Aker BP has been given a permission by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill three wells in the North Sea. The company will use the Maersk Intrepid jack-up drilling rig to drill production wells 25/10-16 S, 25/10-16 A, and 25/10-16, after it completes drilling production wells on the Martin Linge field in the northern part […]
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The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is expected to shut down due to lack of crude oil which serves as raw material for the refinery. Highly-placed sources at TOR told Class News on Wednesday, 20 June 2018 that the situation is as a result of TOR’s inability to raise letters of credit to import crude oil
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As oil prices continue to fall, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a draw of 3.016 million barrels in crude oil inventories for the week ending June 15, compared to analyst expectations that this week would see a draw in crude oil inventories of 1.898 million barrels. Last week, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a
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The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Ben Boakye has told Citi Business News petroleum prices at the pumps will not experience any significant drop in the coming weeks, even though crude oil price continues to drop on the international market. According to him, a continuous depreciation of the cedi against the
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Today can report that the Isaac Owusu-led Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is seriously facing financial challenges as the company had in the past few months been struggling to pay salaries and allowances of its workers. The situation, Today gathered, if not addressed with a sense of urgency, will soon see workers of the nation’s only refinery lay down their
Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of Petroleum, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has defended calls for the setting up a special authority to oversee the management of Ghana’s Petroleum Hub project. Dr. Amin believes a dedicated authority will among other things facilitate the raising of the needed funds to develop the petroleum hub. The hub is expected
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The Association of Oil Marketing Companies has stressed that it will push for full employment for its members under the cylinder recirculation module to protect the interest of LPG distributors. The assertion comes after the LPG Marketers raised concerns that the new cylinder recirculation policy will render them jobless if implemented. Already, the CEO of
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