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03
May

WAPCo is Outstanding Employer 2022 – TUC Nigeria

The Trades Union Congress Nigeria on Saturday April 29, conferred on WAPCo the award of Outstanding Employer 2022. At a ceremony at Abuja, the TUC president Comrade Festus Osifo said WAPCo and five others emerged top nominees for the employer category award out of over 200 nominations received.  The award is in recognition of WAPCo’s “antecedents and outstanding contributions towards the promotion of workers’ rights and improvement of the welfare…

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14
Mar

WAPCo Marks International Women’s Day

The OneWAPCo family commemorated International Women’s Day with events across all its locations in Ghana, Togo and Benin. Each location held its own celebration. However, a main event was held at the Head office in Accra, Ghana with the workforce from Togo, Benin and Nigeria participating virtually. The Special guest for the occasion was Dr. Stella Agyenim-Boateng, Advisor, Office of the Chief Executive, Volta River Authority and she spoke on…

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16
Feb

Meet WAPCo’s New General Counsel

Odey Simon Adamade is WAPCo’s new General Counsel. Odey joined WAPCo on February 1st, 2023, and brings to this position over 16 years of experience in negotiating gas transactions transcending sales, purchase, and transportation agreements, gas financing and other commercial agreements. He was previously Company Secretary and Legal Advisor at the NNPC Gas Marketing Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). He is a member of…

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10
Feb

WAPCo awards scholarships to 69 students in tertiary institutions in Ghana

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has awarded scholarships to sixty-nine students studying at thirteen tertiary institutions in Ghana, under its programme to support brilliant but needy students in host communities. The sixty-nine students, made up of 43 males and 26 females were selected based on academic excellence achieved during their first year of studies in these institutions. Their courses include Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Building Technology,…

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10
Feb

WAPCo Installs Fire Protection Systems.

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has installed fire protection systems in its facilities in Nigeria and Cotonou. The WAGP Project, which built the pipeline and all WAPCo facilities, was completed and commissioned in 2011 with one fire water installation, located at the Lagos Beach Compressor Station (LBCS). Since the completion of the WAGP project, WAPCo has expanded its facilities, witnessed an increase in the population and third-party…

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20
Jan

WAPCo Resumes Gas Transportation from Takoradi

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) is pleased to announce that it has safely and successfully completed the valve replacement works at its Takoradi Regulating and Metering (R&M) Station and has resumed gas transportation to customers in Tema. WAPCo on January 12, 2023, shut down the Takoradi facility to allow for the replacement of some critical valves at the facility aimed at securing the safety and integrity of…

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16
Jan

Work at Takoradi R&M Station steadily progressing

Ongoing maintenance activities at our Takoradi Regulating and Metering Station are progressing steadily, and the team is upbeat about completing the work safely and on schedule. Interacting with our Managing Director, Michelle Burkett last Friday when she visited the facility, various team members, including the Contractor said work was progressing very well and were hopeful to finish the work in good time. Michelle expressed delight at the progress of work…

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11
Jan

WAPCo shuts down Takoradi facility for maintenance

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) will undertake a coordinated and planned 10-day maintenance shutdown of its Takoradi Regulating and Metering Station. This shutdown scheduled for 12th to 22nd January 2023, is to allow for the replacement of some critical valves at the facility aimed at securing the safety and integrity of the Takoradi Station. Accordingly, there will be no gas transportation from our Takoradi facility to customers…

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11
Jan

Meet Our New MD

Michelle Burkett is WAPCo’s Managing Director effective January 1, 2023. She takes over from Mr. Gregory Germani, who was WAPCo's Managing Director for over three years.

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08
Nov

WAPCo gets new MD

Ms. Michelle Burkett is the incoming Managing Director of the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo). Effective January 1, 2023, she takes over from Mr. Gregory Germani, who has been recalled by Chevron to take up the role of General Manager, Operations & Maintenance, Chevron Pipeline & Power (CPP) based in Houston, Texas. Ms. Burkett brings with her over 18 years of experience in the oil & gas upstream…

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