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US$500m tax demand holds up Anadarko-Total deal

The sale of multinational petroleum company Anadarko’s operations in Ghana to French oil company Total SA is being held up by a US$500m tax demand by the Government of Ghana.

Anadarko sells Ghana assets to Total for $2.5bn

The Ministry of Energy has started approval processes for the sale of the Ghana operations of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the country’s oil production partners, to the French oil giant, TOTAL SA.