Ghana’s indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL Company Ltd, is expected to cut sod for the construction of West Africa’s biggest bitumen processing plant in Tema this month.
The plant, which will take about 18 months to complete, has been awarded to an Ivorian-based S&B firm.
The plant will deliver quality bitumen for road construction in the sub-region.
Chief Operating Officer of GOIL Company Limited, Alex Josiah Adzew, who disclosed this said the company is also on course as far as its plans to establish LPG refilling plants in Tema, Kumasi and Tamale are concerned.
“The contract has already been awarded and the contractor is working so I must say we’re on course, but it’s a very big project because, as I indicated, it’s going to be one of the biggest processing plants in West Africa due to the quality of bitumen it will supply.”
Mr Adzew added, “The only plant to supply AC10, AC 20 and the PMB, the quality of bitumen used for the construction of the N1 road, and that’s the product we want to bring to Ghana.
“It’s going to be a game changer and we’re partnering a company in Ivory Coast, SMB, which already has a depot in Abidjan and very experienced in the management of such facilities.
“I’m very confident that with the chart I have seen with the contractor, SMB Company would deliver a good job in 18 months.”