The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has announced that it will undertake a coordinated and planned 10-hour shutdown of its Tema Regulating and Metering Station (RMS) to complete outstanding works under the Takoradi- Tema Interconnection Project (TTIP).
“The shutdown will take place on Sunday, May 10, from 4am to 2pm and there will be no gas supply to customers in Tema during the period,” a statement signed by Kwasi Agyeman Prempeh said.
According to the company, the shutdown is critical for the completion by Eni Ghana of the last remaining items of the ongoing TTIP project that earlier in March had expanded the capacity of WAPCo’s Tema RMS to 235MMscfd.
This shutdown is supported by the Ministry of Energy (MoE) and coordinated with Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCo), the Volta River Authority (VRA), the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and various power plants to minimise the impact to the communities that rely on power generated from cleaner and more efficient gas transported through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) system to Tema. WAPCo will support Eni Ghana to safely and efficiently execute these repair works within the stipulated period.
“WAPCo wishes to apologise to its customers in Tema for the inconvenience caused by the shutdown and promise that gas supply would be immediately restored after completion of the project works by Eni Ghana,” the statement concluded.
Source:www.energynewsafrica.com
