TOR Managing Director outlines expansion and work ahead

The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Edmond Kombat has said that in the near term, Engineers from Verga Engineering are working with TOR’s technical team to complete the tie-in and commission the F-61 this month.

He said this will allow the Crude Distillation Unit to move from its current throughput of about 28,000bpsd to its nameplate capacity of 45,000bpsd to 55,000bpsd.

In the medium term, he said, TOR plans to install a new air cooler to raise capacity to 60,000bpsd and replace the 6,500 barrel-a-day catalytic reformers with a 10,000 barrel-per-day continuous catalytic reformer.

The new 120-ton boiler has been installed, while work on the RFCC turnaround, and SCADA system continues.

Edmond Kombat was speaking during the Government Accountability Series in Accra on Monday, October 26.

He stated that on August 1, 2026, H.E. the President directed the Minister for Energy and Green Transition Dr John Jinapor to work with the TOR Board and management on a strategic roadmap to raise processing capacity to 100,000 barrels a day with a further plan to increase it to 200,000 barrels per day end-state.

He also announced plans to restructure TOR so that it can operate on sound commercial principles, without undue political interference. The Ministry of Finance is currently working with TOR to consider writing off $120million of TOR’s legacy debt owed to the GoG or convert it into equity.

TOR is part of a national plan. With the refinery's expansion from 45,000 to 100,000 barrels a day, Government is targeting about 70 percent of national fuel demand from local refining by 2028.