A tanker with Russian oil entered West African waters for the first time in four years. The ship is currently awaiting unloading off the coast of Ghana. informs Bloomberg agency.
The course of this tanker started from Novorossiysk at the beginning of this year and reached the territorial waters of Ghana at the end of February on the 24th of last month. There are 600,000 barrels of oil on board. The final destination for the delivery of raw materials should be a local oil refinery (refinery). The article states that this business is located in the city of Tema, 24 km from the capital of Ghana, Accra.
In addition, another ship carrying Russian oil products arrived in Ghana a week ago. We are talking about 40 thousand tons of diesel. The article says incoming parties should help Ghana strengthen the country’s energy security against the backdrop of the global energy crisis.
28 February Oil Price portal knowledgeableNorth African countries started to buy diesel from Russia en masse. Such petroleum products are needed by the countries of the region for further sales in the European energy market. According to Vortexa Senior Analyst Ioannis Papadimitriou, a total of about 87 vessels carrying Russian diesel are currently sailing at sea.