Fuel Prices Up 11%
Fuel prices across various outlets in the country have increased between three and 11 per cent, the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC-GH) has indicated. This follows a review of fuel prices...
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Government Hits Jackpot
Government has bagged over GHC3.4billion from taxes imposed on petroleum products for the first six months in 2016. Data released by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) for products sold for the...
Fuel Prices Likely To Go Up Again
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana, has forecast a likely 7-13 percent fuel price adjustment beginning Sunday October 16. According to the Chamber, “the decision for cuts in OPEC production...
Automobile Firms Threaten Import Cuts Over Sulphur Saga
Automobile dealers have threatened they will halt the importation of new cars into the country should government refuse to reduce further the sulphur content contained in imported diesel. According...
Uganda Oil Refinery Completion Date Pushed To 2020
Uganda has rescheduled the completion date for its planned crude oil refinery plant in Kabaale, Hoima district, by two more years after a lead investor pulled out of the project at a crucial stage of...
TOR Cannot Refine 10ppm Diesel – Senyo Horsi
The Tema Oil Refinery does not have the capacity to refine 10 parts per million (ppm) sulphur content levels for diesel. That’s according to the Bulk Oil Distributors. On Tuesday, CEO of TOR, Awuah...
Ghana Starts Fuel Exports To West African Countries
Ghana has begun supplying gasoline and gas oil to the landlocked countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali from the Bolgatanga Petroleum Depot. The state-owned Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation...
Asaga Justifies ‘dirty’ Fuel Imports
Ghanaians will continue to use toxic fuel containing high levels of sulphur for a long period of time. This is because the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) does not have the capacity to reduce the sulphur...
NPA Revises Sulphur Specification For Diesel
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....
Ghana Will Keep Importing ‘dirty Fuel’ For 3-Years – NPA
Ghana will continue to import toxic fuel said to be containing high levels of sulphur for at least three more years. This is because the country’s oil refinery the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR)is yet to...
NPA Reviews Maximum Sulphur Content For Imported Diesel
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...
NPA Reduces National Sulphur Levels For Diesel
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...
Petrol To Rise, Diesel Will Be Same
Within the first week of the second pricing-window for September 2016, petrol and diesel prices fell by an average of 0.78% and 0.84%, respectively. Three Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) namely: Puma...
Petrol To Rise Marginally, Diesel To Remain Unchanged
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) projects petrol prices to rise marginally whilst diesel price on the local market remain stable for the next Pricing window which takes effect from Saturday...
Petrosol Launches Campaign To Ensure Accuracy At the Pumps
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...
Ghana, Mali Collaborate On Petroleum Downstream
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and its counterpart in Mali, the National Office of Oil Products (ONAP), are collaborating to improve efficiency in the petroleum downstream in both countries....
COPEC To Petition Mahama Over Dumping of Dirty Diesel In Ghana
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...
Delay In Payment of Contractors Affecting Local Economy
Government’s delay in the payment of contractors is affecting many local businesses including the loans recovery rate of the Wa Community Co-operative Credit Union (WACCU). Many contractors who...
Puma Energy Supports Firmer Controls
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...
Sanction NPA, OMCs Over Importation of Toxic Fuel – Expert
An Oil and Gas expert, Kwame Jantuah, is demanding sanctions the National Petroleum Authority for allowing into the country diesel with high levels of toxic sulphur chemicals. It emerged weeks ago...