The West Africa Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has acknowledged that ongoing upkeep work on the gasoline pipelines will probably be accomplished on March 02, 2025, as 70 per cent of the work has since been accomplished.
The firm that operates the 569-kilometre pipeline from Nigeria by way of Tema to Takoradi in Ghana quickly shut down gasoline transmission on February 5, 2025, to allow it to undertake upkeep work, which incorporates cleansing and inspections of the road.
Mr Benoni Owusu Ayeh, the Operations and Maintenance Superintendent West, WAPCo, defined that the shutdown allows them to launch the Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) into the pipeline to wash and examine it as required by rules.
Mr Ayeh, an Engineer, revealed this throughout a press convention at WAPCo’s Regulating and Metering Station in Tema.
WAPCo is required by rules to conduct pigging (the launching of the PIG) each 5 years to keep up the integrity of the pipeline.
Mr Ayeh indicated that thus far three pigs have been efficiently launched from Tema to Takoradi with the fourth one on its approach and anticipated to be obtained within the early hours of Saturday.
He additional defined that after receiving the fourth one, the ultimate PIG, which was known as the clever PIG, could be launched to finish the method.
The clever PIG helps to gather information on the inside of the pipeline.
Dr Isaac Adjei Doku, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, debunked some media studies that Ghana was not receiving gasoline from Nigeria as a result of upkeep, explaining that some gasoline was coming by way of because the pigging wants gasoline to journey by way of the pipeline.
Dr Doku added that the gasoline getting used for the pigging was being delivered at Takoradi and used for energy technology by the Volta River Authority (VRA).
He additional mentioned the upkeep interval was additionally getting used for the alternative of two subsea valves passing at Tema and Cotonou, revealing that the alternative vessel obtained into place on Monday, 18 kilometers within the sea from the Tema Regulating and Metering Station.
He added that on Wednesday, lateral depressurisation was carried out, and the valve alternative commenced and is ongoing.
Ms Michelle Burkett, the Managing Director of WAPCo, appealed to the media to assist inform the inhabitants in regards to the significance of the upkeep works to make sure the integrity of the pipeline to serve the nations for a very long time.
Ms Burkett added that they might proceed to construct the connection with the media and intensify such engagements for correct dissemination of knowledge on such upkeep works.
Source: GNA