Amid the supply disruption, Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) says it possesses technical capability to refine domestic crude oil, disputing suggestions that the country’s only refinery cannot process output from the nation’s offshore oil fields. Thus, the facility can process the crude efficiently to produce refined petroleum products required by the domestic market. This follows recent public debate over whether Ghana’s refinery is technically configured to refine crude produced from the country’s offshore oil fields. The refinery resumed crude oil processing in late 2025 after several years of inactivity caused by financial constraints, accumulated debt and aging infrastructure. Also, domestic refining will enhance value addition within Ghana’s petroleum sector and stimulate broader industrial activity.

Source: GhanaWeb March 16, 2026 07:53 UTC