{"id":461095,"date":"2018-02-03T12:51:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T12:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/03\/tor-workers-kick-against-plans-to-build-new-refinery-at-tema\/"},"modified":"2018-02-03T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T12:51:27","slug":"tor-workers-kick-against-plans-to-build-new-refinery-at-tema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/03\/tor-workers-kick-against-plans-to-build-new-refinery-at-tema\/","title":{"rendered":"TOR workers kick against plans to build new refinery at Tema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday,  3 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-03<\/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>The workers claim TOR has a development plan towards expanding the current refinery<\/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\/2018\/02\/1517662287_62_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Workers of Tema Oil Refinery, TOR, are kicking against plans to build a new refinery next to the current facility.  <\/p>\n<p>The workers say they are shocked at the news since TOR has a development plan towards expanding the current refinery.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union at TOR, John Elton Botwey said, \u201c\u2026it hit us as news, I mean, nobody has an idea of what the minister really wants to do but I take it that maybe he has misplaced either his notes or technically whoever advised him has not done a yeoman\u2019s job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTOR itself has a development plan that is going to see to its expansion and it\u2019s going to be the 160,000 barrels per day \u2026 and apparently, if he says he\u2019s building a new TOR, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen to the old TOR which means that all the plans that are there are going to be scrapped,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Botwey believes the Energy Minister got it wrong, \u201cAnd that I don\u2019t know how he\u2019s going to do it. Honestly, I didn\u2019t listen to him speak but from the excerpts I have and whatever I\u2019ve been seeing on the media landscape, I feel that he\u2019s got it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko recently disclosed to JoyBusiness that government is encouraging some private sector firms to build a new refinery next to the Tema Oil Refinery. <\/p>\n<p>He said the move is part of plans to help Ghana attain energy hub status that the government is aiming at in the short to medium term.<\/p>\n<p>The workers are therefore meeting on Monday to see the way forward, \u201cSo the union is trying to meet the management. 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