Saltpond oil

The country’s first ever oil field infrastructure decommissioning works has begun at the Saltpond Oil Field at Hini near Saltpond in the Central Region. The decommissioning vessels arrived in the country in the early hours of last Thursday from Lagos and got to Saltpond last Saturday to start the decommissioning exercise and shut its wells permanently. This is because the oil field, also known as Mr Louie, has outlived its economic life, according to the Ghana National Petroleum Commission, (GNPC). Ghanaian contractor The decommissioning contract is being undertaken by a wholly owned Ghanaian company, Hans and Co. Oil and Gas…