Assessing and managing the environmental and social impacts associated with developing Ghana’s first major offshore oil field
Assessing and managing the environmental and social impacts associated with developing Ghana’s first major offshore oil field
2 PagesCase Study: Tullow Ghana Ltd Assessing and managing the environmental and social impacts associated with developing Ghana’s first major offshore oil field to meet the requirements of regulators, joint venture partners and the International Finance Corporation. Background When Tullow Ghana Ltd and its joint venture partners discovered an oil and gas field in Ghana, it needed help in understanding the environmental and social impacts of developing Ghana’s “first oil” . The Jubilee field is in 1200 m of water and located approximately 60 kilometers offshore from Western Ghana. As part of Phase One of the development, Tullow Ghana Ltd needed to drill 17 oil and gas production and water injection wells and to establish sub-sea production facilities to extract and handle hydrocarbons. Given th
