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The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) will today commence a two-day workshop on finding solutions to the declining crude oil production in the country.<\/p>\n
Hosted by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) the Technical Consultative Workshop\u2019 brings together about 300 local and international experts.<\/p>\n
The participants will be drawn from PIAC\u2019s membership and staff, Petroleum Commission (PC), Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Ghana National Gas Limited Company (GNGLC), government officials and policy makers, representatives from international oil and gas companies in the country, international industry experts in Norway, Libya, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indonesia and local industry experts and consultants, civil society groups, academia and researchers, and the media.<\/p>\n
The Chairperson of PIAC, Emerita Professor Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf in an interview said the engagement\u00a0 aims at providing a comprehensive\u00a0 technical platform for stakeholders to have meaningful discussions and develop actionable solutions to the declining crude oil production in the country.<\/p>\n
She said the workshop is expected to provide an overview of the current oil production landscape in Ghana, identify the technical and regulatory challenges resulting in the decline of production, provide and discuss innovative solutions and strategies to enhance production and bolster collaboration among key stakeholders to reverse the decline and maximise production for economic benefit.<\/p>\n
Information available to the Daily Guide<\/em><\/strong> shows that Ghana\u2019s\u00a0 upstream\u00a0 oil and gas sector has played a key role in economic development since the commencement of commercial production on the Jubilee\u00a0 Field in 2010 and this is reflected in the industry\u2019s\u00a0 increasing\u00a0 contribution to total government\u00a0 revenue\u00a0 since 2010, contributing an average of eight percent over the last five years.<\/p>\n\u201cThe coming on stream of the Tweneboa, Enyenra, and Ntomme (TEN) Fields in 2016 and the Sankofa Gye Nyame (SGN) Fields in 2017, further propelled this growth with more revenues being accrued to support economic development,\u201d PIAC said.<\/p>\n
It explained that over the last four years, however, crude oil production has been on the declining trend, sparking concerns about the future of the upstream petroleum sector, if the technical challenges on the producing fields are not addressed and additionally, no new fields are developed and\/or investments attracted, in the context of the threat posed by the global energy transition.<\/p>\n
PIAC said as an account\u00a0 watchdog over the management and use of petroleum\u00a0 revenues, has reiterated its concern over the declining trend of crude oil production in its latest 2023 Annual Report on the management and use of petroleum\u00a0 revenues.<\/p>\n
The Report said total crude oil production from Ghana\u2019s three producing fields has declined since 2019.\u00a0 It states that more than 71.4 million barrels of crude oil was produced in 2019, representing peak crude volumes since commercial crude oil production in Ghana.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince then, production has been on a downward trend, with 66.9 million barrels produced in 2020 and 55.2 million barrels in 2021. Production further declined to 51.7 million barrels in 2022 and 48.25 million barrels in 2023,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
PIAC indicated that per its analysis, the average decline over the four-year period ( from 2020 to 2023) stood at about 10 percent saying that this trend poses serious economic and strategic planning challenges, impacting negatively on revenue generation,\u00a0 energy security, and overall economic\u00a0 stability, if not halted.<\/p>\n
It named some of the factors contributing to the decline to include technical challenges, maturing producing fields, and the lack of new investments.<\/p>\n
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