Ghana National Gas Company has announced a planned five-hour shutdown of its Gas Processing Plant at Atuabo on Monday as it moves to complete emergency restoration works on a key control system critical to plant operations.
The temporary outage, scheduled from midnight to 5:00 a.m. on April 20, is part of ongoing efforts to replace the Burner Management System (BMS), following a major fault that caused complete damage to the plant’s controller earlier this month.
Ghana Gas said installation preparations are now about 90% complete, with the final phase of the replacement requiring a full shutdown of the facility.
The Atuabo gas plant is a strategic component of Ghana’s energy infrastructure, supplying processed natural gas to fuel thermal power plants and support electricity generation nationwide. Any disruption to its operations is therefore closely watched by industry stakeholders and power consumers.
In a statement, the company said it is working closely with state power transmission operator GRIDCo to minimise the impact of the maintenance exercise. Both entities indicated that technical and operational measures had been put in place to ensure the works are completed within the planned timeframe.
“Measures have also been put in place to minimise the impact of the shutdown on consumers,” the statement said.
The company reiterated its commitment to maintaining a stable and reliable power supply, while apologising for any inconvenience the temporary outage may cause.
The scheduled intervention comes as Ghana continues to strengthen the resilience of its gas-to-power value chain, where operational reliability at processing and transmission facilities remains central to securing electricity supply and supporting industrial growth.
