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Market Outlook – 1st to 15th May 2026 Pricing Window

Crude and Refined Products Price Review and Outlook     International crude oil prices plummeted...

Get out if you’re here to collapse TOR — Energy Minister tells management, workers

The Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has issued a stern warning to workers of struggling Tema Oil...

Govt seeks strategic partner for TOR

Discussions have reached an advanced stage to secure a strategic partner for the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The...

Ghana’s oil industry will soon become moribund unless new discoveries are made – Steve Manteaw

Chairman of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas, Dr Steve Manteaw says an analysis of the country’s oil...

2021 budget: 30 pesewas levy on fuel is a lazy approach – Duncan Amoah

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumer (COPEC) has described the government’s proposed 30 pesewas per litre levy...

2021 Budget: Government proposes new tax on fuel — Kyei

Government is proposing a new tax on petroleum products following the 2021 budget. This new tax, the Sanitation...

Borla’, excess capacity levies on ESLA to hike ex-pump fuel price by 5.7% – Kyei

The combined effect of the proposed sanitation and pollution levy; and the excess capacity levy will be an...

NPA revokes licences of 5 BDCs

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has rescinded the operating licenses of some five Bulk Oil Distribution...

Take advantage of AfCFTA to become net exporters of refined petroleum products — Wamkele Mene to Africa

The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene says it is about time...

We’ve managed TOR better than NDC – Dr. Amin Adam

A Deputy Minister of Energy, Mohammed Amin-Adam has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has effectively handled the affairs of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) better than the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. Speaking at an event dubbed  ‘The Energy Manifesto Town Hall’ organized by the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) and its...

ECG to go as govt says processes to release company underway

The government has begun exploring new avenues in a fresh bid to release the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to a private concessionaire for management. This is after a similar move in the past failed amidst controversies and allegations of fraud. A Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of petroleum, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, said...

Ghana: BOST clears over 90% of legacy debts

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited in the Republic of Ghana, which was choking on huge legacy debts under the former administration, is now breathing as greater part of its debts has been cleared. The state-owned strategic petroleum stock keeping company had a debt portfolio of about US$623,602,303 when the current administration...

NPP are better managers of the energy sector — Amin Adam

Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of Petroleum, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam says the ruling party, New Patriotic Party (NPP), manages the country’s energy sector better than the opposition political party, NDC, anytime the former is in power. According to him, when the NDC is in power, it mismanages the energy sector, but when...

Ghana paying more than $500million as excess capacity annually from NDC’s take or pay power deals — Amin Adam

The Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of Petroleum Dr Mohammed Amin Adam says Ghana is forced to cough up more than 500million dollars every year to pay for excess capacity from the Take or Pay power agreements. He blamed the situation on the “unsolicited power purchasing agreements” the erstwhile Mahama administration signed with the...

Dumsor Politics: We cleared NDC’s Ghc2.63billion ECG debt, injected Ghc4million liquidity support — Dr. Amin Adam

Deputy Minister for Energy in Charge of Petroleum, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam has said government has injected liquidity support of Gh¢4million into Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to keep it afloat. The sector minister said the support was made after government settled all of its indebtedness to ECG, including the GH¢ 2.63 billion it inherited...

TOR Politics: NDC’s US$345million Debt Collapsed TOR, NPP Cleared Ghc1billion Debt — Dr. Amin Adam

The Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of Petroleum Dr Mohammed Amin Adam says, up to date, they are still wondering how the previous NDC administration managed to bring Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) on its knees before exiting power in 2016. He said the NPP government inherited accumulated TOR debt of $345 million from the...

NPP Ended Dumsor, There’ll Be No Dumsor Under Akufo-Addo Gov’t – Deputy Energy Minister

The Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of Petroleum, Hon. Mohammed Amin Adam is entreating Ghanaians to vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in the upcoming general election to sustain the gains in the energy sector. He said the NPP government inherited huge debts from the previous NDC administration that choked ECG to...

LPG Stations Without Trained Attendants Face Shut Down — EPA

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LGP) stations without trained and certified attendants would soon be closed down, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced. It said the EPA would renew the environmental permits of LPG stations based on the evidence of training of the staff of the company. These were in a speech read on behalf of...