Ghana Inaugurates China Funded Gas Project

Ghana on Wednesday officially inaugurated its first China funded natural gas infrastructure project at Atuabo, about 218 km from Accra, reported Xinhua.

The gas processing plant has been funded by China Development Bank and built by Sinopec. It has the capacity to process about 120 million cubic feet of gas from the Jubilee field daily. The gas is being supplied to the Volta River Authority to run thermal plants to generate electricity.

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama who inaugurated the project said the processing plant is a game changer.

Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Sun Baohong said the completion of the plant would enable Ghana to harness the gas resources within its own capacity and take the initiative of transforming the advantage of resources into the strength of development, Xinhua reported.