Depots
The Bulk Oil Storage and Trans...
BOST as part of its mandate to facilitate the transportation of petroleum products throughout the country to its depots has adopted various strategic methods for the execution of this mandate.
In line with this mandate, the Government of Ghana through its agencies including BOST, VLTC, GOIL and others planned, developed and implemented the transport of petroleum products from TOR through APD to the Akosombo Depot
And by river barge on the Volta Lake to the Buipe depot, thereby ensuring that petroleum products would be transported to the northern part of the country using the cheapest means of transport available.
The route of petroleum product transfer however had a major deficiency especially during the dry season, when the Volta Lake reduces in volume , resulting in shallow draft that do not support navigation on the Volta lake about 50km to Buipe.
To make up for this deficiency, BOST developed the Debre Marine project to allow river barges to dock at Debre and the product transported from there to the Buipe Depot either by road or by pipeline during the dry season.
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| GASOLINE (CUBIC METRES) | GASOIL (CUBIC METRES) | KEROSINE(CUBIC METRES) | TOTAL CAPACITY (CUBIC METRES) |
| 34,000 | 43,000 | 10,000 | 87,000 |
This Depot is located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Total storage capacity of 87,000 cubic meters
- Gasoline - 34,000 cubic meters
- Gasoil – 43,000 cubic meters
- Kerosine – 10,000 cubic meters
- Kumasi depot has 9 tanks in all.
TERMINAL OPERATIONS
1. Product receipt is by Bulk Road Vehicles (BRVs)
2. The discharging facility is made of two(2) discharging loading bays
3. For loading there are three loading racks with a total of 11 loading arms
| GASOLINE (CUBIC METRES) | GAS OIL (CUBIC METRES) | TOTAL CAPACITY (CUBIC METRES) |
| 8000 | 9000 | 17,000 |
- Located in the Volta Region of Ghana
- Total capacity – 17,000 cubic metres
- Gasoline – 8000 cubic metres
- Gas Oil – 9000 cubic metres
MAMI WATER TERMINAL OPERATIONS
- Mami Water Depot is designed to boost pressure for pipeline transfer from APD to Akosombo depot.
- Product receipt from APD is through a 63km multiproduct pipeline
- The Depot has a discharging facility to enable product receipt by BRVs
- The Depot has one loading gantry.
| GASOLINE (CUBIC METRES) | GASOIL (CUBIC METRES) | TOTAL CAPACITY (CUBIC METRES) |
| 13,000 | 37,000 | 50,000 |
- Located in the Savanna Region of Ghana
- The depot has a total storage capacity of 50,000 cubic metres
- Gasoline – 13,000 cubic metres
- Gasoil – 37,000 cubic metres
Terminal operations
- The Depot was originally designed to receive products by River Barges from the Akosombo Depot.
- At the landing jetty at Buipe product is pumped through a 10km 6-inch uni-directional pipeline into the tanks
- The Depot has a discharging facility to enable receipt of product by BRVs
- Product transfer from Buipe to Bolgatanga is via an 8-inch 261km multiproduct pipeline
- Loading is done with five (5) loading arms
