would suspend operations citing poor working conditions and salary distortions, and vowed to remain on strike until the National Petroleum Authority (NPA)
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Labour has joined public disapproval of fuel price increases that hit the pumps last week. Fuel prices went beyond ¢5 per litre during last pricing window, causing many interest groups to call on the government to step in and provide some cushion. Already, the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) has called for “an immediate
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