Includes bibliographic references and index.

Contents: Regulating and managing Ghana's upstream oil and gas industry: Examining Ghana's Petroleum Act, 2016 (Act 919) and other legislative developments -- Role and contribution of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) as a national oil company: a reflection -- On the road to Ghana's jubilee oil discovery: policy actions and initiatives -- Setting up a national petroleum regulator: the petroleum commission and management of Ghana's petroleum resources -- The Ghana-Cote D'Ivoire Maritime boundary dispute: a view from the Ghana side -- Teamwork and interaction in the preparation and management of the Ghana-Cote-D'Ivoire Maritime boundary litigation -- Oil and gas and Ghana's economy: Competitiveness of Ghana's upstream petroleum fiscal regime: fit for purpose? -- Fiscal policy and petroleum revenue management: is Ghana on the path to beating the resource curse? -- The PRMA as Ghana's Petroleum-Based Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF): Fiscal framework and performance -- Local content and local participation in the Oil and Gas industry: Has Ghana gotten it right? -- Utilising Ghana's natural gas resources: implications for industrial development and inclusive growth -- Oil and Gas governance and lessons learnt: The Ghanaian state and governance of the upstream oil and gas industry -- Public interest organisations, transparency initiatives and petroleum sector oversight and accountability -- The social injustices of Ghana's oil industry -- Travails of Ghana's decade of crude oil production and exports: lessons and policy prescriptions -- International perspectives and conclusions: Energy transition and Africa's Oil and Gas resources: challenges and opportunities -- Use and application of local content policies to pursue equitable petroleum resource management: lessons from other producer countries -- Conclusion: the future of Ghana's petroleum industry --