TOR to receive first
consignment of crude oil
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Accra, Oct 4, Ghanadot - Credible reports reaching Ghanadot revealed that the Tema
Oil Refinery (TOR) would take delivery of 750,000 barrels of
crude oil from Nigeria on Wednesday, October 7.
Dr Kwame Ampofo, Acting Managing Director (MD) of the
Refinery who disclosed this to journalists at Tema, said all
shipping arrangements for the delivery of the oil had been
completed, and that SCANOIL International would deliver
consignment.
Dr Ampofo added the second batch of that same volume would
arrive in about a week or two, and that when refined, the
total volume of the two consignments which would be 1.5
million barrels, would last for about a month.
He indicated government would then take steps to ensure
continuous supply to forestall uninterrupted supply of the
commodity.
The Acting TOR MD said currently, a government delegation
made up of officials from TOR, the Ghana National Petroleum
Company, and the Ministry of Energy, were in Nigeria to
conclude negotiations with the Nigerian Government for the
supply of oil.
"We will continue with our arrangements for the supply of
crude oil, until the government-to-government arrangement
materializes," Dr Ampofo assured.
He intimated that the supply arrangement would continue
until Ghana begin drilling its own oil from the Jubilee
Field. On some Oil Marketing Companies' (OMCs) indebtedness
to T.O.R., Dr Ampofo, said so far their response had been
very encouraging, and hoped that by the end of the year, all
monies owed T.O.R. would have been retrieved.
Ghanadot
