ACCRA, Ghana, 26th October: The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is advancing plans to establish a specialist hospital with a burns and trauma centre, alongside a staff housing project, as part of its Restoration and Legacy Projects programme for 2026 to 2029.
Managing Director Edmond Kombat disclosed this at the Government Accountability Series at the Presidency.
He said the proposed projects form part of a broader vision to ensure that the refinery’s recovery delivers benefits beyond its industrial operations.
According to Mr Kombat, the proposed hospital is intended to provide specialist healthcare services, including burns and trauma care.
He said management is also working with the Ghana Homeownership Fund to develop staff housing on existing TOR lands to help address accommodation challenges within the Tema enclave.
Housing challenges
Mr Kombat said the housing project is among the initiatives being considered as management works to improve staff welfare and the wider support systems needed for efficient refinery operations.
The refinery has also undertaken human-resource reforms, including reviewing conditions of service, job descriptions and performance-management systems.
Management has engaged the refinery’s four worker unions and their national unions, including the Trades Union Congress, as part of efforts to rebuild confidence and improve labour relations.
The Managing Director said more than 300 staff petitions relating to promotions, some of which had remained unresolved for over a decade, had been addressed.
Long-term expansion plans
The proposed hospital and housing development form part of a wider programme that includes expanding TOR’s refining capacity and developing additional industrial facilities.
Mr Kombat said the Restoration and Legacy Projects programme proposes expanding the existing refinery from 45,000 to 85,000 barrels per stream day and constructing a new refinery with a capacity of 115,000 barrels per stream day.
The two facilities would have a combined processing capacity of 200,000 barrels per stream day.
The programme also includes additional storage capacity designed to meet current environmental standards and plans for petrochemical facilities.
Mr Kombat said the projects would be pursued with strategic partners and in line with the climate-compliance principles set by the President.
Recovery beyond refinery operations
The Managing Director said TOR’s recovery had already contributed to employment creation, with 1,657 permanent and temporary jobs recorded through recruitment, maintenance work and local contractors.
These included 415 young engineers recruited into permanent positions, alongside temporary workers engaged for the CDU and RFCC maintenance exercises.
He said the company’s longer-term objective is to become a commercially viable and competitive refinery capable of contributing to Ghana’s energy security, industrial growth, job creation and national development.
Story by: Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh(#RomeoWrites✍️) Presidential Affairs Correspondent | Ghana 🇬🇭