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Ghana’s Tema LNG project enters construction phase

Construction of the Tema LNG project will begin next month in a smaller form than the two previous failed attempts Construction of the Tema LNG project will begin next month in a smaller form than the two previous failed attempts.
By Andrew Walker 2 November 2018 0 33147
A thermal power plant in Tema in Ghana A thermal power plant in Tema in Ghana. (CENIT)

The LNG terminal being built at the port of Tema in Ghana could be the first of several small- and mid-scale regasification projects in Africa, delegates at the KNect365 LNGgc conference in London heard on Wednesday.

The Tema LNG consortium consists of Helios Investment Partners, a large Africa-focused private equity firm; Gasfin, an LNG infrastructure company offering technical expertise; and a local partner.

Helios approached Gasfin to develop the Ghana project using an FRU and FSU model, as the failure of previous ventures led the investor to...