Transportation, infrastructure, technology and population are some factors responsible for mankind's increasing demand for energy. UBI exists to meet that demand.
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We are an indigenous energy group delivering comprehensive energy solutions to the West African sub-region — from the trading desk to the tank farm, the tanker and the forecourt.
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Through Blue Ocean Investments, UBI operates the first privately owned Aviation Turbine Kerosene depot in Ghana — a Jet A-1 tank farm boosting product availability and national strategic stock.
Read more ›Who we are
We are an indigenous energy company delivering comprehensive energy solutions to the West African sub-region.
Our services include sourcing, procurement, bunkering and the storage of crude oil. With an emphasis on seamless supply, safety, service and eco-friendliness, we deliver value to our clients while maintaining a responsibility to the environment we do business in.
We recognise that our clients need more than energy, so we have diversified our operations to include business units that focus on property, transport & logistics and consulting.
Seamless supply · Safety · Service · Eco-friendliness
Our mission
At UBI we believe the effective application of energy will create opportunities, aid development and add value to life. Our mission guides our relationship with customers & stakeholders and the delivery of our energy products. It is centred around four promises:
Our vision
We will become an iconic Ghanaian company delivering unparalleled energy solutions across West Africa.
We see a future where West Africa follows economies that turned energy income into tourism, technology and sports hubs — and we intend UBI to play a key role in that transformation.
Our values
Five values shape how we work with clients, partners and each other.
The CEO speaks: looking ahead
Prevalent socio-economic indices point to an ever increasing demand for energy in emerging economies. This presents an opportunity for UBI to play a role in the development of West Africa.
Man's obsession with predicting the future is well documented in the annals of history. From the ancient Mayan and Aztec tribes of South America to the tribes of West Africa, human beings have always tried to decipher the future — it helps planning, preparation and strategising. It is therefore important for UBI to think on what the future holds for the energy industry.
As governments in emerging economies continue to spend on infrastructural development and industrialisation, demand for energy keeps rising. The world has witnessed how visionary leaders of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar used income from oil to transform their countries into tourism, technological and sports hubs. The West African region is set for a similar story.
At UBI, we predict a future where Ghana becomes a major economic capital of Africa, known for its immense contributions to the energy industry and tourism. We envision UBI playing a key role in bringing about this transformation. Our values — integrity, commitment, teamwork, discipline and fun — will serve as our guide and driving force.
Salma Okonkwo
Managing Director / CEO
Interviews and features on her journey and the UBI story
Our group companies
In line with our desire to serve our clients beyond the provision of energy solutions, we have created five business units — each a specialist, all working as one.
Trading arm
UBI Energy is the trading arm of the UBI Group, with top focus on physical oil trading. It sources competitively priced refined petroleum products from across the world for clients in Ghana and the West African sub-region.
Our cargoes meet all standard quality specifications and are transported with approved vessels. Our processes, from loading port to discharge port, comply with international standards — so every transaction is executed on time and our clients' petroleum supply stays uninterrupted.
Retail & marketing arm · OMC since 2007
UBI Petroleum is an Oil Marketing Company registered in Ghana in 2007 to market and distribute refined petroleum products. It is the sole distributor of the Repsol brand of lubricants in Ghana.
It retails through state-of-the-art service stations covering 8 regions of Ghana, each with a U-Mart convenience store, and its business spans commercial and industrial supplies as well as retail.
Marine · founded 2011
Our West Africa bunker specialist: bunkering, chartering, eco-friendly marine lubricants and marine-technical services, with two company-owned tankers serving the West African coast.
Explore Hargis Marine ›Storage · incorporated 2008
Strategic investment in petroleum storage and bulk distribution to the local market. Blue Ocean runs two tank farms: a white-products farm in Takoradi (30,000 MT, expanding to 50,000 MT) and an 8,000 MT Jet A-1 farm — the first privately owned ATK depot in Ghana.
