The Petroleum Commission is pleased to present the 2026 Ghana Upstream Petroleum Business Outlook Report to the industry. The Commission anticipates a continued increase in operational
activities within the sector as the Government of Ghana doubles down on efforts to strengthen upstream infrastructure, promote exploration opportunities, open up frontier basins for exploration and create an investor-friendly regulatory environment.

The future of Ghana’s Upstream Petroleum Industry is in our hands. Our seventh edition of this Business Outlook report comes at a time when the Committee inaugurated by the Minister of Energy and GreenTransition to review Ghana’s upstream petroleum legal, regulatory, and fiscal framework has submitted its initial report to the Minister. Once Cabinet approves the recommendations of the Committee, the report will be sent to Parliament for ratification…

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