The Federal Government has inaugurated a 5.2 million Standard Cubic Feet per day (mmscfd) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant in Lagos.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, during the inauguration of the plant said the development would provide an alternative source of fuel for Nigerians and it will also lessen the impact of subsidy removal on petrol in the country.
He also added that the use of CNG as a transport fuel is a mature technology used globally and the cleanest burning fuel in terms of Nitro-oxide and soot emissions.
“It can be employed to power passenger cars and city buses, CNG passenger vehicles emit 5-10 per cent less CO2 than comparable gasoline-powered passenger vehicles,” he said.
The Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Malam Mele Kyari, in his remark, revealed that the development is to maintain energy security and provide more access to CNG by the Nigerian populace.
Kyari said that the company had stations of 5.2mmscfd capacity each in selected locations spread across the six geopolitical zones, including the FCT, to ease access to bulk CNG.
“NNPC will continue to deliver more strategic projects for the benefit of our country.
“We shall utilise our gas resources for industrialisation, power generation and economic prosperity for all,” Kyari said.
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