{"id":444614,"date":"2017-12-07T10:11:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T10:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/tor-to-bounce-back-in-2018-ken-ofori-atta\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T10:11:04","slug":"tor-to-bounce-back-in-2018-ken-ofori-atta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/tor-to-bounce-back-in-2018-ken-ofori-atta\/","title":{"rendered":"TOR to bounce back in 2018 &#8211; Ken Ofori-Atta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday,  7 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/89854640.295.jpg\" alt=\"Tema Oil Refinery   Fresh\" title=\"Tema Oil Refinery   Fresh\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Tema Oil Refinery was shut down early 2017 after an explosion at the crude distillation unit<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512641464_733_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) will begin full operations by the first-quarter of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>TOR was partially shut down after an explosion damaged key components in January this year, limiting its capacity to refine petroleum products. This has resulted in Ghana importing most of its refined petroleum.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the 3rd Aliu Mahama Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, 6 December 2017, Mr Ofori-Atta said the facility is coming on stream next year while emphasising the strategic role TOR can play in efforts to expand Ghana\u2019s petrochemical sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy to say that things are changing and latest by the first-quarter of 2018, we expect Tema Oil Refinery to run continuously again. The strategic goal is to engage local and international partners to significantly expand this refining and storage capacity\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTOR has a strategic role in our petrochemical industry as it can provide a platform for the development of other related industries. Leveraging Ghana\u2019s resources requires a focus strategy that targets the benefits of specific fuels to drive growth.<\/p>\n<p>Gases are often misidentified as a fuel simply for power generation [but] this government will facilitate the setting up of a multi-billion dollar gas feed stock industrial estate in the Nzema area producing methanol, ammonia, urea and natural gas liquids which hopefully will feed the oil and gas industry both in Ghana and Cote d\u2019Ivoire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Thursday, 7 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-07 Tema Oil Refinery was shut down early 2017 after an explosion at the crude distillation unit Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) will begin full operations by the first-quarter of 2018. 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