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Accra, Ghana-headquartered West African Gas Pipeline Co. that owns and operates the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP), which supplies natural gas from Nigeria, has announced that the pipeline resumed deliveries this week.

黑料社淭he West African gas pipeline has now been repaired, re-commissioned and back in operation,黑料社� Harriet Wereko-Brobby, a company spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed statement. Earlier on 11^th July, the force majeure, a legal clause allowing it to miss shipments, was lifted, she said.

The company, known as WAPCo, delivers gas to buyers in Benin, Togo and Ghana. In August last year the company was forced to shut down the link and declared a force majeure after a ship黑料社檚 anchor damaged the gas pipeline in Togolese waters.

黑料社淭he company is pursuing measures to forestall a re-occurrence of the pipeline breach incident,黑料社� Wereko-Brobby said.

The gas pipeline

The 678 km WAGP links into the existing Escravos-Lagos pipeline at the Nigeria Gas Company黑料社檚 Itoki Natural Gas Export Terminal in Nigeria and proceeds to a beachhead in Lagos. From there it moves offshore to Takoradi, in Ghana, with gas delivery laterals from the main line extending to Cotonou (Benin), Lome (Togo) and Tema (Ghana).聽 The Escravos-Lagos pipeline system has a capacity of 800 million ft³/d, and the WAPCo system will initially carry a volume of 170 million ft³/d and peak over time at a capacity of 460 million ft³/d.

About WAPCo

WAPCo is owned by Chevron West African Gas Pipeline Ltd (36.7%); Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (25%); Shell Overseas Holdings Limited (18%); and Takoradi Power Company Limited (16.3%), Societe Togolaise de Gaz (2%) and Societe BenGaz S.A. (2%).

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