Ministry of Energy has put together an eight-member committee to probe the sale of five million litres of contaminated fuel (off-spec) by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) to private firm Movenpiina Company Limited which in turn sold the consignment to Zup Oil for distribution to the pumps. The Committee is made … Read more
Nigeria aims to legalize illicit oil refineries in the turbulent Niger Delta region, the vice president’s office said Thursday, hoping to bring peace to the production heartland for the crude on which the country relies. If the refineries are legalized, it could help soothe tensions in the Delta states, where an uneasy peace is now … Read more
The National Petroleum Authority has rejected claims by the Institute of Energy Security on a projected shortage of fuel in the next 12 days. The IES called on the NPA to swiftly implement measures to avert what it described as an imminent fuel shortage in the next twelve days. The development follows IES reports of … Read more
Operatives of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) have picked up 10 workers of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) for questioning over a purported arson. They are supposed to assist the BNI to unravel the circumstance under which several barrels of oil spilled from the refinery into some drains at Tema that caused the explosion of … Read more
Energy think tank, Institute for Energy Security (IES), says a recent explosion at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is a harbinger for challenges in the energy sector. IES also says its observation of the refinery suggests that non-adherence to safety protocol and standard operating procedures, lack of adequate supervision, inexperience operating and production management personnel … Read more
The Acting CEO of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Isaac Osei has allayed concerns over any significant impact on supplies of petroleum products following the suspension of works at the refinery. According to him, there is enough buffer to cater for a potential drop in supply of petroleum products. “The production in the meantime will … Read more
The Acting CEO of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Isaac Osei has allayed concerns over any significant impact on supplies of petroleum products following the suspension of works at the refinery. According to him, there is enough buffer to cater for a potential drop in supply of petroleum products. “The production in the meantime will … Read more
The Institute for Energy Security (IES), has called on the management of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), to investigate an explosion that occurred at the premises of the refinery on Thursday. A furnace at the crude distillation unit of the refinery exploded on Thursday forcing officials of the company to shut down the facility abruptly. … Read more
The Institute for Energy Security (IES), has called on the management of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), to investigate an explosion that occurred at the premises of the refinery on Thursday. A furnace at the crude distillation unit of the refinery exploded on Thursday forcing officials of the company to shut down the facility abruptly. … Read more
play videoThe new furnace was commissioned in 2016 as part of an expansion project carried out by TOR Operational activities which often characterized the working environment at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has slowed down following Thursday’s explosion, GhanaWeb can confirm. According to a publication by Daily Graphic, a furnace at the Crude Distillation Unit … Read more
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) have indicated that the country might be plunged into a phase of fuel shortage if urgent measures are not taken to restore the fuel production capacity of the Tema Oil refinery following yesterday’s explosion. According to them, the explosion of a furnace at the refinery which was supporting fuel … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Mr Isaac Osei, has allayed fears of a possible fuel shortage following an explosion at the facility. A Principal Research Analyst at the Institute for Energy Security (IES), Richmond Rockson, had suggested that the explosion of the furnace at the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) of … Read more
Ivory Coast has banned the production and sale of alcohol in sachets, government spokesman Bruno Kone has said. The popular sachets – containing rum, vodka or other spirits – are sold for prices ranging from 200 to 1,000 CFA francs ($0.40 to $2). Mr Kone says the government has banned the sachets on public health … Read more
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), wants political parties seeking to establish new oil refineries to be cautious, describing the decision as defeating economic principles with the current performance of the state’s oil refinery. The caution comes on the back of continuous monitoring of manifestoes of political parties on developing the country’s petroleum sector … Read more
The United Nations Environment Programme, (UNEP), has ruled out possible job losses in an attempt to reconfigure national refineries to meet acceptable standards for sulphur contents for diesel. According to UNEP, adjusting refinery systems to produce quality diesel will rather increase efficiency and create more jobs. “A lot of times when the refineries are upgrading, … Read more