GNPC sees potential 1bn barrels of oil, 2.5trn cubic feet of gas in Tano Basin
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) says it has identified potential stranded resources of more than one billion barrels of oil and 2.5 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Tano Basin. The Corporation says the resources could help boost Ghana’s declining petroleum production if existing infrastructure is leveraged to develop them commercially. Senior Geomatic […]
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has identified significant potential stranded resources in the Tano Basin, including over one billion barrels of oil and 2.5 trillion cubic feet of gas. Senior Geomatic Engineer Emmanuel Boadum Donkor highlighted the role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in analyzing spatial data to connect these resources to existing petroleum infrastructure, thereby reducing development costs.
Donkor explained that a hub-based approach, integrating several resources using existing facilities, could lower investment costs and enhance commercial viability. This strategy would allow GNPC to leverage existing infrastructure instead of developing separate facilities for each resource. GIS has become a crucial tool for GNPC due to the industry's heavy reliance on location-based data.
By combining information on wells, pipelines, roads, settlements, and environmental areas, the technology helps optimize petroleum infrastructure development while minimizing environmental and social impacts. The next steps will depend on reaching agreements on how to develop these opportunities, which represent potential boosts to Ghana's petroleum production.
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