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Ghana Gas Saves Over US$250 Million For Using Only Ghanaian Engineers, Technicians – Dr Asante

Ghana Gas Saves Over US$250 Million For Using Only Ghanaian Engineers, Technicians – Dr Asante

The Ghana National Gas Company Limited (GNGCL) has saved over US$250 million in operation costs by tapping into the knowledge and services of only Ghanaian engineers and technicians for the maintenance and operation of the gas processing plant. Ghanaian engineers took over the operations mantle of the gas processing plant from the Chinese contractors, Sinopec, in April 2017, resulting in accrued savings of three million dollars per month. Dr. Ben K. D. Asante, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Gas, made this known to the media in Accra during the Minister’s news briefing on Sunday. He said the company…
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Ghana Gas Announces Critical Maintenance, Ernest Owusu Bempah Assures No “Dumsor”

Ghana Gas Announces Critical Maintenance, Ernest Owusu Bempah Assures No “Dumsor”

The Director of Communications for Ghana Gas, Ernest Owusu Bempah, has announced that the company will be undertaking critical engineering maintenance from August 1st to August 17th. According to Bempah, the maintenance is aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of the plant's operations. He assured the public that the shutdown will not affect the overall power supply, saying "we regret any inconvenience that may arise...stay assured that there will be no 'dumsor'". Speaking to Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning show on Movement TV, he said that the maintenance is expected to involve changes to the plant's machines,…
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Ghana Gas Refutes Claim Of Alleged Rot Within Company

Ghana Gas Refutes Claim Of Alleged Rot Within Company

The Ghana National Gas Company Limited has denied reports of an alleged rot ongoing at the state-owned firm. This comes after a news publication in the Herald Newspaper claimed that the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was indeed aware of the rot but ‘scared’ of the Board Chair of Ghana Gas, Kennedy Agyapong. But Ghana Gas in a statement refuted the allegations while describing it as completely false, malicious and unfounded. “Indeed, there is not scintilla of evidence to back the story,” the statement signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs, Ernest Kofi Owusu-Bempah Bonsu. “There has never been any rot…
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Ghana Gas Cuts Sod For 200-Bed Hospital At UENR

Ghana Gas Cuts Sod For 200-Bed Hospital At UENR

Ghana National Gas Company has cut sod in a ceremony to mark the commencement of construction works on a 200-bed capacity hospital at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR). The hospital is to provide healthcare for students, staff and the entire community in Sunyani. The hospital comes in two phases with the first phase having to complete 80 beds for a relocation of the UENR Clinic on the school campus. The project will be completed within 24 months. If completed, the project will boast of specialist facilities such as a dentist block, eye clinic, OPD, medical block for…
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Disregard Reports Of Rot In Our Operations- Ghana Gas Company Urges Public

Disregard Reports Of Rot In Our Operations- Ghana Gas Company Urges Public

Ghana National Gas company has debunked media reportage of rot in its operations. This comes after the Herald newspaper had reported that Ghana Gas is rotten, but the Akufo-Addo government doesn’t want to talk about it, fearing it will be accused of being out to damage the Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who has been the board chairman since 2021. However, in a statement signed by the company's communications director, Ernest Owusu Bempah, it categorically described the report as completed false, malicious and unfounded. "There has never been any rot association with our operations here at Ghana…
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Maintenance Work On Atuabo Gas Processing Plant Has Been Completed – Ghana Gas

Maintenance Work On Atuabo Gas Processing Plant Has Been Completed – Ghana Gas

The Ghana National Gas Company has announced to all its stakeholders and the general public that the planned maintenance of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant has been completed. “The entire maintenance activities ended in the late hours of Wednesday 5th April ,2023 ahead of the scheduled date of completion,” a statement issued by the Head of Corporate Communications at Ghana Gas Ernest Kofi Owusu Bempah on Friday, April 7 said. The statement added that “The entire maintenance activities ended in the late hours of Wednesday 5th April ,2023 ahead of scheduled date of completion. We are currently at a flow rate of 90 mmscfd. “The Management…
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Ghana Gas Hands Over Ahwerease-Darmang Nsawam-Adoagyiri Astro-Turf

Ghana Gas Hands Over Ahwerease-Darmang Nsawam-Adoagyiri Astro-Turf

The Ghana National Gas Company Limited has commissioned and handed over a FIFA-standardized Astro-turf to the Ahwerease Darmang Nsawam-Adoagyiri community in the Eastern Region. The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the electoral area, Isaac Kwadwo Buabeng, and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, who doubles as the Majority Chief Whip, were full of praise for the modern Astro-turf in the Eastern Region. This Astro-turf will serve both Ahwerease-Darmang and Nsawam-Adoagyiri communities which will go a long way to unearth talents and serve other purposes in the community and its environs. Speaking at the event, Omanhene of Ahwerease Nana Barimah Toah…
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Ghana Gas Is Undertaking The Exercise To Put It’s Machinery On Strong Footing- Comm. Director

Ghana Gas Is Undertaking The Exercise To Put It’s Machinery On Strong Footing- Comm. Director

The Corporate Communications Director of Ghana Gas Company Limited, Mr. Ernest Owusu Bempah Bonsu has justified that reason for the shutdown of the Gas processing plant. This comes after the Electricity Company of Ghana announced that there is a power generation shortfall as a result of maintenance works being carried out by the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) at Atuabo. As a result, the ECG has released a load management schedule from Thursday, March 30 to Friday, April 7, between 6pm and 11pm. Speaking with Kwaku Dawuro on Movement in the morning show on Movement TV/ Wontumi Radio, he noted…
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Ghana Gas Saves $3m Monthly After Local Engineers Takeover From Chinese

Ghana Gas Saves $3m Monthly After Local Engineers Takeover From Chinese

The Ghana National Gas Company Limited has revealed that it has saved the country about 3 million dollars per month through its localized operations. The State Company maintains that since local engineers took over active operations from the Chinese, it has recorded significant gains that protect the national purse from avoidable waste. Speaking at the State agencies report, a press engagement platform put together by the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Information on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Gas Company Limited, Dr. Benjamin Asante urged stakeholders…
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