(BFW) Ghana Considers Cutting Jubilee Output 10% Or Flaring Gas

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BN 02/17 13:46 Ghana Considers Cutting Jubilee Output 10 Percent Or Flaring Gas BN 02/17 12:09 *GHANA ALSO CONSIDERS DELIVERING GAS DIRECTLY TO THERMAL PLANTS BN 02/17 12:09 *GHANA IN TALKS WITH JUBILEE FIELD OPERATORS BN 02/17 12:09 *GHANA TO DECIDE ON JUBILEE GAS ISSUE BEFORE END OF MONTH BN 02/17 12:09 *GHANA DEPUTY PETROLEUM MINISTER DAGADU COMMENTS BY PHONE BN 02/17 12:09 *GHANA CONSIDERS CUTTING JUBILEE OUTPUT 10% OR FLARING GAS

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Ghana Considers Cutting Jubilee Output 10% Or Flaring Gas 2014-02-17 13:50:44.40 GMT

By Nadine Skoczylas Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ghana is discussing with the operators of the offshore Jubilee field to cut crude output by ~10 percent or flare gas to reduce amount of gas reinjected into the deposit. * Govt also considering shipping gas directly to thermal plants in Takoradi, bypassing a gas plant that has yet to open, Deputy Petroleum Minister Benjamin Dagadu told Bloomberg’s Ekow Dontoh today by phone from Accra, the capital * Tullow Oil is reinjecting gas at the field, limiting production to ~100k bbl/d Story Link:NSN N157LL6VDKHS<GO>

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