TOR apologises for shortage of liquefied petroleum gas

Accra, March 9, GNA - The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), on Tuesday assured=

the public that it was working hard to repair a leakage that was detected= on its sixth Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) pipeline, leading to the suspensi= on of the discharge of the product over the weekend.

It said personnel of the refinery were currently working around the clock to quickly restore the pipeline for discharge and onward distributi= on of LPG to the market. A statement signed by Ms Aba Lokko, Public Affairs Manager, TOR, said=

the company acknowledged the present shortage of LPG on the market, but attributed the situation to some technical difficulties resulting from th= e fire outbreak on January 19, 2010.

It noted that the incident also coincided with a major maintenance be= ing carried out on the Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracker (RFCC) Unit. The statement explained that subsequently, the refinery had been depending on imported finished products to serve the market. It said it was in the process of discharging one such cargo of 5,000 metric tonnes of LPG, which arrived over the weekend through an arrangeme= nt by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) from the Oil Jetty to the refinery. The statement said TOR sincerely regrets the situation and any inconvenience that it might had caused. 9 March 10.