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Disregard ‘mischievous’ fuel smuggling allegations – GRA
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has dismissed accusations of fuel smuggling by its Customs Division. A statement dated September 3, 2020, and signed by Assistant Commissioner, Communication and Public Affairs of GRA, Florence Asante, asked the general public to...
OMC complexities impose enormous challenges – Marketing Expert
The complexities in the oil marketing supply-chain impose enormous challenges for both operators and consumers of petroleum products, Mr David Afiawo, a Marketing Consultant, said on Saturday and called for cooperation among stakeholders. He said management of...
OMCs’ tussle over market share could stabilise fuel prices this month – IES
Energy think tank Institute of Energy Security says competition between oil marketing companies (OMCs) to gain market share will compel them to stabilise the selling prices of fuel at the pump within the first pricing window of September, which runs from the 1st to...
Agyapa Royalties deal: Account for GH¢1.5 billion oil money first – CSOs to govt
Former Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw says the Alliance of Civil Society Organisations working on Extractive, Anti-Corruption and Good Governance, of which he chairs, cannot agree to the Agyapa Royalties deal due...
Unstable oil prices affecting petroleum downstream business, threatening jobs
The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) has lamented the dire effects of unstable global oil prices on the operational sustainability of its members, which is also threatening jobs in the sector. According to Kweku Agyeman-Duah, the Association’s Chief...
NPP’s management of energy sector better than the NDC – Bawumia, Vice President
The ruling government, contrary to assertions of poor governance by its opposition, has insisted that it has performed incredibly better in the management of the economy, especially with regards to the petroleum sector. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President and Head of...
Gas Aggregator role: ACEP insists Ghana Gas not fit
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, has responded comprehensively to a refutal by the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) to its “Analysis of the Proposal to Make Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) The National Gas Aggregator” published on 21st May ...
Ghana Gas unfit to be National Gas Aggregator – ACEP
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has warned government against consenting to the request of the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) to make it the National Gas Aggregator instead of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). It offered that Ghana Gas'...
100-bed COVID-19 Treatment Facility ready by mid-June
Ghana is set to get its first Infectious Disease Isolation and Treatment Facility by the middle of June 2020, although Senyo Hosi, the Managing Trustee of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, has said some GH¢7 million is still needed to finish the project. The...
Wissam Al Monthiry to take over from Kweku Awotwi as Tullow Ghana MD
Following the retirement of Kweku Awotwi from Tullow Ghana this June end, the company has appointed Wissam Al Monthiry as the new Managing Director. Kweku Awotwi is the first Managing Director of Tullow Ghana to be promoted to Executive Vice President of Tullow Oil...
