# Fuel today — accra.cool > Petrol and diesel prices across 8 Ghana OMCs (Goil, TotalEnergies, Shell, Star Oil, Allied, Frimps, Zen, Puma) with NPA window tracker and tank-fill calculator. ## Current snapshot - **Star Oil cheapest at GHS 15.20/L petrol** — matches the NPA floor for current window - **GHS 760 to fill a 50L Corolla at Star Oil** — cheapest in Greater Accra today - **petrol is GHS 1.39/L CHEAPER than diesel** — inverted from historical norm — government intervention - **next NPA window opens 16 June** — in 6 days - **spread between cheapest and most expensive: GHS 0.72/L** — Star Oil to TotalEnergies on petrol ## Why fuel prices matter beyond the pump A 50 pesewa move at the pump rewrites the cost of everything that travels by road, which in Ghana is most things. Trotro fares lag fuel prices by exactly one NPA pricing window — when petrol moved from GHS 14.60 to GHS 15.20 in the late-May window and diesel surged past GHS 17, GPRTU adjusted national transport fares by 20% effective 2 June 2026. Tomato prices at Makola track diesel costs because trucks from the Volta and Eastern regions are the supply chain; tomato moved 38.8% month-on-month in May, partly on diesel and partly on Burkina Faso supply chain disruption. Even Pent hostel fees include an embedded fuel cost — the diesel for the generators that keep the lights on during ECG outages. Fuel today is the leading indicator for half this site. ## How OMCs set their prices The National Petroleum Authority publishes a maximum indicative price every two weeks — the ceiling Ghanaian Oil Marketing Companies cannot exceed. Below the ceiling, OMCs price competitively. Goil, as the state-owned legacy player, tends to sit at or just below the ceiling. Star Oil, Allied Oil and Frimps are the value players, often 30–60 pesewas below. Shell and TotalEnergies brand-premium their petrol but discount their diesel for fleet contracts. Puma sits in the middle. The spread between cheapest and most expensive is usually 40–50 pesewas per litre — meaningful over a 50L tank. ## Reading the OMC comparison bars The bar chart above shows current petrol prices across all eight tracked OMCs, sorted cheapest to most expensive. The green bar at the top is whoever has won this window — currently Goil at ₵15.77. Notice the gap between the green leader and the second-cheapest: when it's under 10 pesewas, competition is tight and the cheapest OMC is barely beating the field. When it's above 30 pesewas, the leader has made a clear pricing decision — usually because they have inventory to move or want market share for the next window. ## How NPA windows actually work NPA reviews global product prices, the cedi-dollar rate, and supply costs on the 1st and 16th of each month, then publishes maximum ex-pump prices for the following 14–15 days. OMCs receive this 24–48 hours before the window opens and reset their pumps accordingly. The window we're in now opens 1 May and closes 15 May; the next opens 16 May. If the cedi weakens significantly between windows, NPA can call an emergency mid-window adjustment, though this only happened twice in 2025. Most consumers don't track windows directly — they just notice their petrol bill jumped on a Friday morning every two weeks. ## Which OMC is best near you Coverage isn't uniform across Greater Accra. Goil has the densest network with stations in every district. Star Oil is strong in Madina, Adenta, and Spintex — three of the four cheapest neighborhoods for fuel right now. Shell concentrates on the Spintex and East Legon corridors. TotalEnergies is the default along the N1 and Tema motorway. Allied Oil and Frimps are scrappy with single-digit station counts in Accra but compete aggressively on price where they exist. For the absolute cheapest fill, drive to Star Oil Madina; for convenience-with-price, find a Goil within 2km of home. ## Diesel is a different story Diesel and petrol behave differently because the buyer mix is different. Petrol is overwhelmingly retail — private cars filling up on a Friday afternoon. Diesel is fleet — trotros, trucks, generators, light industry. As of June 2026 the historical spread has inverted: diesel retails at GHS 17.21/L at TotalEnergies while petrol sits at GHS 15.92/L — petrol is now GHS 1.39/L cheaper than diesel. The inversion came from two government decisions in May 2026. First, petrol relief was extended through the May 16-31 window then preserved for June 1-15. Second, diesel subsidy support was reduced from earlier levels to GHS 1.07/L. Combined with the Strait of Hormuz disruption pushing global crude prices, diesel ended up bearing the larger share of the import cost. For fleet operators this is a structural problem — trotro fares lifted 20% on June 2 partly because of it, and trucking costs are flowing into food prices visible in the Makola basket data. ## Tank fill calculator: what it costs to fill up A Toyota Corolla holds 50 litres; a Hilux holds 80; a typical 4-cylinder sedan around 55. At today's cheapest pump (Goil ₵15.77/L petrol) a full Corolla tank is ₵788.50; at TotalEnergies ₵16.19/L it's ₵809.50. The 21 cedi difference is the cost of brand convenience. Over 12 months for a daily driver, choosing the cheaper OMC saves roughly ₵5,000 — enough for a Pent New 4-in-1 hostel fee. The calculator below the bar chart lets you plug in your tank size and see exactly what each OMC costs to fill. ## Methodology Pump prices are sampled twice per NPA window (once at window open, once at midpoint) from the published rates of all 8 tracked OMCs: Goil, TotalEnergies, Shell, Star Oil, Allied Oil, Frimps, Zen Petroleum, and Puma Energy. Prices reflect the maximum advertised ex-pump rate in Greater Accra; individual stations may discount further. Diesel and petrol prices are tracked separately. LPG is tracked but not displayed on the main chart. Historical depth is 24 windows (approximately 12 months). All rates in GHS per litre, before any fleet or loyalty discounts. --- Source: accra.cool. View the live interactive version at https://accra.cool/fuel Attribution: accra.cool desk.