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Electricity consumed illegally by expatriate oil companies operating within the restricted enclave of the Ghana Air Force in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis in the Western region is estimated at a little over GH�1million. Out of that amount, only about GH�200,000 has so far been redeemed by two of the companies � Kosmos Energy and MobiCrane � after they were handed the bills, while other defaulting companies are said to be negotiating to pay the bill. According to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), its investigations revealed that the total outstanding bill from illegal electricity consumption by the oil companies amounted to GH�1,000,927. 90. The oil companies are also said to have illegally consumed water in the enclave over the years and the Ghana Water Company is in the process of calculating how much the companies will be required to pay. Last November, it was detected that expatriate oil, mining and service companies located in the restricted military enclave had been using water and electricity for the past seven years without payment. That aside, supply vessels serving the offshore oil operation were also reported to have drawn potable water from the Home Port of the Western Naval Command without paying for it.