This is part of a comprehensive strategy to expand the country’s energy infrastructure and maximise the value of its hydrocarbon resources. Addressing energy investors and industry leaders at the 2025 Invest in African Energies: Accra Investor Briefing, Deputy Energy and Green Transition Minister, Richard Gyan-Mensah, outlined a series of government’s infrastructure ambitions and policy direction.
Speaking on behalf of the Minister for Energy, John Jinapor, he stated that the planned facilities will significantly strengthen Ghana’s capacity to process and utilise its petroleum resources domestically, adding that the ultimate goal of the initiatives is energy security through affordable prices by prioritising storage, transportation infrastructure and other measures to maximise value.
“A 20,000-acre piece of land has already been secured in Jomoro in the Western Region for the construction of these facilities,” he said. “The government is committed to providing basic infrastructure such as roads, water and electricity in the area to accelerate the development,” he added. Each of the three new refineries will have a minimum processing capacity of 300,000 barrels of oil per stream day, a major scale-up from Ghana’s current refining capacity, the deputy minister said.
