{"id":449300,"date":"2017-12-22T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T12:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/shut-down-tor-if-it-wont-work-chamber-of-petroleum-consumers\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T12:39:02","slug":"shut-down-tor-if-it-wont-work-chamber-of-petroleum-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/shut-down-tor-if-it-wont-work-chamber-of-petroleum-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shut down TOR if it won\u2019t work\u2019 \u2013 Chamber of Petroleum Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 22 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-22<\/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>Ghana\u2019s main oil refinery has been reeling under challenges<\/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\/1513946342_409_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (CPC) has called for a complete \u201cshutdown\u201d of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) if it is not fit for purpose.<\/p>\n<p>CPC Executive Director, Duncan Amoah said the inability of the refinery to operate at full capacity for years, is costing the country a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Joy News on Monday, he said the refinery should be closed down and the 3.00 pesewas charged for every litre of petrol purchased should be scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe strongly that if the refinery is not going to be repositioned to work, it should be shut down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s main oil refinery has been reeling under challenges energy experts have blamed on poor management.<\/p>\n<p>It faced several shutdowns in the past, but it was declared profitable in 2016, seven years after the start of its problems.<\/p>\n<p>The refinery reportedly made a profit of $800,000 from its operations from February 16 to April 20, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>But works at TOR have stalled once again for months for officials to embark on maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers has blamed the constant shut down of the facility on \u201cinefficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amoah said some tank metals purchased for the refinery to open up its storage facilities are rotting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese things are left to rot away and they become debts in the books of TOR,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He has called for a \u201cthorough forensic\u201d audit of the operation of the refinery to ascertain the rot in the system.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 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 Friday, 22 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-22 Ghana\u2019s main oil refinery has been reeling under challenges The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (CPC) has called for a complete \u201cshutdown\u201d of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) if it is not fit for purpose. 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