Ghana: WAPCo Refutes GRIDCo And ECG Claims; Sets The Record Straight

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has refuted reports by ECG and GRIDCo which suggested that gas supply shortfall from WAPCo and Atuabo Gas Processing Plant was the cause of power outages in parts of the West African nation.

According to a statement issued by Dr Isaac Adjei Doku, General Manager for Corporate Affairs at WAPCo, the company has not encountered any technical challenge leading to a power outage as claimed by both GRIDCo and ECG.

“WAPCo wishes to set the record straight that we did not have any technical issues and our facilities were and still are fully available to deliver gas,” the statement said.

It added, “WAPCo transports gas based on its agreements with gas shippers. These shippers purchase gas from gas suppliers, transport the gas via WAPCo pipelines and sell the natural gas to Gas Off takers (mainly power companies). When the agreed volume of gas is made available, WAPCo dutifully transports it to the shipper’s customers. The challenge yesterday was that the Ghana National Gas Company’s plant at Atuabo went down and, therefore, there was no gas available for WAPCo to transport.”

It would be recalled that both GRIDCo and ECG in a statement issued on Friday evening attributed the power outage in some parts of the country to a gas supply shortfall from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant and West African Gas Pipeline.

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com