The company has begun installing the necessary equipment, including an effluent management system for the project. The activity, known as pipeline inspection gauge (PIG), involves cleaning pipelines to remove debris, dirt and liquids as well as inspecting the pipeline’s internal walls.
The exercise also includes replacing subsea valves as well as conducting ancillary work while gas transportation services are temporarily suspended. This exercise, which is done every five years, is a regulatory requirement to ensure the pipeline’s integrity, maintain its safety and promote smooth operations that align with best practices.
“WAPCo last cleaned and inspected the pipelines in 2020,” said Dr. Isaac Adjei Doku, General Manager-Corporate Affairs, WAPCo. He explained that most of the activities will take place offshore at two WAPCo facilities, the Lagos Beach Compressor Station, located at Badgary in Lagos, Nigeria, and the other at the Takoradi Regulating and Metering Station at Aboadze in the Western Region of Ghana.
Dr. Doku was speaking to media regarding the upcoming major maintenance activities on the pipeline’s offshore section.
