The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has announced that 70% of its ongoing maintenance work has been completed, bringing the company closer to resuming gas supply to Tema. The maintenance project, which includes an offshore pipeline cleaning and inspection exercise known as pigging, was initially scheduled for February 3, 2025, and is expected to be fully completed by March 2, 2025.
Speaking at a press briefing at WAPCo’s site in the Tema Industrial Area, Engineer Benoni Owusu Ayeh, the Operations and Maintenance Superintendent for Western Operations, reassured the public of the company’s commitment to meeting the deadline. “Looking at the travel distance and what we communicated, we believe that we should be able to complete this exercise before 2nd March. We’re within schedule and we believe that until something happens – but based on what we’ve seen we’re making progress.
We hope to resume supply to Tema and Lomé. We still need to carry out some activities for the Cotonou lateral. After the Tema job, the vessel will move to Cotonou. We are conducting an inspection there and running several pigs, about six of them. Therefore, Cotonou will not be able to resume on 2nd March. We are looking at either 5th or 7th March. However, for reverse flow and Tema, we should be ready before 2nd March,” he stated. The maintenance works are crucial to ensure the efficiency and safety of the gas pipeline, which plays a key role in Ghana’s energy supply.
