Prez Mahama tours gas complex in Malabo

President John Mahama on Friday led a team from the Ghana National Gas Company, a state-owned company, to visit Equatorial Guinea's Punta Europa Gas Complex in Malabo.

The Complex is made up of Equatorial Guinea LNG, which produces Liquefied Natural Gas, Marathon EG Production Limited, which provides EG LNG and another company called AMPCO with gas feedstock and also feeds Turbo Gas for local power generation, and Atlantic Methanol Production Company LLC (AMPCO), one of the world's largest and lowest cost methanol producers.

On the tour were the Minister for Energy and Petroleum, Emmanuel Kofi Buah, Board Chair of Ghana Gas Dr. Kwesi Botchwey and CEO of Ghana Gas Dr. George Adjah-Sipa Yankey.

Interior Minister Kwesi Ahwoi and the Defence Minister, Mark Woyongo, who are attending a summit of the Gulf of Guinea Commission with the President, were also on the tour.