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Business

[ 2017-10-04 ]

TOR denies fuel smuggling story
Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has denied earlier reports
that about 40 Bulk Road Vehicles (BRVs) with fake
foreign number plates load fuel mostly on
Saturdays and on holidays at night at the TOR
Depot.

In a statement signed by the Public Affairs
Manager of TOR, Dr Kingsley Antwi-Boasiako, said:
“Our attention has been drawn to a publication
in the Tuesday, October 03, 2017 edition of the
Daily Guide under the headline, ‘TOR Fuel
Smugglers Exposed’.

In the said story, it was stated that about 40
Bulk Road Vehicles (BRVs) with fake foreign number
plates load fuel mostly on Saturdays and on
holidays at night at the TOR Depot.”

“The story stated that these BRVs load under the
pretext of exporting the products to neighbouring
countries only to divert them for sale at their
various yards. The story also inaccurately
mentioned that the current MD, Isaac Osei is aware
of this illegality but has refused to act on
it,” the statement continued.

Read the full statement below:

REJOINDER-“TOR Fuel Smugglers Exposed”

Published in the Tuesday, October 03, 2017 edition
of the Daily Guide
Our attention has been drawn to a publication in
the Tuesday, October 03, 2017 edition of the Daily
Guide under the headline: “TOR Fuel Smugglers
Exposed.”

In the said story, it was stated that about 40
Bulk Road Vehicles (BRVs) with fake foreign number
plates load fuel mostly on Saturdays and on
holidays at night at the TOR Depot.

The story stated that these BRVs load under the
pretext of exporting the products to neighbouring
countries only to divert them for sale at their
various yards. The story also inaccurately
mentioned that the current MD, Isaac Osei is aware
of this illegality but has refused to act on it.

The management of TOR would like to state that the
above statement and other similar ones made in the
said story are fictitious, and must therefore be
taken with a pinch of salt.

It is also instructive to note that monitoring of
the movement of Bulk Road Vehicles in the country
does not fall under the ambit of TOR but the
National Petroleum Authority (NPA) which is
carrying out its duties in accordance with the
law.

We wish to state that Isaac Osei, is a fine
statesman who would not indulge in, or entertain
any form of illegality, particularly under his
watch as the Managing Director of the Tema Oil
Refinery. This is unmistakably manifested in the
sterling record of his achievements in the various
positions he has held both in the private and
public sectors.

We would also like to place on record that the
refinery has been on shut-down maintenance since
March 2017 after the explosion of one of its
furnaces in January. As a result, TOR does not
currently own any product aside from LPG Gas, and
that all other products are only being held in
trust for their owners.

Consequently, TOR finds the concept of
‘internal fuel smuggling’ quite difficult to
comprehend since all products are released
according to the wishes of their owners.

TOR would like to assure all Ghanaians that its
management under the leadership of Isaac Osei
would ensure that all activities that go on at the
nation’s refinery are in line with ethical
standards and in accordance with the law.

Dr. Kingsley Antwi-Boasiako
Public Affairs Manager
Tema Oil Refinery



Source - Joy Business



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