The Ghana National Gas Company Limited has said the unplanned reduction in natural gas supply to the power generation companies on Friday, July 7, 2023, has been resolved.

In a press release sighted by GhanaWeb, the Head of Corporate Communications, Ernest Owusu Bempah-Bonsu explained that the unfortunate incident was caused by an upset with their on-site power generation system which subsequently caused a temporary shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant.

He said the shutdown resulted in about a 30% reduction in the gas to be delivered to the downstream power and non-power customers.

“The unfortunate situation was caused by an upset of our on-site power generation system, causing a temporary shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant on Friday, 7th July, 2023 from 10:00AM to 5:30PM. This resulted in about 30% reduction in the gas we deliver to our downstream power and non-power customers,” part of the release read.

It however noted that the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant has been restarted and is working well without any interruptions.

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