The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has received one million barrels of Ghana’s Jubilee Medium Sweet Crude, marking the first delivery of the country’s indigenous crude to the state-owned refinery in nearly a decade.
The delivery forms part of government efforts to revive local refining, enhance value addition and reduce Ghana’s dependence on imported refined petroleum products.
A statement issued by TOR said the cargo, delivered aboard the MT Apache on July 15, 2026, was the third one-million-barrel crude shipment received by the refinery since May this year, following earlier consignments of Bonga and Baleine crude.
The refinery said the latest delivery fulfilled President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to ensuring that crude oil produced in Ghana was refined locally to support economic growth.
“With this latest delivery, TOR has now received its third one-million-barrel crude cargo since May 2026, namely Bonga, Baleine, and now Jubilee Medium Sweet Crude,” the statement said.
According to TOR, the shipment marks the second supply of Jubilee crude to the refinery under President Mahama’s administration, the first having been delivered in December 2016 during his previous term in office.
The refinery said the successive crude deliveries had enabled it to sustain refining operations and produce petroleum products for both the domestic and regional markets.
It described the latest shipment as another milestone in its ongoing operational revival, adding that expanding local refining capacity would strengthen Ghana’s energy security, support industrialisation and reduce reliance on imported refined fuels.
TOR expressed appreciation to President Mahama for his commitment to revitalising Ghana’s only state-owned refinery and advancing an integrated petroleum value chain.
The refinery reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the government’s objective of linking the country’s upstream oil production with downstream refining to create jobs, enhance energy security and position Ghana as a competitive petroleum refining hub in West Africa.
