House No.8, 2nd Rangoon Close
Off Josif Broz Tito Avenue,
Cantonments – Accra
Building Infrastructure to Increase LPG
Penetration.
Building Infrastructure to Increase LPG Penetration.
The Group has invested over $136.7 million on various critical LPG infrastructure to help deepen the adoption and use of LPG in Ghana since 2013.
LPG storage and Evacuation
Facility in Anokye
This LPG Evacuation Terminal at Atuabo, near the Ghana Gas Processing Facility was constructed and commisioned in 2014 as part of the groups 10year plan to help increase the penetration and usage of LPG as a source of fuel. It receives LPG produced at the Ghana Gas Processing Facility for storage and loading to the market.
This Facility has a 750Mt LPG storage capacity and can load up to 1500Mt per day across its eight (8) truck loading bays. The facility has an automated terminal management system and is equipped with weighing bridges at the entry and exit points; a Control Room; a spacious Car Park; a well furbished Waiting Area and Canteen for drivers.
The Terminal, valued at USD 25 million, was partly funded by Standard Chartered Bank (UK and Ghana) and supported by GuarantCo, a credit guarantee company. The construction of this facility has led to an increase in LPG utilization to approximately 28,000MT/month.
LPG storage and
Evacuation Facility in Tema
This LPG Storage and Evacuation Terminal is based in Tema. The facility is being constructed in 2 Stages. The first stage, which is the construction of a 1800 Cubic Metres LPG storage with 4 loading gantries at a cost of USD 10m, is complete and currently in active use, helping with the availability of regular supply of LPG across southern Ghana and by extension an increase in LPG adoption and usage across the Southern part of Ghana.
An extra 600 Cubic metres of LPG Storage will be added during the second stage at an estimated cost of USD 2m.
Propane Storage
infrastructure in Tema
To provide additional backbone for the anticipated increase in LPG utilization, in line with its strategy for conversion from wood fuels to LPG, the group has also developed another LPG storage facility in Tema which was commissioned in 2020.
This is a propane rated storage terminal made up of 3 spheres with a total storage capacity of 8550MT.
12 inch pipeline from the
Jetty to the Booster Station
In 2015, to further drive LPG uptake, the group initiated a project to improve the LPG import infrastructure in Ghana. The existing infrastructure was at the end of its life and was no longer adequate to support the LPG import needs of the country.
To increase the speed and efficiency of discharge the group constructed a new 12inch propane rated pipeline to replace the existing 6 inch pipeline. The discharge arm at the port was also changed from a 6inch butane rated arm to a 10inch propane rated arm. This infrastructure developments has enabled vessels to discharge LPG at least four (4) times faster thereby increasing the potential imports from 20,000MT/month to 80,000MT/month and thus ensuring the continual availability of LPG in the country.
LPG Cylinder Bottling Plant
in Tema
With Ghana in the process of transitioning to cylinder recirculation model (CRM) for the distribution of LPG as it seeks to drive the increase in the uptake and usage of LPG instead of wood fuels for cooking, the Group is in the process of developing three (3) LPG cylinder bottling plants. The first of which is in Tema, followed by plants in Atuabo and Kumasi respectively.
This facility will have a total monthly capacity of 9,000MT and will be able to fill over 51,000 LPG cylinder bottles a day. Equipped with a fully automated LPG cylinder tracking system and an LPG cylinder maintenance unit, the facility will be able to fill steel, composite and fibre LPG cylinder types. It will have the capacity, across its four (4) carrousels and two (2) filling stands, to fill 2,800 cylinders per hour for 3kg cylinders, 3,600 cylinders per hour for 6kg, 12.5kg and 14.5 kg cylinders and 20 cylinders per hour for industrial cylinders.
The construction is scheduled to be completed in September 2023. The total cost of the plant is estimated at USD16 million and will be financed by Arch Holdings and its financial partners.