Det vestafrkanske land Ghana er nu klar til at indlede olieudvinding. Det ventes, at der kan pumpes 55.000 tønder om dagen, skriver BBC News onsdag.
A consortium led by UK-based Tullow Oil hopes to increase the production to 120.000 barrels in six months.
But laws meant to govern the oil sector have not yet been passed.
The government has forecast that the oil will boost Ghana’s economic growth rate from 5 per cent this year to as much as 12 per cent next year.