Sentua Oil Refinery | Sentu web site, lern more page (accessed May 27, 2026)

Sentuo Oil Refinery Limited (SORL) is Ghana's first large-scale privately owned crude oil refinery and the country's largest active refining facility as of 2026. It was conceived within the framework of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for the oil and gas industry in Africa, and developed to position Ghana as a regional benchmark for petrochemical production in West Africa. Phase 1 operations commenced on August 29, 2023, with a formal commissioning ceremony presided over by President Nana Akufo-Addo on January 26, 2024.

SORL is fundamentally a hydrocracking-centred complex — distinct from Tema Oil Refinery (TOR)'s simpler hydro-skimming/FCC design — and capable of processing medium to heavy crude grades, including Ghana's domestic Jubilee Sweet Light crude:

The refinery was designed from the outset as a three-train, multi-phase development, with each train adding approximately 40,000 bpd of capacity:

By end-2024, Sentuo had become the dominant force in Ghana's domestic refining, accounting for 65% of all locally refined petroleum products and holding nearly 24% of all privately held fuel storage capacity in the country.

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