The Minister of Energy, Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei has virtually abrogated a Petroleum Agreement (PA) amongst the Government of Ghana (GoG), Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and AKER ASA and Chemu Power Company Limited in respect of the South Deep Water Tano Contract Area. The Minister�s action was contained in a letter dated December 30, 2009 which was addressed to the President of AKER ASA Group. (See page 2 for the full text of the Minister�s letter).