The Ghana National Gas Company says the tie-in between the Gas Processing Plant at Atuabo and the Jubilee Partners’ FPSO has been completed adding that the first gas was received at the Plant on Monday November 10.
The facility was constructed under an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract.
According to them, the project will allow Ghana Gas to now complete the full integrated commissioning of the entire infrastructure from the offshore connecting valve at the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah through the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant to the Esiama Gas Distribution Station and then to the connecting valve at the VRA Aboadze Complex.
[contextly_sidebar id=”RMTmTeWOAa6RAM2BVZZII0cuA49iRUgy”]They also added that Ghana Gas staff and engineers in the field are also well trained, competent and capable of managing the processes leading to commissioning and the management of the plant.
This was contained in a press released signed by Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, Board Chairman of the Ghana National Gas Company.
“As the commissioning progresses steadily, incremental quantities of raw gas would be necessarily injected into the processing facilities that would culminate in the test production of specification quality lean gas and other natural gas liquids in volumes that would be usable,” the release stated.
The added that the commencement of full operations at the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant will be a major and important milestone for the country
It further cautioned that “we urge everybody to avoid peddling untruths that could undermine the efforts that have gone into the completion of this all-important project, over the past two and half years. The gas plant will position the nation to garner significant savings over its crude oil and gas imports for power generation.”
“Ghana Gas remains committed to its mandate and is not leaving anything to chance. We are fully prepared for any challenges that may surface. No one is more mindful of the importance of safety and security of this infrastructure than the Board and Management of Ghana Gas.”
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana