Heavy Industrial Area, Tema - Ghana

Legal, Public Affairs, Procurement & SIRD

Legal Services Department

The department provides appropriate and timely legal advice on all transactions of the company to ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements affecting the operations of TOR.

Public Affairs Department

The department is responsible for developing strategic communications that are planned and sustained to accomplish the following:  enhance the image of the company, establish mutually beneficial relationships between the organization and its public, explain the operations of the organization to the public, develop and maintain excellent relations with the media, advise management on issues and also develop and implement the corporate social responsibility programs.

Community involvement is one of our corporate social responsibilities.  We believe in interdependence and are therefore committed to helping the communities in which we operate.  We try to improve the livelihood of the communities by donating towards education, health, and community development projects.

Procurement Department

The Procurement Department is mandated to buy goods, services, works and consultancy by legal means and through authorisations prescribed by TOR Procurement policy.

Strategic Initiatives & Refinery Development Division

The Division is mandated to perform the following core functions;

  • Partner with all Divisions to bring efficiency – Compliance
  • Monitor Key Performance Indicators/Matrices of various Divisions/Departments
  • Review business proposals from third parties; interface with relevant Divisions/Departments/Units
  • Lead special initiatives/projects – leading to expansion of revenue streams, cost-cutting
  • Debottleneck/Flag issues of concern, following up for a quicker resolution
  • Implement findings/recommendations of committees of inquiries/fact-finding
  • Capture and highlight major achievements for MD
  • Coordinate reports to Key Stakeholders – SIGA, MoEn, MoFin, NPA
    • Quarterly report to the Ministry of Energy
    • Quarterly report to SIGA
    • Communicate with all quasi-government agencies
    • Communicate with all government agencies
    • Draw up work program for the company
  • Represent TOR on Technical Committees of Bilateral Cooperations – Senior Officers Meetings (SOM)
    • Implementation of Ghana’s MoU on Oil & Gas with South Africa
    • Implementation of Ghana’s MoU on Oil & Gas with Kenya
    • Implementation of Ghana’s MoU on Oil & Gas with Namibia
  • Represent TOR on Energy technical committees
    • Chair, Downstream Infrastructure Audit Committee
    • Member, Safety and Security Committee of Downstream Infrastructure Committee