Business News of Thursday, 11 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comTransboundary transportation of petroleum should be our focus – NPA BossMr Hassan Tampuli, Chief Executive Officer, NPAChief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Mr Hassan Tampuli has stated Africa needs to take advantage of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to create an enabling environment that will provide a transboundary platform for the transportation of petroleum products. He said this while speaking at the 2021 Ghana International Petroleum Conference (GhIPCON) which was held via Zoom. “We need to take advantage of AfCFTA to have regional engagement towards joint development of transboundary petroleum infrastructure for the transportation of petroleum products in order to benefit from the economies of scale while sharing any associated risk,” he said. He further stated that “AfCFTA considers the whole African continent to be one big market and that’s quite remarkable. The Ghana International Petroleum Conference (GhIPCON) is Ghana’s foremost Petroleum Downstream Conference where policymakers, industry operatives and experts converge to deliberate on issues of policy and operations as well as share ideas and experiences.

Source: GhanaWeb March 11, 2021 09:56 UTC