The Atuabo Gas processing plant is billed to shut down for fourteen days for mandatory maintenance, Officials say.

In a statement signed by the corporate Communications Manager of Atuabo Gas, Alfred  Ogbamey, the planned maintenance will begin on Friday, January 15, 2016.

It is not clear whether the shutdown will affect power supply across the country.

Below is the full statement.

NOTICE OF MANDATORY MAINTENANCE AT ATUABO GAS PROCESSING PLANT

This is to advise all stakeholders that the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) is scheduled to commence a planned, mandatory maintenance at its Atuabo Gas Processing Plant on Friday, January 15, 2016. Atuabo will, therefore, be temporarily shut down during the maintenance period.

The planned maintenance, the second since lean gas and associated liquids production began at Atuabo, is expected to last approximately fourteen (14) calendar days. 

The plant has been in operation for more than 8,000 hours since last year. As previously communicated to the general public, this mandatory outage is required by original equipment manufacturers and vendors for maintenance of certain critical components in the gas processing plant on a periodic basis, as well to facilitate warranty assurance on the installed equipment and the validity of our operating insurance cover. 

Ghana Gas is in communication with the Volta River Authority (VRA), the primary downstream lean gas off-taker, and the other product off-takers, as well as the upstream gas supplier, Tullow Ghana Limited, to ensure a smooth implementation and completion of the planned maintenance works.

The Company will update appropriate stakeholders on the progress of work.

ALFRED OGBAMEY

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

ATUABO GAS