China’s major coal producers and power groups have signed a long-term deal at a fixed price to ensure stable coal and power supplies in the country, in a bid to hammer out a strategy to halt the persistent rise in coal prices, said the nation’s top economic regulator on Wednesday. Two of the nation’s top … Read more
My dear reader, this article is characterized with a long digression because it is more or less a commentary on James Karuga’s (a freelance Reuter journalist) article. If heaven was to be an academic subject, certainly that would have been history. History teaches valuable lessons of all kinds. My good friend, Michael Adu (MPhil. Sociology) … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in talks with government to ban the production and sale of charcoal in Ghana. This according to the EPA will help Ghana reduce the emission of carbon dioxide as part of climate change mitigation methods set out in the climate change policy of the country. Currently Ghana is emitting … Read more
The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) is pushing for a tighter entry criteria for new entrants into the industry. This is to help control the influx of OMCs into the downstream petroleum sector, which are currently estimated to be over 40 companies and the subsequent siting of fuel stations all over the country. The … Read more
As part of efforts to address the inaccuracies in the quantity of fuel being sold to consumers at filing stations, Petroleum Solutions Limited (Petrosol) has launched a consumer education campaign dubbed, “Full Quantity Campaign” in Accra. The aim of the campaign by the privately-owned indigenous oil marketing company is to educate fuel consumers, mostly motorists … Read more
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revised the national sulphur specification for diesel from maximum 3,000 parts per million (pmm) to 500pmm. The revision takes effect from January 2017. “Additionally, all suppliers of fuel to Ghana are, by this revised specification, allowed to import diesel at 10ppm or lower. This means that while the revised … Read more
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revised the national sulphur specification for diesel from maximum 3000 parts per million (ppm) to 500 ppm, effective January 2017. The Authority however says it will allow suppliers of fuel to Ghana to import diesel at 10ppm or lower. According to the NPA, whilst the revised national specification will … Read more
The National Petroleum Authority has revised the national sulphur specification for diesel from maximum 3000pmm (parts per million) to 500pmm effective January 2017. The NPA says the reduction is in consonance with the call for “cleaner air” by consumers. The reduction follows a BBC report that said the quality of diesel shipped into Africa is … Read more
As part of efforts aimed at providing the right quantity of fuel to its consumers, Oil Marketing Company, Petrosol has launched the ‘Full Quantity Campaign’ in Accra. The move is also intended to complement the work of the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) and National Petroleum Authority (NPA) by creating awareness of the availability of the … Read more
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC-GH) is demanding a total ban on all substandard fuels with a high concentration of sulphur. “Our interest as a people is for the very best of standards and regulations and a complete ban on all high sulphur diesel products into the country going forward,” Executive Secretary of COPEC-Ghana … Read more
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPECGH)will today petition President John Dramani Mahama to come out with new policies aimed at reducing sulphur content in imported diesel from 3,000 parts per million(ppm) to 10 ppm. A recent study conducted by Swiss NGO Eagle Eye , in collaboration with ACEP revealed that imported diesel from Europe … Read more
As a major fuel supplier in Africa, Puma Energy says it welcomes Public Eye’s call for a tightening of fuel quality specifications in African countries, and will continue to support cooperation between governments and industry to achieve this goal. Puma’s comment follows a revelation by the Swiss NGO through a three-year research project that importation … Read more
Following a global report which has uncovered that Ghana’s market is flooded with toxic diesel, The Finder can report that data from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revealed that Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company Limited (BOST), the state owned strategic reserve holder accounts for a significant 25% of total quantity of diesel imported … Read more
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has called on African governments to immediately take steps to tighten regulations to stop commodity traders from trading the health of hardworking citizens for profit. It also urged oil traders to respect the right of African citizens to good health and deliver quality fuel which they deliver to … Read more
The Ghana Standards Authority has mounted a defence of the importation of substandard diesel fuel into the country, claiming fuels with non toxic sulphur chemicals are expensive for people to afford. A report by campaign group, Public Eye, revealed Swiss firms have been exporting to Africa, diesel with toxin levels that are illegal in Europe. … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors says it is a matter of cost that fuel providers in Europe supply Ghana with fuel which has been described as toxic. Senyo Hossi says if Ghanaians don’t want to pay 10-ppm price for fuel, they should expect to be supplied with what they can … Read more
Ghanaian Civil society group, the African Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, has revealed through its partners, a Swiss NGO, Public Eye, how Swiss commodity trading firms are exporting what they call ‘dirty diesel’ to Africa. ACEP in a statement signed by its Deputy Executive, Benjamin Boakye, made this known in a report it launched on … Read more
Ghanaian Civil society group, the African Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, has revealed through its partners, a Swiss NGO, Public Eye, how Swiss commodity trading firms are exporting what they call ‘dirty diesel’ to Africa. ACEP in a statement signed by its Deputy Executive, Benjamin Boakye, made this known in a report it launched on … Read more
Balancing the needs of petroleum consumers and petroleum service providers is very crucial to the National Petroleum Authority’s operations. Section 2(f) of the NPA Act 2005 (Act 691) mandates the Authority to monitor the standards of performance and quality of service provision rendered by the petroleum service providers (PSPs) to the Consumer. As a regulator … Read more
The unauthorized trade of wayside fuel dealers in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, is posing a threat to life and property. Under the National Petroleum authority Act, Act 691 of 2005, it is illegal to sell petroleum products without a license, but wayside fuel dealers in the Region are enjoying a high patronage from both … Read more