GHANA: OIL PIPELINE HANDED OVER TO GOVERNMENT TO BE USED IN SEWAGE DISPOSAL.

Record ID: 344725

  • Title: GHANA: OIL PIPELINE HANDED OVER TO GOVERNMENT TO BE USED IN SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
  • Date: 12th February 1969
  • Summary: 1. MV ZOOM IN..MR HYMAS AND MR ISSIFU ALI SIGNING 0.05 2. MV ONLOOKER 0.07 3. MV ZOOM IN..MR ISSIFU ALI SIGNING 0.10 4. MV ONLOOKERS (2 SHOTS) 0.16 5. MV MR HYMAS SPEAKING 0.22 6. SCU MEN AT HANDING-OVER (3 SHOTS) 0.25 7. MCU MR HYMAS SPEAKING 0.32 8. CU CUTAWAY 0.35 9. CU MR HYMAS SPEAKING 0.42 10. MV CUTAWAY 0.43 11. MCU MR ISSIFU ALI SPEAKING 0.50 12. CU MR HYMAS 0.53 13. MCU CUTAWAY 0.57 14. MCU MR ISSIFU ALI SPEAKING 1.02 15. CUTAWAY 1.08 16. MCU MR ISSIFU ALI SPEAKING 1.15 17. SV PEOPLE AT SIGNING CEREMONY 1.18 18. MV PEOPLE LEAVING AFTER SIGNING CEREMONY 1.20 Initials TS/VS/JH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th February 1969 13:00
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  • Location: GHANA
  • Country: Ghana
  • Reuters ID: LVAAO5M0H1U448VQ31WVCNDAA8ZQ
  • Story Text: A TWO-AND-A-HALF MILE (3.8 KM) PIPELINE, WHICH WAS ONCE THE LARGEST SUBMARINE PIPELINE IN THE WORLD, WAS HANDED OVER TO THE GHANAIAN GOVERNMENT ON FRIDAY BY MOBIL OIL (GHANA) LTD. THE PIPELINE HAS NOW OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS FOR ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE, BUT IS BEING GIVEN A NEW LEASE OF LIFE WITH THE GHANA WATER AND SEWAGE CORPORATION.

    MOBIL OIL DONATED THE PIPELINE FREE OF CHARGE TO THE GHANAIAN GOVERNMENT, AND IN ITS NEW ROLE IT WILL BE ABLE TO DISCHARGE SOME 3-MILLION GALLONS OF SEWAGE DAILY. THE FLOW OF SEWAGE WILL EVENTUALLY INCREASE TO 9-MILLION GALLONS A DAY WITH THE LINKING-UP TO THE OLD PIPELINE OF AN EXTRA 8-THOUSAND FEET (20,320 METRES) OF PIPING.

    THE HANDING-OVER CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT GHANA'S MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING, WITH THE COMMISSIONER FOR WORKS AND HOUSING, MR ISSIFU ALI, SIGNING FOR THE GOVERNMENT, AND MR EDWARD G. HYMAS, GENERAL MANAGER OF MOBIL OIL (GHANA) LTD., SIGNING FOR THE COMPANY.

    FOR MANY YEARS THE PIPELINE WAS A VITAL LINK IN THE SUPPLY OF THE BULK OF GHANA'S REQUIREMENTS OF PETROL, DIESEL FUEL AND KEROSENE. WHEN IT WAS OPENED, IN 1955, IT WAS THE LARGEST SUBMARINE PIPELINE IN THE WORLD AND HAD COST HALF-A-MILLION NEW CEDIS (APPRX. GBP222-THOUSAND STERLING).
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