[1] Official inauguration was held on 15 October 2000 in participation of President Jerry Rawlings.

Oil is received through a single point mooring connected to the plant by approximately 4.5-kilometre (2.8 mi) undersea pipeline.

Oil is stored in four storage tanks with a capacity of 29,500 cubic metres (1,040,000 cu ft) each.

[3][4] It is owned and operated by Takoradi International Company, a joint venture of the Volta River Authority (10%) and CMS Generation, a subsidiary of TAQA.

Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) for the project is being carried out by HPI, LLC in consortium with S&W Solutions, both Texas companies.