Ghana: Tema Oil Refinery, GNPC Take Delivery Of 950,000 Barrels Of Sankofa-Gye Nyame Crude

Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), in partnership with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has taken delivery of 950,000 barrels of light sweet crude oil from the Sankofa-Gye Nyame field in the Offshore Cape Three Point (OCTP) block, TOR said on Friday.

The crude was delivered by Sonangol Cazenga, marking the first time a Ghanaian refinery has received a cargo of crude from the Sankofa field for processing, TOR said.

The shipment is part of efforts to strengthen domestic refining capacity and improve Ghana’s energy security, the refinery said.

TOR said the collaboration with GNPC would help strengthen links between Ghana’s upstream and downstream petroleum sectors and retain more value from the country’s crude resources within the domestic economy.

TOR’s Managing Director said the partnership demonstrated the potential for greater cooperation between upstream and downstream operators to improve crude supply, support refinery operations and create more value from Ghana’s petroleum resources.

He said the Sankofa crude cargo provided an opportunity for TOR to strengthen its operations while supporting Ghana’s efforts to build a more resilient and sustainable petroleum industry.

TOR and GNPC are also discussing further areas of cooperation, the refinery said.

The TOR managing director thanked President John Dramani Mahama, Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor and GNPC’s chief executive and management for their support and partnership.

He also thanked TOR’s tolling partners, Fujairah and Triangle Commodities Trading (TCT), for their continued support.

TOR resumed crude oil refining in late December 2025 and has since processed Bonga crude from Nigeria and Jubilee crude from Ghana’s Jubilee field, the refinery said.

The refinery is currently processing about 28,000 barrels of crude per stream.