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Nigeria gets first composite cylinder plant
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By Prince Okafor
From an undesirable position of importing LPG (cooking gas) cylinders, Nigeria is on course to become the world’s largest manufacturer of composite cylinders with the groundbreaking of Rungas ALFA plant performed on Friday by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, at Alaro City, Free Trade Zone, Epe, Lagos State.
The facility alongside its sister plant – Rungas Prime in Polaku, Bayelsa State, are being developed with equity investments by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and will on completion have a combined capacity of over 1.2 million cylinders per annum, surpassing the record held by a European firm that produces 900 cylinders.
…LPG penetration crosses one million tonnes
The Committee on National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) has stated that a new gas pricing framework that would drive gas development and guide operations in the nation’s gas sector is ready and would be unveiled in the coming days.
According to the Chairman, National Gas Expansion Programme, (NGEP), Mohammed Ibrahim, the new gas pricing framework would attract both local and foreign direct investment while also unlocking new frontiers through a combination of technology and policies aimed at addressing issues that impede growth of the sector.
Ibrahim, who was represented by the Assistant Secretary of the Committee, Olasupo Agbaje at the 12th International conference and awards organised by the Nigeria Gas Association (NGA), said: “We are looking at issues that impede the growth of this sector, one of which is pricing and we are taking necessary efforts to address them.”
Pre-NIPS 2021 Summit to focus on Nigeria’s “Decade of Gas” Initiative
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By Sebastine Obasi
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry are expected to converge at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja on 29 March 2021 under the auspices of Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources’ Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (N.I.P.S) for a hybrid conference and high-level networking session.
The event, which is a pre-summit conference of the 2021 NIPS, with Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) as sponsors, is in furtherance of the Federal Government’s declaration of January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2030 as “the Decade of Gas Development for Nigeria”. “The Decade of Gas” conference with the theme, “Towards a Gas-powered Economy by 2030” will feature President Muhammadu Buhari, as special guest of honour.
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February 26, 2021
The chairman of National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), Mohammed Ibrahim, says the federal government will launch a new pricing framework to regulate operations in the gas sector.
He was speaking on Friday at the 12th Nigerian Gas Association international conference.
Represented by Olasupo Agbaje, a member of NGPE, Ibrahim said Nigeria needs to unlock new frontiers in the gas sector.
He said the government is working towards achieving a 40 per cent conversion from petrol to gas for vehicles in the country.
“As a nation we are committed to unlocking new frontiers through a combination of policy and technology. In terms of unlocking these frontiers, we find that we need to undertake a pricing framework review that has been concluded and in the next few days, we are going to be having a new pricing framework that will guide operations in the gas sector. The pricing will make it easy for operators to look at domestic options,” he said.
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