The Office Of The Special Prosecutor (OSP) has written to the editor of energynewsafrica.com, Michael Creg Afful, to acknowledge receipt of his petition to investigate Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) over the alleged shady sale of 260,000 litres of slop oil to two unlicensed companies.
“The OSP will commence investigation into the matter if I determine the complainant to be within the mandate of the Office. You may be invited to further assist the office in the investigations,” part of the letter from the OSP read.
It would be recalled that the editor of this portal, Michael Creg Afful, petitioned the Special Prosecutor on 29th June 2022 to investigate the Tema Oil Refinery over the alleged shady sale of slop oil to two unlicensed companies.
The refinery, in May 2022, sold 230 metric tonnes (260,000) of slop oil to K-Moy Ghana Limited and Petro XP Ghana Limited.
Each of the companies received 130MT(130,000 litres) of slop oil.
Investigations conducted by energynewsafrica.com revealed the two companies were not licensed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA).
This portal’s editor went to the refinery to speak to Charles Awuah, General Manager in charge of Commerce after a telephone conversation.
Mr. Awuah requested that the editor submit an official letter for their response to the transaction, which the editor did.
Unfortunately, TOR refused to respond to the letter as it demanded, thus compelling energynewsafrica.com to publish the story on 30th June 2022.
Interestingly, a day after this portal had published the story, TOR respond, admitting that it sold the slop oil to Petro XP Ghana Limited and not K-Moy Ghana Limited.
The refinery claimed that Petro XP Ghana Limited and Petro XP Ghana Limited have the same directors and that Petrol XP Ghana Limited is their registered name and Petro XP Ghana Limited is their trade name.
Surprisingly, TOR denied selling slop to K-Moy Ghana Limited, when documents available showed that the former sold the product to K-Moy Ghana Limited and Petro XP Ghana Limited.
It is important to inform readers that Charles Awuah, GM Commerce, has since this portal’s publication, been suspended for one month without salary.
Our sources indicate that some persons involved in the alleged shady deal are hunting for persons who might have leaked the information on the transaction to this portal.
Tema Oil Refinery has been recording product losses resulting in huge indebtedness to its clients.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
