The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has recommended gas stores and motorists in opposition to the usage of ramps to resource the pumping of gas into motors.
It stated tilting motors on ramps to fill them to the brim may want to harm gas tanks and result in explosion and destruction of motors and lives.
A declaration from NPA and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra stated the Eastern Regional Manager, Mr. David Owusu-Kena., gave the warning at an NPA media engagement in Koforidua.
The media engagement, prepared with the aid of using the Communications Department became to spotlight the Authority`s sports withinside the petroleum downstream enterprise and reply to enterprise-associated questions from the media.
Mr. Owusu-Kena stated gas tanks have been now no longer prepurported to be stuffed to capability given that gas required area for expansion.
He stated gas in completely stuffed tanks spilled over at the car and at the forecourt of gas stations, that can spark hearthplace.
Besides, he stated, the extended gas may want to harm the gas gauge and leak via vintage tanks into the exhaust pipe, that can begin hearthplace and burn down the car and reason accidents and lack of lives.
On necessities for siting a filling station, Mr. Owusu-Kena stated the potential candidates wanted lets in from the Environmental Protection Agency (EP), the Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service (GNFRS) and the meeting earlier than the NPA`s granted allow for production of a gas station.
He stated the Authority made certain that the applicant had secured all of the vital approvals from the EPA, the GNFRS and the meeting to make certain the protection of citizens and safety of the environment.
To Taking his turn, the Head of Planning of NPA, Mr. Dominic Aboagye, mentioned measures the Authority had installed location to make certain uninterrupted gas availability and deliver withinside the us of a.
The interventions encompass control of garage depots, the laycan allocation programme and inventory tracking and reporting.
Besides, he stated, the Gold for Oil programme, the Bank of Ghana foreign exchange guide to Bulk Oil Distribution Companies and the granting of Special International Oil Trading License have been key to stopping any hazard of gas deliver disruption.
Mr. Aboagye stated nearby refining of crude oil with the aid of using Akwaaba Oil Refinery and the Platon Gas Oil Refinery have been helping the sector.
He stated nearby gas refinery might be ramped up with the predicted begin of operation with the aid of using the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and the crowning glory of the Sentuo refinery.
In a quest of welcoming the media on behalf the NPA Chief Executive said the ultimate year`s media engagements throughout the us of a targeted on pricing and best of petroleum products, and indicated that this year`s sensitization might be on necessities for siting filling stations and protection of deliver of petroleum products.
A member of the Governing Board of NPA and Chairman of the Consumer Services sub-committee, Mr Kwami Sefa Kayi, lauded the NPA for the sensitization power and advised the media to be greater proactive with the aid of using asking the NPA enterprise-associated questions for clarifications.
