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Our Latest Blog Posts
12
Jul

WAPCo’s gas transportation services on behalf of GNPC not suspended 

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (“WAPCo”), owner and operator of the West African Gas Pipeline (“WAGP”) has not suspended gas transportation services on behalf of Ghana National Petroleum Company (“GNPC”).  WAPCo at 05:00 hours on July 1st, 2023, suspended gas transportation on behalf of GNPC due to the GNPC’s failure to fully pay for services received. That same day, WAPCo resumed limited gas transportation services on behalf of…

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07
Jun

WAPCo will adhere to requirements of Environmental Management Plan 

WAPCo’s Managing Director, Ms. Michelle Burkett has assured Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the company’s readiness to work with the agency to implement WAPCo’s approved Environmental Management Plan (EMP).  Speaking at a workshop on the requirements of the company’s Environmental Management Plan, Michelle said WAPCo will partner the EPA to achieve the EMP commitments and will operate within the expected guidelines. WAPCo will count on the EPA’s support through…

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07
Jun

WAGP ready to sustain business growth in West Africa

The Glo-Djigbe Industrial Free Zone (GDIZ), a newly developing industrial zone in Benin, is an opportunity to demonstrate the West African Gas Pipeline’s (WAGP) availability and reliability to support business growth in West Africa, says Michelle Burkett WAPCo’s Managing Director. Ms. Burkett during a recent visit to the GIDZ, expressed WAPCo’s interest and readiness to work with the operators of the newly developing industrial zone to provide the natural gas…

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07
Jun

Our Impact in Host Communities

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) though its scholarship programme is positively impacting the lives of the youth in host communities in Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Each year, WAPCo under its Community Livelihood Support Programme, awards over 500 scholarships to brilliant young people to further their education or pursue a vocation of their choice. At a ceremony to present scholarship awards to this year’s batch of students…

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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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