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The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says it has in collaboration with National Security and the Ghana Armed Forces arrested 17 persons engaged in smuggling and syphoning of oil in two separate operations. Thirteen persons suspected to be part of a cartel dealing in smuggling of petroleum products were picked up in the first operation. The […]

The Human Rights court has dismissed an application for interim injunction brought against the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) by the Ghana LPG Operators Association (GLiPGOA) & Togbi Adaku V. The Applicants filed an application praying for a declaration that the Cylinder Recirculation Model Policy (CRM) is inconsistent with the National Petroleum Authority Act, 2005 (Act

The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has opposed the proposed renegotiated Ameri deal, stating it will be a drain on the national purse. The John Mahama administration in 2015 entered into a $510 million deal with Ameri to provide an emergency power plant to augment power supply at the peak of the country’s electricity

Oil prices could spike as high as $200 per barrel over the next 18 months, which would cause an “economic crash of horrible proportions,” according to a new report. A research paper from economist and oil market watcher Philip K. Verleger predicts there could be a shortage of low-sulfur diesel fuel in 2020 as a

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has arranged more than $4.5 billion in debt financing for his Nigerian oil refinery project and aims to start production in early 2020, he told Reuters. Dangote, who built his fortune in cement, is building the world’s largest single oil refinery with capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to

We refer to the statement issued by the National Petroleum Authority on the above subject dated 24th July 2018 and hereby respond as follows; 1. The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) acknowledges and supports interventions by the NPA and government agencies to address the menace of petroleum tax evasion that continues to bedevil

OPEC will continue to play a key role in oil supply and prices in the global oil market through 2040, despite the relentless oil production in the Permian and expectations for production increases in the United States and other non-OPEC countries in the 2020s. That’s the takeaway from Wood Mackenzie’s latest long-term outlook for global

Oil prices rose by more than $1 dollar per barrel on Tuesday due to growing global supply outages, with Norway shutting down one oilfield as hundreds of workers began a strike and Libya saying its production more than halved in recent months. The disruptions add to supply worries around the world. Venezuela’s production has collapsed

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has tasked all stakeholders in the downstream petroleum industry to aim at zero accident at all their retail outlets, adding that the loss of lives due to petroleum-related fires is becoming too many. To achieve this, the authority has tasked all operators of petroleum product facilities to improve upon their

Despite moves by the central bank to sanitize the banking sector, the industry’s asset quality remains a source of concern as the Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) ratio remain high, the Bank’s Sector Report has revealed. The stock of NPLs increased from GH¢7.1bn as at end-April 2017 to Gh¢8.63bn in April 2018- a new record high, the