{"id":38393,"date":"2014-08-11T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=38393"},"modified":"2014-08-11T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:03:08","slug":"refine-crude-at-tor-if-acep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/refine-crude-at-tor-if-acep\/","title":{"rendered":"Refine crude at TOR  if &#8230; &#8211; ACEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) says Ghana\u2019s crude oil should only be refined at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) if it will be cheaper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The state owned oil refinery has over the years been saddled with debts and operational inefficiencies leading to low production capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, workers of the refinery embarked on a campaign to get Ghana\u2019s oil to be refined at TOR insisting the nation loses more money by not refining its crude at the state refinery.<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Minister, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah during the inauguration of the new board for TOR, urged members to revive the non-operational refinery.<\/p>\n<p>He charged them to begin the execution of its core mandate of refining crude oil rather that operating a crude procurement facility.<\/p>\n<p>But the Director of Policy and Research at ACEP, John Peter Amewu on the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> said it will be unwise to refine crude at TOR if the refinery\u2019s operational cost is high.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that if TOR can assure Ghanaians that refining crude at the refinery will reduce operational cost, \u201cthen of course, there is nothing wrong if TOR refines that product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amewu quickly added that if TOR is given the contract to refine the product but at a higher cost, the prices of petroleum products will soar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026So it all depends on the operational cost and operational efficiency of efficiency of TOR,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that it is imperative for TOR to address its management issues adding that the government must intervene by supporting the nation\u2019s refinery financially.<\/p>\n<p>Amewu insisted that until TOR is technically and financially well placed to reduce operational cost, Ghana cannot refine its crude with TOR.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) says Ghana\u2019s crude oil should only be refined at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) if it will be cheaper. 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