Tema Oil Refinery Targets Over 500,000 Tonnes of Fuel Products in 2026

According to a report by Channel One News published on November 11, 2026, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is targeting the production of more than 500,000 metric tonnes of finished petroleum products by the end of 2026 as management intensifies efforts to restore the refinery’s operations.

Managing Director of TOR, Edmond Kombat, disclosed that the refinery had produced approximately 400,000 metric tonnes of finished petroleum products as of November 11, 2026, following the resumption of crude oil processing.

Speaking in an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One Television’s The Point of View programme, Edmond Kombat described the projected output as a significant improvement compared with the 36,000 metric tonnes produced during the refinery’s brief period of operations in 2025.

He explained that achieving more than 500,000 metric tonnes would represent approximately 10 per cent of Ghana’s annual consumption of finished petroleum products.

Edmond Kombat noted that Ghana imported and consumed about 5.2 million metric tonnes of finished petroleum products in 2025. He said increasing domestic refining would help reduce the country’s dependence on imported fuel products while retaining more economic value within the local petroleum industry.

The Managing Director attributed the improvement in production to the return of refining operations following turnaround maintenance on TOR’s Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) and the commissioning of a replacement furnace.

According to him, the interventions increased the refinery’s refining capacity from 28,000 to 45,000 barrels per stream day.

TOR successfully conducted a test run on December 19, 2025, and continued processing crude oil until February 2026, when operations were suspended because of difficulties with crude supply arrangements. The refinery subsequently resumed processing in June 2026.

The latest production target forms part of broader efforts to restore the operational capacity of the state-owned refinery and strengthen Ghana’s domestic petroleum production.

Edmond Kombat maintained that expanding local refining capacity would be important in supporting energy security, reducing reliance on imported finished products and creating more opportunities within the country’s petroleum sector.

Although the refinery has made progress since resuming operations, achieving the full-year target will depend on maintaining production and securing a reliable supply of crude oil.

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