• Live Radio
  • Videos
  • About
  • Contact
  • Despite Media
Ghana Election 2020
  • Home
  • Local News
  • Politics
  • Showbiz
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • VIDEOS
  • Media
    • Videos
    • Audio
    • Live Radio
    • Photos
  • Election 2020
Local News
 
 
 
Home Business Industry & Manufacturing 201209

NPA: There Is No Shortage Of Gas

03-Sep-2012
/ Industry & Manufacturing, Business
Email
Print
Comments 0
(0)
Comments
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
 

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has refuted claims that there is shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country as being speculated in some sections of the media.

Reports over the weekend suggested a scarcity of the commodity in some areas in the Greater Accra Region, with many gas stations putting up signs reading, "No Gas". According to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), gas stations at Madina, Ashaley Botwe and Adenta suburbs had closed their premises with sign reading "No Gas".

Long queues of vehicles as well as domestic petroleum gas users had become a common sight at the gas stations where there is gas for customers.

But speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s morning show ‘Kokrokoo’, the NPA Public Relations Officer, Yaro Kasambata, maintained that there is gas in the system. He, however, added that “the facility to discharge them to various points has become a challenge”.

He disclosed that there is more than 800 tonnes of gas but the gantry available cannot dispense large quantities of gas as expected to distribution vehicles.

“We have gas in the storage but...you need gantry…but the one we have cannot deliver a lot of gas as we would expect. What we deliver everyday to the market is 800 tonnes and this increases when there is a gas shortage but even that we still have the queues…There will be no need to say there is gas when there is no gas; there is gas but the challenge is infrastructure but we have not slept on the issue and luckily in a month or two, the problems will be over. LPG is delivered slowly because the delivery and the satisfaction is also about safety and security which does not have to be compromised…,” he said.

Yaro Kasambata said the NPA is working on a system where LPG will be pumped into various trucks directly from the vessel, instead of waiting for it to get to Accra before they are discharged. He gave the assurance that when this is done, distribution will be easy and the seeming shortage will be no more.

"We are working on a system where vessels can be pumped straight into waiting trucks; we have the approval now and very soon that project will start. In about a month or two the project in Tema should be up and running; the fact that we have (some form of) shortage does not mean that we need to compromise on safety and quality…Government does not have funds to fund extra resources to build other facilities...," he added.

Source: Beatrice Adepa Frempong/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana

 

 
 

 

Comments ( 0 ): Post Your Comments >>

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.
Featured Video
Previous Post

Small And Medium Enterprises Urged To Embrace Technology To Cut Down Cost

Next Post

Vodafone Drops In Market Share As Glo Exceeds Target

 
 

More Stories

Star Beer Shines With Asanteman, Begins Production In Kumasi Again
Tesla Extends Price Cuts To U.S., Europe To Drive Demand
Tesla Suspends Production At Shanghai Plant
UPPR Ghana Ltd Wins CIMG Manufacturing Company Of The Year
Shoe Fabriek, Ghana’s Largest Manufacturer Of Safety Boots Marks 1st Anniversary
Toyota To Suspend Production At 3 Western Japan Plants As Typhoon Nears
Mohinani Group Set to Open First Bottle-To-Bottle rPET Plant in Ghana
Ghana Gas Lauded For Contribution Towards Govt’s Industrialisation Agenda
Tropical Cable Readies To Celebrate 25 Years As A Leading Electrical Cable Manufacturer
Next Post

Vodafone Drops In Market Share As Glo Exceeds Target

  Ghana Business News

  • General News
  • Economy
  • Banking & Finance
  • Stock Market
  • Industry/Manufacturing


 
 

Other Industry & Manufacturing Stories

  • Star Beer Shines With Asanteman, Begins Production In Kumasi Again

  • Tesla Extends Price Cuts To U.S., Europe To Drive Demand

  • Tesla Suspends Production At Shanghai Plant

  • UPPR Ghana Ltd Wins CIMG Manufacturing Company Of The Year

  • Shoe Fabriek, Ghana’s Largest Manufacturer Of Safety Boots Marks 1st Anniversary

  • Toyota To Suspend Production At 3 Western Japan Plants As Typhoon Nears

  • Mohinani Group Set to Open First Bottle-To-Bottle rPET Plant in Ghana

  • Ghana Gas Lauded For Contribution Towards Govt’s Industrialisation Agenda

  • Tropical Cable Readies To Celebrate 25 Years As A Leading Electrical Cable Manufacturer

  • Toyota To Cut Global Production Plan By 100,000 In June

 

 
 

Popular Videos

Kokrokoo Live On Peace 104.3 FM (06/02/2023)

Entertainment Review On Peace 104.3 FM (4/02/2023)

Akan News @ Midday On Peace 104.3 FM (4/02/2023)

Peace Power Sports (06/02/2023)

Akan News @ 6am On Peace 104.3 FM (5/2/2023)

Kokrokoo Discussion Segment On Peace 104.3 FM (06/02/2023)

Peace FM Online and Despite Media

peacefmonline.com offers its reading audience with a comprehensive online source for up-to-the-minute news about politics, business, entertainment and other issues in Ghana

Follow us on social media:

Category

  • Home
  • Local News
  • Politics
  • Showbiz
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Trivia
  • Foreign
  • Audio
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Elections
Decision Time
Ghana Election 2020 2016 Elections
Services
Live Radio Audio on Demand Ghana Elections Advertise with Us
Useful Links
Despite Media About Us Contact Us Feedback Form Terms and Conditions Privacy
Our Brands
Despite Media UTV Peace FM Okay FM Hello FM Neat FM Peacefmonline
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Contact
  • Privacy

© 2020 Peacefmonline.com - An online portal owned and managed by Despite Media

  • Home
  • Local News
  • Politics
  • Showbiz
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Articles
  • Trivia
  • Foreign
  • Live Radio
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Audio
  • Election 2020

© 2020 Peacefmonline.com - An online portal owned and managed by Despite Media