WAPCO

The West Africa Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has announced that ongoing maintenance work on its gas pipelines is expected to be completed by March 2, 2025, with 70 percent of the work already done. The company, which operates the 569-kilometre pipeline from Nigeria through Tema to Takoradi, temporarily shut down gas transmission on February 5, 2025, to facilitate maintenance activities, including pipeline cleaning and inspections. Speaking at a press conference at WAPCo’s Regulating and Metering Station in Tema, Operations and Maintenance Superintendent (West), Benoni Owusu Ayeh, explained that the shutdown was necessary to launch the Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG)…

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has announced plans to commence mandatory cleaning and inspection of its offshore pipeline from February 5 to March 2, 2025, in compliance with regulatory requirements. The company has begun installing the necessary equipment, including an effluent management system for the project. The activity, known as pipeline inspection gauge (PIG), involves cleaning pipelines to remove debris, dirt and liquids as well as inspecting the pipeline’s internal walls. The exercise also includes replacing subsea valves as well as conducting ancillary work while gas transportation services are temporarily suspended. This exercise, which is done every…

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has revised the start date for its offshore pipeline cleaning and inspection exercise, commonly referred to as “pigging.” Initially slated for January 20, 2025, the operation will now commence on February 3, 2025, to better accommodate stakeholder interests. In a statement issued on Wednesday, January 14, WAPCo announced that the four-week exercise will involve the temporary suspension of reverse gas flow from Ghana’s Western Region to Tema, as well as the shutdown of key facilities in Tema, Lomé (Togo), and Cotonou (Benin). During this period, subsea valves at these strategic locations will…

The West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) will be carrying out a “coordinated” and “planned” emergency shutdown at its Tema Regulating and Metering Station on Sunday, July 16. The exercise will be undertaken between 9:00am and 3:00pm. This is a requirement as “part of measures to ensure safe and reliable operations of the pipeline”. This is said to have been sanctioned by the West African Gas Pipeline Authority. These were contained in a press release on Sunday, July 16. According to the press release, the date for the emergency shutdown was coordinated with the Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCo) in…