Ghana Bemoans Low Gas Suppy from Nigeria

The Ghanaian government has bemoaned the inadequate supply of liquefied natural gas it is getting from Nigeria through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPG) scheme.

Chief Executive Officer, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Alexander Koffi-Mensah Mould, who decried the under-utilisation of multi-billion dollar pipeline, which supplies a paltry 50 million scfpd to the country, out its 460 million scfpd capacity, said the country would discuss with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the issue.

He also disclosed that his country is presently working on a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant with a capacity to produce 500 million scfpd and expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Mensah said that the ineffective utilisation of ample gas resources in Nigeria is affecting both country, hence, hindering industrial growth.

“Country like Nigeria has enough gas to produce electricity for the whole of West Africa,” he said.