The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Marketers Association has refuted reports suggesting a shortage of the product on the market.
In an interview, the president of the association, Gabriel Kumi, indicated that there was enough gas for all consumers despite the shutdown of the Atuabo Gas plant for routine maintenance starting Monday, August 5, 2024.
“To the best of our knowledge, there’s no shortage of LPG in the system. I’m sure when you go around to the gas stations in the country, you’ll realise that all the gas stations are having products, we are serving consumers. What has really happened is that you know we take our 50% of our LPG from Atuabo Gas Processing Plant”.
“We had information from our regulator that the Gas Processing Plant is going to shut down for about 2–3 weeks for routine maintenance and so that’s going to be done from Monday [August 5]. But we have more than enough stock in Tema. So consumers should be rest assured, there’s not going to be any shortage of LPG in the system in the coming weeks and months”.
He also explained that all marketers have been informed about the planned shutdown of the Atuabo Gas plant, but there were alternative bulk distributors in Tema with enough supply for the coming weeks.
Mr Kumi asked the public to disregard the reports as there would be enough products for patronage during the maintenance period.