Ghana’s midstream gas sector is on the cusp of a significant transformation as Genser Energy inches toward commissioning its 135 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) Gas Conditioning Plant (GCP) in Prestea, Western Region — a facility designed to reshape local gas processing and open new export channels.
GCP Plant Manager Francois Esterhuizen told the Business & Financial Times that the project, three years in the making, is approximately 95% complete. “The last remaining works involve power plant installation and some final commissioning activities. We plan to start the commissioning from the beginning of April, targeting 50% operations by June, gradually building up to full capacity by August 2026,” he said.
The plant is designed to process and condition natural gas, producing ethane, propane, butane, isopentane and gasoline. It also has the potential to blend propane and butane into LPG for both domestic consumption and export through Genser Energy’s financing partner, Trafigura. The facility will feed the company’s Takoradi Natural Gas Liquids Export Terminal (TNET), which is expected to be operational by May 2026 with a storage capacity of 30,000 cubic metres for propane and 10,000 cubic metres for butane.
The GCP is organised across six core operational modules — covering gas reception and pressure regulation, dehydration and sweetening, fractionation, utility provision, hydrocarbon storage and a loading station — with a seventh under consideration. The plant is designed for a 50-year lifecycle with capacity expansion potential.
Ghana’s existing gas processing infrastructure centres on the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant, which has a capacity of around 150 MMSCFD. Plans are already afoot for a second national processing plant that could double that capacity to 300 MMSCFD, making private investments like Genser Energy’s increasingly vital to the country’s energy architecture.
Source: thebftonline.com