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Speaking during a meeting at the Fajr Jam Gas and any action in this area helps the national
Refining Co., NIGC’s director of production economy.”
co-ordination and supervision Ahmad Zam- He added: “One of our goals is to prevent the
ani commented: “A large part of the country’s sanctions [from impacting] the gas production
energy mix depends on gas, and all parts of our industry in Iran, and I say with confidence that
life and livelihood are somehow dependent on if the sanctions continue for many years Iran’s
the hard work of the gas industry employees, gas production will not be affected by them.” ™

PIPELINES
Ghanaian MP unveils plans for building

new gas pipeline from Tema to Takoradi

AFRICA FRANK Annoh-Dompreh, a member of “These are the names of the towns the gas
Ghana’s Parliament representing the Nsawam pipeline will pass through in Nsawam [Adoagy-
Adoagyiri municipal district in Eastern region, iri]: Damming, Nsawam, Nsumia, Fotobi, Ama-
has unveiled the state-owned natural gas con- from, Sakyikrom, Anof, Owuraku, Afumkrom,
cern’s plans to build a 290-km pipeline system Ahodzo [and] Doboro, just to name a few,” he
serving four regions. wrote in a Twitter thread.
In a Twitter post dated August 11, He also stated that he expected the project to
Annoh-Dompreh, who also serves as Parlia- create new jobs for residents of the communities
ment’s majority Chief Whip, explained that where the pipeline was being built.
Ghana Gas would construct the pipeline along Annoh-Dompreh did not say in his Twitter
a route that began in Tema and terminated in post when construction might begin. However,
Takoradi. he was quoted by Ghanaian press sources as say-
The link will pass through the Western, Cen- ing late last week that Ghana Gas was conduct-
tral, Eastern and Greater Accra regions and will ing an engineering study in order to make sure
have eight distribution nodes, he stated. that it recruited personnel with the appropriate
One of these distribution nodes will be technical experience. This study is likely to be
located in Nsawam, the capital of the Nsawam wrapped up in about four weeks, he stated.
Adoagyiri municipal district, and this facility Ghana already has a pipeline in place that
will also act as a mini-processing plant for some runs from Takoradi to Tema – the first phase
of the gas passing through that part of the net- of the Takoradi-Tema Interconnection Project
work, he added. (TTIP), which was built in 2019.

The new pipeline will follow a route opposite to TTIP, shown here during the construction phase (Photo: Fabtech)

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