The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdullai Jinapor, has announced the temporary power disruption scheduled for Sunday, July 13, 2025.
This disruption is due to ENI, the gas supplier, halting operations for necessary rehabilitation.
This exercise is aimed at ramping up gas production to 270 million standard cubic feet (MMscf), which the Minister highlights as beneficial for the energy sector, despite the inconvenience it may cause.
“This Sunday, ENI will turn off their valves temporarily to increase gas production to about 270 MMscf. It means that we are stabilising the energy sector,” he said.
He added that “because the plant will be turned off for a short period within the day for maintenance works, we are likely to experience some interruption of power. It is for a good purpose”.
He made these remarks while attending a groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the 161kV Anwomaso to Kumasi Transmission line.
This project, co-funded by the European Union and the Government of France, aims to address low voltage issues in Kumasi and the Dukwaw mining areas, along with enhancing system efficiencies.
Following advice from technical experts, the Minister emphasised that the government has decided against running the plant on liquid fuels during this short outage.
“Based on the advice from engineers, I have directed that we do not attempt to run those plants on liquid fuel for that short period,” he stated.
Mr. Jinapor explained, “It involves changing nozzles; it involves a lot of work, and so if we are going off for about four to six hours, you don’t risk it transitioning to liquid fuel only to come back to gas”.
He reassured everyone that efforts will be made to mitigate the negative impacts of the planned shutdown.
Additionally, the Minister announced a discovery of commercial oil by ENI, as Tullow Oil looks to invest more in the upstream sector.
