The Ghana National Gas Company’s (GNGC) Assets Integrity and Maintenance Manager, Richmond Alamu, reports that around 60% of the planned maintenance tasks for the company’s offshore gas export facilities and gas processing plant (GPP) have been completed.
On August 1, the facilities were closed for scheduled maintenance, which is anticipated to be finished on August 17.
Mr. Alamu was addressing reporters during a visit to the facilities to assess the status of the engineers’ work thus far at Atuabo, in the Ellembelle District of the Western region.
He claimed that the regular maintenance was necessary to provide a steady supply of gas and improve the plant’s operational performance.
He said: “The maintenance team has a lot of equipment which we do regular maintenance on them, but there are some that require that we shut down the plant, and that is what we are doing within this period.”
The engineers of GNGC, according to Dr. Robert Kofi Lartey, Operations Manager, are working very hard to finish the scheduled maintenance work on time.
According to the manufacturer’s designs and plans, he said, they had scheduled the closure for 2023, and it was coordinated with the actions of other organisations in the gas value chain.
“This is a national asset and so, we work with international safety and health protocols, and also the integrity of the plant, and we do so by working with all agencies in the oil and gas value chain,” Dr Lartey added.
Ernest Kofi Owusu-Bempah, the Head of Corporate Communications at GNGC, reaffirmed the organization’s dedication to upholding the highest standards of operational effectiveness and safety in the facilities.
He stated that during the shutdown, the Company and its partners made arrangements for clients to receive lean gas from the Sankofa-OCTP field for delivery at the Takoradi Distribution Station (TDS).