GNPC targets first Voltaian Basin exploration well by end of 2026
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is preparing to drill its first exploration well in the Voltaian Basin by the end of 2026, as it advances efforts to assess the area’s hydrocarbon potential. Chief Executive Officer of GNPC, Kwame Ntow Amoah, said years of geological and geophysical studies had brought the project to the drilling preparation stage, with a key component of the well construction process already delivered to the site. Speaking at the 2026 Petroleum Commission Local Content Conference and Exhibition, he said the conductor casing had been procured and transported to the drilling location. “The conductor casing, the first step in the well construction process, has arrived. And having transported it to the drilling site, we hope to complete all the contractual processes to enable a rig to be mobilised to the drilling site by the end of the year,” he said.