GOIL PLC in partnership with Société Multinationale de Bitumes (SMB), Côte d'Ivoire has inaugurated a Bitumen Terminal and production plant in Tema in the Greater Accra Region

The 40-million-dollar facility has a production plant capacity of 7,500 metric tonnes and will produce Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB), Bitumen Emulsions as well as offer laboratory testing for quality of products, storage, and transfer of bitumen.

The first of its kind, the landmark project is expected to produce the required volumes and other bituminous products sufficient to the needs of Ghana’s road construction sector while drastically reducing the importation of bituminous products into the country.

 The project was jointly inaugurated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and the Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, Robert Beugré Mambé.

President Akufo Addo charged GOIL PLC of SMB, to ensure that they maintain operational excellence at the world-class facility.

The Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, Robert Beugré Mambé, who represented the Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, noted that the commissioning of the joint Bitumen Terminal marks a new elevated chapter in the diplomatic and bilateral relations between Ghana and Cóte d’Ivoire. He indicated that the Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, is delighted about the materialization of the project as he looks forward to the success of the Bitumen production facility.

In attendance were the Minister of State at the Energy Ministry, Mr. Herbert Krappa, Minister of Mines, Petroleum & Energy of COTE D’IVOIRE, Mr. Mamadou S. Coulibaly, the Board Chairman of GOIL PLC, Mr. Reginald Daniel Laryea, and the Board Chairman of SMB, Mr. Sindou Cisse.

Others were the Group CEO & MD of GOIL, Mr. Kwame Osei-Prempeh, the MD, SMB Mrs. Marie Josephine Sidibe, Board and Management, GOIL PLC, as well as other invited guests and Staff of GOIL PLC.