Ghana Plots to become West Africa’s Gas Hub in threat to Nigeria

Ghana’s state-owned oil company is progressing with plans to sell liquefied natural gas throughout West Africa in a move that will test Nigeria’s dominance and her failure to better position the country’s energy credentials.

Already shipments of the fuel are beginning to flow to a specially built import terminal.

Ghana’s Tema LNG Terminal Co. is expected to start commercial operations at the plant in the second quarter of this year and can help create an energy hub for the region, Hamis Ussif, manager for gas at Ghana National Petroleum Corp. said in a Bloomberg interview in the capital, Accra. GNPC will buy the LNG from Tema and sell it onward.

Some West African nations are embracing the use of natural gas as part of an effort to bring electricity to more people who live there but Nigeria with its significant gas endowments has been unable to ensure a steady supply of gas around the sub-region.

While the use of fossil fuels is criticized for contributing to climate change, local producers have said that the continent only accounts for 3percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

GNPC is working with partners interested in building infrastructure to sell LNG to domestic users and those within the sub-region looking to boost power, Ussif said.


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