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The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers COPEC is asking Oil Marketing Companies to communicate details of petroleum prices pricing with transparency so that consumers are in the know and do not harbor suspicions they are being shortchanged. This follows a press briefing to educate some journalists on the petroleum price build-up and pricing of petroleum products […]

The Chamber of Bulk Distributors (CBOD) has met with the media to bring clarity to the petroleum products pricing amidst suggestions that consumers are being shortchanged following complaints the recent reduction in fuel prices are inadequate . At a press briefing last Thursday, March, 19, 2020, CBOD CEO Senyo Hosi using the estimates of the

The members of staff of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) have been taken through training in the use of technologies to support working remotely as part of health and safety measures during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chamber, in line with the President’s directive in the wake of the coronavirus spread, suspended the physical

The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) has urged its members to adhere to the safety measures outlined by the Ghana Health Service (WHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to fight the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Ghana has so far recorded 7 cases of Coronavirus. In a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer

The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (CBOD) has appealed to the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to revise the renewal fees to the previous fee of US$300,00 for this year. This follows plans by the NPA to increase the License renewal fees for BDCs from US$300,000 to US$500,000 per year, representing a 67% increase.

The Chamber of Bulk Distributors (CBOD) has commiserated with the Deputy Minister of Energy responsible for Petroleum Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam and his family, following the passing of his mother Hajia Mariya Abdul Rahaman on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. A special funeral service was held on Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Tamale for the late Hajia

The Chamber of Bulk Distributors (CBOD) has set up a technical committee to look into supply challenges associated with the Ghana-Mali trade. This comes on the back of a novel visit by the Malian industry regulator, National Office for Petroleum Products (ONAP) which raised issues with the Ghana-Mali supply chain. The challenges raised by ONAP

The Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors has gathered intelligence of the Government’s intent to issue some form of waiver or permit to British Petroleum (BP) to hold title of petroleum products onshore Ghana. This is in clear violation of the local content policy, the National Petroleum Acting (NPA) licensing regime and regulations and the sanctity

Ref: CBDO/0013/2020 Dated 16th March 2020 COVID-19 CBOD OPERATING ADVICE TO BULK DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES (BDCs) AND DEPOTS The Ministry of Information has announced four (4) new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus infection (COVID-19), bringing the total of confirmed cases in Ghana to six (6). The CBOD in light of this and upon consultation with various

Few days after bouncing back from its sharp decline in nearly two decades, oil prices have gone down once again today. This was after a Saudi-Russian price war and an equities meltdown sparked by the coronavirus pandemic saw their biggest weekly losses in more than a decade. The Brent global benchmark was down 6% at