WAPCo to shutdown offshore pipeline for clean-up from January 20

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By Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA

Accra, Jan. 18, GNA – The West African Gas
Pipeline Company (WAPCo) will on Monday, January 20 commence a clean-up and
inspection of its pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana, and expected to be completed
on March 21, 2020.

The maintenance exercise, technically referred
to as “Pigging” is to maintain the integrity and safe operations of WAPCo’s
offshore pipelines and prolong its safety lifespan operations.

Pigging comprised cleaning and internal
inspection of the offshore pipeline using multiple cleaning Pipeline Inspection
Gauges and Intelligent Data Gathering on structural integrity.

A statement issued and signed by Nana Kofi
Oppong Damoa, the Head of Communications and Public Affairs of the Energy
Ministry, said the shutdown would temporarily limit availability of gas at the
Tema Offtaker facility and has the potential of posing a challenge to the
country’s power generation.

The statement said the activity is
consistent with regulatory requirements and very important for maintaining the
integrity of the pipeline to ensure efficient and reliable operations.

It said the maintenance activity is expected
to temporarily limit availability of gas at the Tema, Lome and Cotonou Offtake
facilities since there would be limited gas supply for power generation.

In view of the impending challenge, the
statement said, the Energy Ministry in collaboration with the Finance Ministry
and other key players in the country’s gas-to-power industry have made
provisions to mitigate the impact on the national grid system to ensure reliable
and stable power supply during the period.

GNA