Transport & logistics
Responsible for all services related to the logistics and distribution of petroleum products, with a fleet of 30 trucks moving refined products to clients in a timely and efficient manner.
Fleet & services ›Products & services
From the forecourt to the offshore anchorage, UBI distributes a full range of refined petroleum products — backed by quality-assured sourcing, storage and delivery.
For individuals & homes
For companies
For shipping & offshore
Hargis Marine
A unique mix of local knowledge and international expertise gives vessel operators and charterers a clear advantage: professional, efficient, twenty-four-hour service.
Founded in 2011, Hargis Ltd is a fully owned affiliate of UBI Group, involved in ship-owning, chartering and supplying fuels, eco-friendly marine lubricants and marine-technical services to the shipping and oil & gas industries in West African waters and beyond.
We provide convenient 3,000 DWT tankers fully adapted to local market requirements, and strive to be more than a supplier — contributing actively to vessels' smooth operations and to the preventive maintenance of marine engines.
Available 24/7 for charter & bunkering
Spot and long-term hire of our two company-owned tankers, tailored to each client's individual requirements.
A seamless supply of marine fuels offshore, on a 24/7 basis, focused on technical performance, innovation, environmental consciousness and cost efficiency.
From our home port of Tema we also supply Takoradi in the west and cover waters to the east.
Leadership. Hargis is led by Managing Director Ms Caroline Huot Surin, a well-known professional in the international marine industry with past leadership positions at ELF, TOTAL, GULF and TIGER, and experience managing marine teams in Central America, Europe and Asia Pacific. She directly supervises product development (marine lubricants and additives) and the commercial chartering of the fleet, backed by a committed bunkering and customer-service team serving clients around the clock.
UBI Transport & Logistics
Safe, on-time delivery of refined petroleum products for every stakeholder in Ghana's downstream sector.
The youngest company in the group, UBI Transport & Logistics provides Bulk Road Vehicle (BRV) services to Oil Marketing Companies, with UBI Petroleum as its anchor client. In a market where quality of service decides who wins, we compete on reliability.
Growing car ownership, air travel, mining and commercial activity are expanding demand for petroleum products — and our fleet is growing with it, including capacity for Aviation Turbine Kerosene from Blue Ocean's aviation tank farm.
Corporate social responsibility
We are passionate about touching lives, facilitating development and preserving the environment. Our social investment is focused in five areas.
With the UNDP and Millennium Promise we organised the Millennium Ball Ghana 2010, supporting the Millennium Villages in Bonsaaso — building a vocational school, installing boreholes, and providing farming equipment and micro-lending.
We adopted an orphanage in Krobo Odumase in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
47children in our careWe sponsor the annual tournament organised by the Ghana Tennis Association, unearthing the skills and talents of underprivileged children by supporting their participation.
We support the underprivileged by providing financial assistance for corrective heart surgeries.
Formal environmental and safety management systems set out every manager's and staff member's responsibilities, administered by full-time Health, Safety & Environment managers in each subsidiary.
Media centre · Energy chronicles
One of the earliest sources of energy. Archaeological discoveries show that people have used fire for millennia for illumination, warmth and cooking — a major source of light and thermal energy.
Edmond Becquerel observed materials turning light into energy. In 1876 William Adams wrote “A Substitute for Fuel in Tropical Countries”, and with Richard Day used mirrors to power a 2.5 hp steam engine — the Power Tower concept still in use today.
Ignacy Łukasiewicz invented kerosene distillation and the first commercial oil well was drilled in Poland in 1853. Yet asphalt built the walls of Babylon, and oil came from bamboo-drilled wells in China in 347 AD.
Careers
From trading desks and tank farms to tankers at sea, our people keep West Africa moving. If our values sound like yours, we'd like to hear from you.
Contact us
Office · Accra
UBI Group
16 Old Achimota Road, Roman Ridge
Accra, Ghana
Marine enquiries
Hargis Ltd — bunkering & charter, 24/7
Home port: Tema, Ghana