Ghana has revived plans for construction of marine facilities for handling liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the port of Tema with the signing of agreements for the construction of a floating regasification unit and an LNG terminal as the West African country seeks to increase electricity supply by 30% and become the first to import the LNG in sub-Saharan Africa.
Last fall, Ghana's government, which owns Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC), said the LNG terminal project would take 18 months to complete and enable enable delivery of 250 million standard cubic feet/day of gas for regasification. Using Tema terminal processing infrastructure, the project promises to supply enough gas for generation of 30% of Ghana total electricity demand.