The Ghana National Gas Company Limited has announced the successful resolution of the unplanned reduction in natural gas supply to power generation companies that occurred on Friday, July 7, 2023.
According to a press release obtained by GhanaWeb, Ernest Owusu Bempah-Bonsu, the Head of Corporate Communications, clarified that the unfortunate incident was caused by an issue with their on-site power generation system.
This, in turn, led to a temporary shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant.
As a result of the shutdown, there was a reduction of approximately 30% in the gas intended for delivery to both power and non-power customers downstream.
“The unfortunate situation was caused by an upset of our on-site power generation system, causing a temporary shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant on Friday, 7th July, 2023 from 10:00AM to 5:30PM. This resulted in about 30% reduction in the gas we deliver to our downstream power and non-power customers,” part of the release read.
The Atuabo Gas Processing Plant has been reactivated and is operating normally with no interruptions, it was nonetheless observed.