The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has refuted claims that it was having technical difficulties on Friday, July 7, which led to power outages in some areas of the nation.
In a statement released on July 7, the Ghana Grid Company Ltd. (GRIDCO) attributed the power outages to a lack of gas supply coming from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant (GPP) and the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPCo).
According to GRIDCo, the shortage has resulted in a 650MW supply gap.
In response, WAPCo emphasized that it cannot be held responsible for the outages and stated that its facilities were and are still fully functional for gas delivery.
The National Gas Company’s plant at Atuabo went down, making it impossible for WAPCo to transport gas, which WAPCo blamed for the difficulty on Friday.
“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.
“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 Offtakers (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,” WAPCo explained in its statement.
In other news, following the overturn of a fuel tanker truck this morning, there has been a heavy vehicle holdup on the Accra-Tema Motorway.
Commuters have complained that the prolonged delay has made getting out of their cars difficult.
In order to get the fuel tanker out from under the bridge, the road is blocked.
Although no fatalities have been reported, it is unknown what may have caused the accident.
Accra commuters traveling to Tema have been urged to take the beach road.
