The port of Tema in Ghana. It needs to be modified to accommodate an FSRU. (World Bank/Jonathan Ernst)
Ghana is expecting its first LNG imports to arrive by early 2017, but there are conflicting statements from government authorities, project operators and the country’s NOC over which of the two proposed terminals will receive the cargoes.
West African Gas Ltd (WAGL) had planned to install an FSRU in Ghana’s port of Tema by the end of June. However, the Ghanaian port authority told Interfax Natural Gas Daily the harbour would require considerable investment to be able to support an FSRU – investment that has not yet been forthcoming.
"Regrettably, none of these people are ready to invest in the infrastructure to develop the appropriate LNG receiving infrastructure point(s); at least no definite engineering designs have been completed between us and any proponents for the related works, as of [Thursday]," Catherine Howard, the executive assistant to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority’s (GPHA) director general, told Interfax Natural Gas Daily in an email.
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