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In 2007, Ghana discovered oil and gas in commercial quantities, and this was followed by Cote d\u2019Ivoire staking its claim to portions of the West Cape Three Points.<\/p>\n
These claims were renewed in 2010 after Vanco, an oil exploration and production company announced the discovery of oil in the Dzata-1 deepwater-well.<\/p>\n
Cote d’Ivoire\u00a0petitioned the United Nations asking for a completion of the demarcation of its maritime boundary with Ghana, and Ghana responded by setting up of the Ghana Boundary Commission.<\/p>\n
This commission was tasked with the responsibility of negotiating with C\u00f4te d’Ivoire towards finding a lasting solution to the problem.<\/p>\n
But this commission bore no fruit, and in September 2014, Ghana dragged Cote d\u2019Ivoire to ITLOS after 10 failed negotiations.<\/p>\n
ITLOS’s first ruling in 2015 placed a moratorium on new projects, with old projects continuing after Cote d\u2019Ivoire filed for preliminary measures and urged the tribunal to suspend all activities on the disputed area until the definitive determination of the case.<\/p>\n
The moratorium prevented Tullow Oil from drilling additional 13 wells. Tullow thus drilled eleven [11] wells in Ghana\u2019s first oil field.<\/p>\n
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By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany, is expected to deliver its judgement on the three-year dispute between\u00a0Ghana and\u00a0Cote d’Ivoire today [Saturday], September 23, 2017. In 2014, Ghana took the case to ITLOS to dispel claims it has encroached Cote d’Ivoire\u2019s marine borders as part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,11],"tags":[42,3,84,241,1965],"yoast_head":"\n