Blue Ocean LPG Bottling Plant has partnered with Puma Energy Ghana to support the government of Ghana's clean cooking initiative and the safe transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by distributing more than 1,025 cylinders to six local communities as part of the plan to distribute over 15,000 cylinders by December 2024.

In sub-Saharan Africa, LPG is considered an essential component of the energy mix, where according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), an estimated 970 million people are without access to clean cooking fuels and technology and rely heavily on wood, charcoal and kerosene.

These contribute to poor air quality and environmental degradation including deforestation.

According to the DGB Group, wood remains the primary source of energy for cooking and heating in many rural areas of Ghana.

The high demand for fuel wood has led to the indiscriminate cutting of trees, particularly in areas with low forest coverage causing deforestation.

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