The operator of Ghana’s sole oil refinery said the planned capacity of a proposed second plant could be doubled as the West African nation targets exports to neighboring countries. Tema Oil Refinery will complete studies next year to build a 200,000 barrel-a-day plant in the port city, 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of the capital, Accra, Managing Director Isaac Osei said in an interview. Output at the existing 45,000 barrel-a-day plant has been slashed by an explosion at its crude distillation unit in January. “We need that refinery to strategically position ourselves to service other countries, especially land-locked countries,” Osei said in Tema. He declined to say how much the plant will cost or how it will be funded. Nations in the region such as Togo, Burkina Faso and Mali have no oil-refining capacity. Former President John Mahama said in May that a new plant would be designed with […]