Ghana a key player in West Africa’s energy security – John Jinapor tells investors

Minister of Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, has urged planetary investors to research the increasing opportunities wrong Ghana’s revitalised vigor sector.

Speaking astatine the 2025 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) successful Houston, United States, the assemblage curate positioned Ghana arsenic a acceptable and reliable concern destination.

He emphasised government's committedness to creating an enabling situation for sustainable investment, peculiarly successful vigor and related infrastructure.

While wooing investors, helium stated that; “Ghana is the close spot to bash business... With a caller medication focused connected overhauling systems and implementing bold fiscal and regulatory reforms, we are unfastened and acceptable for investment.”

The curate outlined caller argumentation decisions and structural reforms that are already yielding tangible gains successful the sector.

John Jinapor said Ghana is strategically expanding its vigor infrastructure to solidify its relation arsenic a determination hub for vigor proviso and logistics crossed West Africa.

Highlighting the value of determination collaboration successful achieving shared improvement goals, helium said; “The prospects are already becoming evident. We are determined to reverse the inclination and standard up production. With these efforts, we volition proceed to proviso reliable powerfulness to Benin, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. Ghana remains a pivotal unit for vigor information successful the West African sub-region.”

A cardinal item of his remarks was the US$60 cardinal Petroleum Hub task located successful Jomoro successful the Western Region, which is acceptable to alteration Ghana’s vigor and economical landscape.

Speaking earlier astatine the "Invest successful African Energy: Accra Investor Briefing" connected April 14, 2025, Jinapor reaffirmed the government’s unwavering dedication to the hub’s completion.

He stated that; “We are resolute successful completing Africa’s largest and lone petroleum hub, implicit with world-class ancillary infrastructure. This improvement opens up immense concern opportunities crossed the worth chain.”

The vigor and greenish modulation curate added that Ghana’s imaginativeness includes the operation of 3 lipid refineries, each with a minimum processing capableness of 300,000 barrels per watercourse day, alongside 5 petrochemical plants, extended vessel farms, and different captious infrastructure.

The Offshore Technology Conference brought unneurotic planetary manufacture professionals to speech ideas, showcase innovations, and code cardinal challenges successful the offshore vigor sector.

Ghana’s beingness astatine the 2025 OTC was led by the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC), represented by its CEO, Dr Toni Aubynn; Deputy CEOs Onasis Rosely and Halimatu Sadia Abdulai; and Senior Business Development Manager, Abigail Abrokwa.

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