Stakeholders push LPG as catalyst for economic growth in West Africa
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s energy sector including the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Gas, Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, have emphasized Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, as a critical driver of economic growth in Nigeria and across West Africa.
Nigeria’s LPG consumption rises by 8% to 89,910MT
By Michael Eboh The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has stated that Nigerians consumed 89,910 metric tonnes, MT, of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas, in January 2020, 7.9 per cent above the national consumption target of 83,330MT. In a statement in Abuja, Executive Secretary of the PPPRA, Abdulkadir Saidu, stated […]
Adopting LPG for automotive, other sectors of Nigeria’s economy
By Udeme Akpan & Sebastine Obasi With its 202 trillion standard cubic feet of gas reserves, many global stakeholders had expected Nigeria to harness adequate gas for domestic use and export before 2020 for many reasons. First, its gas reserves are in excess of oil, estimated at 37 billion barrels. Second, gas is a cleaner […]
NSCDC arrests woman over alleged illegal sale of LPG in residential area
Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 29- years-old nursing mother for alleged illegal sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in a residential area of Lafia metropolis. Mohammed Mahmoud-Fari, State Commandant of NSCDC, paraded the woman before newsmen on Friday in Lafia. Mahmoud-Fari said NSCDC investigation revealed […]
Nigeria’s demand for LPG rises by 40% to 840,000MT
By Udeme Akpan & Michael Eboh Nigeria’s domestic demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, increased from 600,000 metric tonnes, MT, to 840,000MT, indicating an increase of 40 per cent as at December, 2019. Addressing members at the just concluded Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos, the President, Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association, NLPGA, Mr. Nuhu […]
Nigeria imports 82% of cooking gas consumed in one month ―PPPRA
Nigeria imported 76.78 million metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, in December 2019, according to data obtained from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA. In its LPG consumption Report for December 2019, the PPPRA noted that imported LPG accounted for 81.68 per cent of total LPG supplied in Nigeria in December, put at […]
