Ghana to Reduce Petrol Imports From Nigeria As Tema Refinery Restarts Operations

The volume of petrol required by Ghana from Nigeria may drop significantly as the country’s state-owned 45,000 b/d Tema refinery has resumed operations after suffering being inoperative since April 2021.

Nigeria’s 650,000 b/d Dangote refinery was the biggest supplier this year, sending 27,000 b/d of oil products to Ghana.

The restart will help ease the country’s reliance on clean product imports, which have more than doubled since 2017 to 128,000 b/d this year, including 65,000 b/d of…