The Gas Company has shut down its gas supply to the Volta River Authority (VRA) citing persistent breakdown of the machine that extracts gas from the Jubilee oil fields to the company.
The machine known as the FPSO compressor has reportedly broken down at least thrice since Saturday.
With the shutdown, power supply to consumers could suffer even further as the Volta River Authority generates power using one gas.
The CEO of Ghana Gas, Dr. Sipa Yankey has lamented the frequent breakdowns saying it robs Ghanaians of the advantages that come with the construction of the gas plant.
Quantifying the loss to VRA, Dr. Yankey has said it supplies not more than 60million standard cubic feet to VRA daily.
The effect of the shutdown may not be immediately felt as VRA keeps a store of gas it gets from Ghana Gas’ Atuabo processing plant.