Shaping Ghana's future today
$953,333,000
Total fund value as of 31st March 2020
The fund's growth
The Ghana Petroleum Funds were established by the Petroleum Revenue Management Act 815, 2011. The Ghana Stabilisation Fund (GSF) and the Ghana Heritage Fund (GHF) are collectively known as the Ghana Petroleum Funds.
Historical Timeline
1896
Initial exploration Tano onshore exploration of oil in the Western Region. Exploration was carried out first by the West Africa Oil and Fuel Company (WAOFCO) and later by the Société Française de Petrole in 1909.1970
Ghana discovers its first major oil field in Saltpond. This field was developed by Signal Amoco and began oil production in 1975. This oil field led to the production of about 3.47 million barrels of oil.1980
Three additional major discoveries of oil were made – Cape Three Points, Saltpond and North and South Tano through the drilling of 31 wells.1983
Ghana Petroleum Corporation was established with a mandate to help reduce oil importation and provide a sustainable and reliable supply of petroleum products. The company was also given the mandate to continue major and sustainable oil exploration.2007
Ghana discovers oil in commercial quantities through an exploration of GNPC and its partners Tullow Oil and Kosmos Energy. The oil find was characterized as one of the biggest oil finds in Africa at the time and was estimated to contain about 3 billion barrels of oil (Jubilee Field).2010
Production commences in the Jubilee field.2011
The Petroleum Revenue Management Act was passed into law by Ghana’s Parliament. This law established to help govern the management of oil proceeds. The law established the Ghana Petroleum Funds which stipulates the creation of two funds, the Stabilisation Fund which helps absorb shocks in oil prices to Government revenue and the Heritage Fund which seeks to preserve funds for future generations.2015
Ghana amends The Petroleum Revenue Management Act.2020
The cap on the Ghana Stabilization Fund was lowered from $300 million to $100 million. This is in accordance with Section 23 (3) of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act, in light of the major oil shock and revenue shortfalls occasioned by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
About the fund
The Ghana Petroleum Funds was established by the Petroleum Revenue Management Act 815 (2011) and Act 893 (2015) as amended (“PRMA”), which sets out rules and regulations for the management of revenues derived from Ghana’s petroleum resources.
The PRMA establishes two savings funds, the Ghana Stabilisation Fund and Ghana Heritage Fund, together known as Ghana Petroleum Funds.
The Ghana Petroleum Funds through its constituent funds has two objectives: The Ghana Stabilisation Fund, Ghana Heritage Funds and the Distribution of Funds.
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Overnight & Call Deposits
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Investment-Grade Bonds
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Commercial Papers
Medium-Term Notes
Research and analysis
Global economic outlook for 2020 as at 31st December 2019
Global economic activity is showing early signs of stabilisation, with global economic growth projected to rise to 3.30% in 2020 and 3.40% for 2021. The forecasts for 2020 and 2021 have been marked down by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively, predominantly reflecting negative surprises to the outlook with the confluence of factors discussed below.