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the west african gas pipeline
problem: End use
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Our recommendation
Information should be provided about
projected gas consumption from the
pipeline, the cost of gas supplied and
the terms of agreements signed with
host governments regarding the sale and
use of gas from WAGP.
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It is unclear who will be the primary
beneficiaries of gas transported through the
WAGP, or what percentage of the gas will go
to industrial use, domestic use, and
export.
The pipeline will do nothing to
increase access to energy
in
Nigeria, and little for Benin and Togo; and
the citizens of Ghana are concerned that they
too may not benefit from the extracted gas,
nor share in its revenues. Ghanaians fear
that the natural gas provided by WAGP will
turn out to be an expensive rather than a
cheap solution to the energy problem. One of
the largest potential end-users, the Valco
smelter in Tema (Ghana), has been off-line
since last year.
The independent Dutch Commission for
Environmental Impact Assessment, who reviewed
the Ghana EIA, raised a set of related
questions (
Advisory review on the EIS
for the West-African Gas Pipeline
, pdf,
137kb):
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how does the WAGP relate to the energy
planning and distribution in Ghana?
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how can the people of Ghana benefit
from WAGP?
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how are social benefits claimed by WAGP
reflected in the Ghana Poverty Reduction
Strategy or can they be integrated?
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Gas flaring
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Western Delta
Environmental Impacts
Public consultation
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