The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun stakeholder consultation as part of efforts to review the national contingency plan on oil spillage into one that can promptly respond to oil spillage incidents. The Acting Director of the Petroleum Department of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr Kojo Agbenor-Efunam, said the nation needed a national contingency plan that would enhance the agency’s ability to respond adequately to incidents of oil spillage on coastal and marine environment and reduce its impact. Date: Nov - 03 - 2021 , 11:59 BY: Edith Mensah & Francisca Eshun (source daily graphic ) Read More

As part of efforts to create additional markets for available indigenous natural gas, the Ghana National Gas Company (“GNGC” or “Ghana Gas”) proposes to construct and install a 20-inch lean gas pipeline with an approximate length of 35.8km, from Atuabo in Ghana to the Ivory Coast border town of Sringabo. The company which completed the first phase of the Western Corridor Gas Infrastructure Development Project (WCGIP) in 2014 to monetize Ghana’s natural gas resources in the offshore Tano Basin, is proposing to extend its network to Sringabo. The objective of the project is to construct and install a gas pipeline system with all required facilities such as tie-ins at initial station, regulating and metering stations, terminal station, manual valve stations, pipeline, and all other related facilities to transport natural gas from Atuabo to Sringabo and serve all off takers along the Right of Way (RoW). The Project would ensure that 350MMscf/d gas is transported through the pipeline assuming an inlet pressure of 80-100barg Additionally, to meet the aspirations of the gas infrastructure plan for Ghana, the pipeline project will be designed with a Tee-off branch and associated fittings to the Fertilizer Production Plant at Domunli. Considering the current configuration of the existing gas infrastructure network, the pipeline will be connected to the GPP export line at the Anokye Main Line Compressor (AMCS). An initial station will be established near the AMCS, whilst a metering station will be required at Sringabo (Custody Gas Transfer Point). A Tee-off branch system will be installed at Domunli to transport gas to a Domunli Pressure Regulating and Metering Station (DRMS), with the necessary tie-in skids for the Fertilizer Production Plant and other off-takers under the Petroleum Hub concept. The Ghana-side gas pipeline system will incorporate the following associated facilities: Initial station and tie ins, Pressure regulating and metering stations, Onshore gas terminal station, Block valve stations, a Tee-off branch systems and any other related facilities which may become necessary to transport the processed gas from Atuabo to Sringabo and serve all other off-takers along the pipeline route. The new facilities are expected to interface with existing systems at the Ghana Gas Atuabo AMCS. These interfaces include, but not limited to the following: Controls and Instrumentation System, Vent and Drainage System, Electrical and Power Generation System and Cathodic Protection System. The new systems shall require integration with the existing system and any future expansion works. Per the requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Act, 1994 (Act 490) and the Environmental Assessment Regulations of 1999 (LI 1652), the gas infrastructure project is being subjected to the Environmental Assessment process and the company has submitted its draft Environmental Impact Statement to the Agency for review. This is to ensure that the project, if approved would be implemented in an environmentally friendly manner.