All is set for the West Africa Gas Pipeline
By Kweku Owusu Peprah
All is set for the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) to deliver gas from Nigeria to power the Aboadze thermal plant by the end of the first quarter of 2010.
WAPCo delivered its first natural gas supply to the Aboadze Thermal Plant last April, under an interim gas supply arrangement.
But the company’s General Manager of Business and Commercial development Scot Brety says WAPCo has not received gas for further delivery to VRA due to destruction of gas supply pipelines in the Niger Delta region in May.
He says the country remains poised to resume the supply of natural gas to the Aboadze thermal plant.
Scot Brety says the continuous conflict in the Niger Delta region has been one of the major setbacks for the development of the West Africa Gas Pipeline.
While the repair works are on going in Nigeria on those pipes, WAPCO says it is has started discussions with the GNPC to enable it tap the gas reserves on the jubilee field to power the Aboadze thermal plant and other markets in the Sub Region.
The company’s General Manager of Business and Commercial development Mr. Scot Pretty says he is hopeful discussions between WAPCO and the ministry of energy would yield some positive result next year when the production of oil and gas begins on the jubilee fields.
