The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), owner and operator of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is optimistic of completing maintenance on its pipeline ahead of scheduled.
The maintenance , which includes an offshore pipeline cleaning and inspection exercise known as pigging, began on 5 February and is originally scheduled to end on 2 March.
Addressing the media after a tour of the facility in Tema on Thursday (20 February), Ing. Benoni Owusu Ayeh, Operations and Maintenance Superintendent for Western Operations said 70% of the work has so far been completed.
“Looking at the travel distance and what we communicated, we believe that we should be able to complete this exercise before 2 March. We’re within schedule and we believe that until something happens… but based on what we’ve seen we’re making progress,’ he said.
According to him, gas supply to Tema is likely to resume on 2 March after completion of the pigging and subsequently to Lome and Cotonou.
“We hope to resume supply to Tema, and also Lomé. We’ll still have to carry out some activities to the Cotonou lateral. Because from the Tema job, the vessel will move to Cotonou. Cotonou we’re doing an inspection, we run several pigs, about six of them.’’
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He added ‘’So, Cotonou will not be able to resume, 2nd March. We are either looking at either 5th or 7th March. But for reverse flow and Tema, we should be ready before 2nd March.’’
The maintenance works is normally carried out every five years to ensure the integrity of the pipeline and ensure safety of the gas pipeline, which plays a key role in Ghana’s energy supply.
The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) is a limited liability company that owns and operates the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP).
WAPCo is an international Company transporting Natural Gas from sources in Nigeria and Ghana to customers in Benin, Togo, and Ghana in a safe, responsible and reliable manner to create value for our diverse stakeholders. .
It operates an Open Access system for the use of our pipeline to multiple shippers.
The company promotes the WAGP system as a key natural gas transmission infrastructure for all-natural gas sources including Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
