Temporary Shutdown of Atuabo Gas Plant for Scheduled Maintenance from 20th April

This is to advice all stakeholders that Ghana Gas has scheduled to place the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant under its first planned mandatory maintenance shutdown commencing April 20, 2015, for a few days.

This planned shutdown is the first since commissioning and gas production began at the plant. It is a mandatory outage required by the vendors for certain critical components in the gas processing plant, particularly our compression facilities, which have been running for nearly 4,000 hours since installation and commissioning.

Besides the required safety protocols, the planned shutdown is also needed for warranty assurance and viability of our operating insurance. Given the multiple equipment manufacturers involved, and the need for cohesive collaboration, we expect the shut-down to last for about Ten (10) to Fourteen (14) days.

GhanaGas is in close communication with the Volta River Authority, the main gas offtaker, and with Tullow Oil Ghana, the upstream gas producer, to ensure a smooth completion of the planned maintenance works. We will update stakeholders as appropriate on the progress of works.

In response VRA has put out a statement

The Volta River Authority (VRA) says that based on the above information they wish to to assure the publisc that they have adequate Light Crude Oil (LCO) in stock to operate the plants at Aboadze during that period. Accordingly, the interruption in gas supply will not affect the operations of power generation at Aboadze.

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