Deregulation has bolstered operations of the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) but government needs to roll-out phase two of the process to allow OMCs fix prices based on geographical location, Mr Henry Akwaboah, an industrial expert, has said.
He noted that the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) must allow OMCs to quote different prices at different filling stations they deal with especially in the rural areas and deprived communities.
Mr Akwaboah, the Managing Director of Engen Ghana Limited, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, described the operations under the deregulated regime over the past year as a mixed-package. “It has created an unprecedented price war regime, undercurrent maneuvers to sallow smaller OMCs, and unstable posture of consumers.
“Competition has become very intense within the BDCs market space because of differences in prices depending on the sources of import by the BDCs. This has helped the OMCs to bargain well and to purchase more from those with better ex-refinery prices. “All OMCs are under consistent pressure over the past year to maintain good prices at the filling stations and also to keep their heads above water. Consumers are now sensitive to the fortnight changes,” he said...
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