Progress Report of Ghana Gas Works on "Dumsor"; Optimistic to meet the 12-day deadline | General news

Ernest Owusu Bempah, Communications Manager for the Ghana Gas Company Limited, said Ghana's gas engineers are making important connections. Once the operation is complete, the gas could be exported to the Volta River Authority (VRA) in Aboadze.

He added that he would then be connected to the WAPCO lines by April 7, 2019 and that he should meet the final deadline.

"We can badure the nation that the current will be restored after the complete completion of the reverse flow," he said in an interview with Peacefmonline.com.

The planned twelve-day stoppage has seen significant progress over the past few days.

The items listed below correspond to the current status of the work or work in progress.

• The ventilation ducts of the existing installations have been decommissioned and linked to the new ventilation ducts.

• The connection work at the intake is complete and the sealing tests are conducted at approximately 87 bar. The leak test was successful.

• Emergency stop valve termination (ESDV23011) is in progress.

• The entry and exit of the diversion facility (ie Schlumberger equipment) is isolated and decommissioned pending the removal of pipelines.

• Sanding of new pipelines, cleaning and painting of new pipelines is underway and is expected to be completed tomorrow (Friday, April 5, 2019).

• The leveling of gravel under the main pipe support has begun.

• The filling and repositioning of the valve supports for the separator inlet valves are in progress and should be completed tomorrow (Friday, April 5, 2019).

• The loop control of ESDV23011 and ESDV23012 has been completed.

• The inertia of the 1.5 km VRA pipeline is underway.

• Realization of the gross leak test

It is expected that gas entering the station for commissioning purposes only will commence tomorrow (Friday, April 5, 2019) and end on Saturday, April 6, 2019.

Once completed, the gas can be exported to the VRA at Aboadze on Sunday April 7, 2019, ahead of target.

The government said it would take 12 days to put an end to the current power outages across the country.

Last week, Ghanaians experienced unexpected disruptions in the supply of electricity to their homes and offices, compounding fears of a return to electricity crisis, more commonly known as dumsor.

Ernest Owusu Bempah, communications manager of the Ghana Gas Company Limited, said that Ghana Gas was striving to complete it before 12 o'clock.