400,000 Barrels Of Crude Oil Arrive To Save The Power Crisis

Government has received  400,000 barrels of light crude oil to save the power crisis facing the country.

For the past few weeks, power supply in the country has been unstable. The inability of government to stabilize power supply has seen protests and cries from the public - businesses have been  affected greatly.

Hon. John Jinapor, the Deputy Power Minister has given a reason for the recent power outage in the country. He said this is due to lack of fuel within the Aboadze thermal enclave.

“The major challenge that is been confronting us for days now is being the lack of fuel within the Aboadze thermal enclave. This is because fuel we had established LC for and was expecting on the 23d, the suppliers couldn’t deliver the fuel arising from militant attacks in Nigeria.

Five terminals were blown in Nigeria,” he explained, adding, “it delayed the fuel. Eventually the vessel took 400,000 barrels of fuel in Nigeria and even on the way had to take a detour.

Normally it takes about one day for the vessel to navigate to Ghana but this time had to take about three days because it had to take a detour in Sao Tome. We have fuel now, we are going through the treatment. " he said

The minister also confirmed the arrival of 400,000 barrels of light crude oil.  He said the crude oil will add about 450 megawatts of power to the installed capacity. 

At the moment, the country is  shedding 200 megawatts of power. The crude oil will add[supply] 450 megawatts of power. This means “all things being equal, there will be no dumsor” he assured us.