Company Profile

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) is a limited liability company that owns and operates the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP).

The company has its headquarters in Accra, Ghana, with an office in Badagry, Nigeria, and field offices in Cotonou – Benin, Lome – Togo, Tema, and Takoradi, both in Ghana.

WAPCo is a joint venture between public and private sector companies from Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana.

WAPCo is an international company transporting Natural Gas in Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana in a safe, responsible and reliable manner to create value for our diverse stakeholders. We place the highest priority on the health and safety of people and protection of our assets and the environment.

We operate an Open Access system for the use of our pipeline to multiple shippers. We promote the WAGP system as a key natural gas transmission infrastructure for all natural gas sources including Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

WAPCo is owned by Chevron West African Gas Pipeline Ltd (36.9%); Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (24.9%); Shell Overseas Holdings Limited (17.9%); and Takoradi Power Company Limited (16.3%), ‘Société Togolaise de Gaz’ (2%) and ‘Société BenGaz S.A. (2%).

The West African Gas Pipeline Authority based in Abuja is the regulatory body for WAPCo.