Ghana’s next oil bet: Can the Voltaian Basin end the country’s dependence on offshore fields?

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) says a rig could be on site by the end of the year. The big question is what happens to Ghana’s oil industry if the three main fields decline, and whether a basin drilled only once in 50 years can help. Ghana’s oil story has so far been written almost entirely at sea. Jubilee…