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The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has announced that fuel prices in Ghana will see some reduction in the second half of August at the various pumps. The current national average price of fuel per litre at the pump remains pegged at Gh¢5.97 for both Gasoline and Gasoil on account of the relative price stability. […]

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Dr Mustapha Hamid is urging the media to take politics out of petroleum pricing in the country. He said prices of petroleum products are now determined by the forces of demand and supply as well as geopolitics among others. Urging journalists not to make petroleum

A report released by the Auditor General’s Department has said that 28 Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) failed to pay GH₵226,942,904.00 taxes on petroleum products they lifted from the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) between July 2018 to December 2019. This was contained in the 2020 Auditor General’s report on the public accounts of Ghana. According to

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, August 11 2021, organized a one-day workshop for media practitioners to educate them on what exactly goes into the pricing of petroleum products in the country. The event held at the Conference Hall of the NPA was attended by journalists who work with various media houses across the

Newly appointed Managing Director of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Edward Boateng is expressing his readiness of coming to fix challenges that have almost crippled the only state run oil refinery. According to the former Ghana’s Ambassador to China and journalist with CNN and GBC, he believes he has what it takes to make TOR a

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Ghana’s former Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng, as Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). Mr. Boateng is expected to spearhead the transformation of the company. Edward Boateng takes office at the Tema Oil Refinery at a time when workers at the state institution have been up in arms against

Ghana’s Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh says his commitment towards clean energy technologies, of which nuclear power is central, remains unshaken. The West African nation’s Energy Minister made this statement when he inaugurated the Board of Directors for Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) at a short ceremony at the Ministry, in Accra, capital of

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has reiterated government’s commitment to the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM). Dr. Abdul-Hamid gave the assurance at a meeting with the LPG Marketers Association (LPGMC) at the Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra on Wednesday. “It is not in our

The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has said that the regulatory agency will not hesitate to revoke the licences of industry players who continually flout rules of the sector. Dr. Abdul-Hamid said this at a meeting with board members of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) at GIMPA

Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has inaugurated the newly-constituted Governing Board of the Ghana National Gas Company. At a brief ceremony at the Ministry of Energy’s conference room on Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Prempeh charged the new Board under the chairmanship of Assin Central MP, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong to tackle the operational challenges of the