The Ghana National Gas Limited Company has assured the public that it has resolved the reduction in gas supply to power generation companies.

In a press release, Ghana Gas indicated that the incident was caused by an upset of their on-site power generation system which led to a temporary shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant last Friday, and resulting in a shortage of gas supply to the power generating companies.

“This resulted in about 30% reduction in the gas we deliver to our downstream power and non-power customers. Our engineers and third-party contractors worked assiduously around the clock to restore normal operations in 5 hours.”

“During the 5-hour outage Ghana Gas made alternative arrangements for emergency mobile power generation units to enable natural gas to be transported to various power generation companies to mitigate the unexpected situation.”

Ghana Gas noted that the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant was restarted at about 5:30 PM on Friday, after hours of work to fix the problem.

They noted that the plant has since been in full and uninterrupted operation. 

This comes after the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), operators of the National Interconnected Transmission System, announced on Friday evening that there was a deficit in thermal power generation due to limited gas supply from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant (GPP), and the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPCo).

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), also in a release issued on Friday, July 7, apologised to consumers experiencing power cuts as a result of the situation.

Meanwhile, Ghana Gas also apologised to the public stating that they regret causing any inconvenience to cherished consumers.

“Ghana National Gas Limited Company's policy of continuous improvement of our processes, enables us to strengthen our business as the strategic partner of the various power generation companies, serving the people of Ghana.”