The dispensing of autogas into automobiles through selected filling
stations across the country will commence by the end of September, the
Federal Government has said.
It was gathered that autogas to be
dispensed into automobiles and other prime movers include Liquefied
Petroleum Gas, Compressed Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas,
depending on the type of vehicle.
Documents obtained from the
Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources in Abuja on Friday stated that
the Committee on National Gas Expansion Programme had been assigned to
ensure the effective implementation and take off of this initiative.
The
NGEP was inaugurated in January this year by the Minister of State for
Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, in furtherance of the domestic gas
expansion programme of the Federal Government.
Also, officials of
the ministry told our correspondent that selected filling stations
across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory had been
informed, as plans to collocate autogas dispensing facilities at the
outlets had reached advanced stages.
They said the NGEP would
promote gas as replacement fuel and also save the nation the much-needed
foreign exchange expended on imported fuels by providing alternatives
to petrol, diesel and kerosene.
In one of the documents, the FMPR said the committee had identified autogas development as a key deliverable of the NGEP.
It
said, “Consequently, plans have reached advanced stage in line with
ministerial directive and support for the development of LPG, CNG and
LNG collocation in NNPC owned and operated mega stations in the 36
states and the FCT.
“Under this arrangement, retail outlets will
offer a full complement of gas products as transportation fuels in
addition to existing white products as cheaper cleaner and more
environmentally friendly alternatives.”
It added, “The NNPC and
mega retail outlets owners and equipment providers are fully onboard in
this objective and measures are in place to achieve a roll out of this
programme by end of September 2020 using select NNPC owned outlets as
pilots.”
On Wednesday, The PUNCH reported that the Federal
Government had ordered the chief executive officers and their
lieutenants in agencies under the petroleum ministry to convert all
their official vehicles to run on autogas.
It was also gathered
that Sylva, who gave the directive in Abuja, had already submitted all
his vehicles to be converted to run on gas, as opposed to petrol.
The
minister said the conversion of vehicles in his ministry and agencies
to run on autogas was to demonstrate to Nigerians that the government
was serious with its declaration of 2020 as “the year of gas”.
Sylva
said, “I have surrendered my vehicles to the NGEP (National Gas
Expansion Programme) to convert all to dual fuel with use of either
auto-LPG or auto-CNG.
“And on that premise, I now have the moral
backing to direct that all CEOs and their able lieutenants do same by
converting all their official vehicles to run on autogas as a
demonstration to the Nigerian people that indeed government meant it
when we declared this year ‘The Year of Gas.’”
The minister’s
Technical Adviser on Gas Business and Policy Implementation, Justice
Derefaka, explained that the NGEP committee was engaging large fleet
owners, Nigerian Governors Forum, local government associations,
conversion companies and dispensing facility owners.
This, he
said, was to collaborate in the conversion and establishment of
refueling facilities nationwide, leveraging on already existing
pipelines and stations.
Derefaka, who is also the Programme
Manager, Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme, and Programme
Manager, Autogas, NGEP, said the collaboration would ease the cost
burden of conversion, which was a major impediment to autogas
development.
He said, “Also, in order to bridge the gas facility
deficit, companies engaged in virtual gas movement have been mobilised
in the bid to ensure the development of a virtual gas grid that can
serve the emerging domestic gas market.
“Several of these companies have expressed ability and preparedness to meet the October 1st roll out timeline.”
He
said the committee initiated the draft of a dual fuel engine
importation and domestic manufacturing policy with the objective of
pushing it for the endorsement of government as an executive order with
effect from January 2021.
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