Ghana says oil firms can keep working during border arbitration
ACCRA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Oil firms operating on Ghana's disputed maritime border with Ivory Coast can continue working while an arbitration suit filed under a U.N. convention is resolved, Ghana's Attorney General Marrieta Brew Appiah-Oppong told a news conference on Tuesday.
British firm Tullow Oil (LSE: TLW.L - news) is the largest stakeholder in the TEN offshore project signed with the Ghana government and located close to the disputed area. Its partners are Anadarko , Kosmos Energy (NYSE: KOS - news) , Sabre Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. (Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing by Bate Felix)