Business News of Saturday, 18 January 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comWAPCo's offshore cleanup to affect gas, electricity supply in GhanaFile photo of gas pipelineThe West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) is set to commence a cleanup and inspection exercise of its offshore pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana on Monday, January 20, 2020. The exercise will temporarily limit the availability of gas at the Tema offtake facility posing as a challenge to power generation in the country. This customary maintenance activity is intended to protect the integrity and assure safe operations of WAPCo’s offshore pipeline which is the main critical asset of the company, transporting natural gas within the four (4) West African States of Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana. Pigging consists of cleaning and internal inspection of the offshore pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana using multiple cleaning Pipeline Inspection Gauges (PIGS) and an “intelligent pig” for data gathering on structural integrity. This maintenance activity is expected to temporarily limit the availability of gas at the Tema, Lome and Cotonou offtake facilities.

Source: GhanaWeb January 18, 2020 14:26 UTC