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day of rich gas, 75,000 barrels/day of gas polythene bags and jerry cans of illegally for diverting the fuel subsidy, the National
condensate and 400 tons/day of sulfur, and 1 refined oil products and equipment used for Assembly’s Finance Committee said.
million tons/year of liquefied petroleum gas illegal oil production as well as illicit drugs The directive comes after the parliament’s
and one million tons/year of ethane to be fed impounded by troops within the period. Finance Committee learnt that the Treasury
to petrochemical plants. “Troops of Operation Delta Safe have had diverted the cash to the Chinese firm
Back in October 2020, the operator of the sustained operations to forestall the activities operating the standard gauge railway (SGR).
South Pars Phase 14 development project said of economic saboteurs and other criminal Once implemented, the directive is likely
the project’s onshore refinery is scheduled elements in the South-South Zone. to help in reducing the increasing pressure
to be fully operational by the first half of the “However, the Armed Forces of Nigeria of the oil price hike, which in turn will spur
current Iranian calendar year (September and other security agencies will not relent inflation. The price of gasoline has been raised
2021). nor rest on its oars in the fight against by the government by 6% to $1.23 per litre
TEHRAN TIMES criminalities in all parts of the country. since September 15.
“The Military High Command commends According to the committee, the funds are
Troops deactivate 51 illegal the continued sacrifices of its troops and intended to reinstate a fuel subsidy that was
salutes their courage and resilience toward
introduced in April and discontinued last
refineries, arrest 23 oil achieving sustainable peace in the country,” month, sending fuel prices to their highest
he said.
level in Kenya’s history.
thieves VANGUARD August after the state used about $34mn to
The subsidy scheme was left empty in
The Defence Headquarters say troops of upgrade infrastructure in the energy sector
Operation Delta Safe have deactivated 51 FUELS and $163mn to support SGR operations.
illegal refineries in the last two weeks. The government has collected over
It said the refineries had a total of 76 ovens, Ghana asks SONABHY to $280mn from the petroleum levy from July
52 cooking pots/boilers, 22 cooling systems, last year, but only $77mn has been used as a
102 reservoirs, 16 large dugout pits and 513 increase imports fuel subsidy, the committee added.
storage tanks. BNE
The Acting Director, Defence Media Ghana’s National Petroleum Authority (NPA)
Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, is reviewing export and transit arrangements
made this known while giving update on the with Burkina Faso’s SONABHY, which PETROCHEMICALS
military operations across the country on oversees the import and distribution of
Thursday in Abuja. petroleum products in that country, in a bid to Fertiglobe partners up for
Onyeuko said the deactivated sites which boost trade.
also had drums and sacks laden with illegally NPA chief executive Dr. Mustapha Abdul- green ammonia project in
refined oil, were discovered in Rivers, Abia, Hamid said that gas and oil exports to Burkina
Cross Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Imo Faso have been on the decline since 2019 and Egypt
states. are currently down by about 72% compared to
He said that a total of 23 criminal elements 2020 volume, Joy Business reports. OCI announced that Fertiglobe, the
were arrested and 73 rounds of 7.62mm During a visit to SONABHY headquarters, partnership between OCI and Abu Dhabi
ammunition, five cartridges, two AK-47 rifles, he appealed for Burkina Faso to book imports National Oil Co. (ADNOC), has entered into
and one double-barrel gun were recovered in of petroleum products from Ghana, which an agreement with Scatec and TSFE to jointly
the course of the operations. now account for 15% of the total, with the rest develop a 50-100 MW electrolyzer facility
Onyeuko also said that one pump action coming from Togo and Cote D’Ivoire. to produce green hydrogen as feedstock for
gun and three locally-made pistols among BNE green ammonia production. The facility will
other items were recovered. be located near Fertiglobe’s subsidiary EBIC
According to him, a total of 317,450 litres Kenya to pay $162mn for in Ain Sokhna in Egypt and is a first step
of illegally refined AGO, 8,000 litres of DPK towards developing a green hydrogen hub in
and 159,000 litres of stolen crude have been high fuel price pressure Ain Sokhna.
recovered in the course of the operations. Under the agreement, Scatec will build,
“These were in addition to several other Kenya’s parliament has directed the executive operate and majority own the facility, and
vehicles and boats loaded with sacks/ to refund over $162mn in compensation EBIC will use the green hydrogen as a

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