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The Ministry of Energy has announced that the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), which operates the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP), will today shut down its offshore pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana for two months. The shutdown is to make way for a clean-up and inspection exercise of the offshore pipeline between the […]

Prices of fuel have seen a slight increment of about 9 Ghana Pesewas at the various fuel stations. The increase in price has been met with mixed reactions from some commercial drivers as they lamented that the high price of the commodity is unbearable. While some were ready to pass the burden to the consumer,

In preparing for MARPOL 2020, Ghana’s Ministry of Energy (MoE) constituted a committee of key stakeholders in 2018 to review the implications of the new IMO rule. The committee comprised of National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority (GPHA), Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs), Environmental Protection Authority (EPA),

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is predicting oil marketing companies will likely increase the prices of their petroleum products to make up for the marginal price movement of crude oil on the international market. “Taking into consideration the two percent increment in prices of Crude oil, coupled with the 0.95 percent and 1.01 percent

The Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumiah has inaugurated a state-of-the-art Command Centre for the National Petroleum Authority’s Bulk Road and Electronic Cargo Tracking Systems to control and monitor the distribution of petroleum products across the country. This technology will also help curb illicit activities in the petroleum downstream industry. According to the NPA, the dominant

Despite a 9 percent decrease, Urals spot prices in Northwest Europe were still one and a half times higher in 2019 than in 2016 ($63.3 versus $41.1 per barrel, according to Refinitiv), when the first OPEC + agreement was signed. As a result, the Russian budget again, as in 2017-2018, received additional income, which reached

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has called on the government to take immediate steps to hedge the purchase of crude oil from the international market. It says it will enable the country avoid paying more for the product in the coming days. Oil hedging is used to reduce or eliminate a company or country’s

Oil prices have rose after two bases hosting US troops in Iraq were hit by ballistic missiles. Brent crude was up by 1.4% at $69.21 per barrel in the middle of the Asian trade, easing back from earlier gains. So-called safe haven assets, like gold and the Japanese yen, also rose on the news. At

Oil prices have climbed above $70 a barrel for the first time in four months amid fears that the US air strike that killed Iran’s top military commander may trigger a retaliation. The global oil markets have risen by more than 5% to $70.73 a barrel since the attack that killed Qassem Suleimani in Iraq

Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) Friday evening prevented fire in a parked fuel tanker at a waiting area in front of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) depot at Buipe in the Savannah Region from spreading to the main storage facility of the company. However, the fire affected three other tankers