The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched a digital Command and Control Centre for Bulk Road Vehicle (BRV) and an Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) to be run by the National Petroleum Authority in collaboration with other key stakeholders in the petroleum downstream sector. Speaking at the launch ceremony in Accra on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Vice President Bawumia said the operationalization of the Centre, which would track the movement...

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on Monday called on the overlord of Dagbon to brief him on the Cylinder Recirculation Module (CRM) policy. Hassan Tampuli who was accompanied by senior executives from the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) to the Gbewaa Palace, briefed Ya-Na Abukari Mahama II, about the Authority’s plans for pilot implementation and also to seek his blessings and support. Also part of the entourage was the...

The campaign by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to promote safety in the petroleum downstream sector has received a major boost with the commissioning of six standard premix retail outlets. Three of the outlets are located in Winneba, Komenda and Apam Manford all in the Central Region. The rest are in James Town in the Greater Accra Region Djameni in the Volta Region and Shamaa in the Western Region.

  The Authority has joined hands with the  African Refiners Association (ARA), for the 2019 conference here in Accra. This year's conference focuses on the petroleum downstream and supply and distribution. It will also look at how to sustain the value chain.

The fight against the illicit trade of refined petroleum products is yielding results, with the latest report on the activities in the downstream petroleum subsector showing that the country saved nearly GH¢1 billion, which would have otherwise been lost through smuggling of the products. The report showed that GH¢952 million was saved from blocking the sale of illicit sale of petroleum products in the country in 2018. This was a reversal from...

The Chief Executive of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs), Kwaku Agyeman Duah, says public support is important to a successful implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM). The National Petroleum Authority and other stakeholders, as part of efforts to solicit public inputs before roll-out of the policy, have been engaging consumers across the country for their inputs. The team has so far engaged residents in the Western, Eastern,...