CNG Pump Dispensers Enhance by 233% in Nigeria

CNG Pump Dispensers Enhance by 233% in Nigeria

The deployment of allotting pumps for Compressed Pure Fuel, CNG, have risen by 233 per cent in six months since November final 12 months.

Coordinator and Chief Govt, Presidential Initiative on CNG, Pi-CNG, Mr. Michael Oluwagbemi, disclosed this whereas addressing journalists throughout a tour of the Mikano Worldwide CNG based mostly automobile meeting plant in Ogun State.

In the meantime, Mikano has indicated intention to deploy 18 CNG allotting factors throughout the nation in assist of the widespread adoption of CNG.

Oluwagbemi mentioned: “Since we began this programme, in November of final 12 months, we had lower than 18 pumps, dispensers in Nigeria doing CNG commercials. However as of right this moment we’ve over 60 of them and individuals are constructing yearly.

“In case you go to Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA now there are over 120 purposes ready to put in.”

Talking additional, he mentioned: “The aim of this tour was to see the capability of our manufacturing accomplice, which Mikano is one in all them, to have the ability to meet the calls for of Nigeria by way of manufacturing, to assist the CNG revolution, presidential CNG initiative, which is led by Mr. President, by means of the President Initiative on CNG.

“And right here we’ve all seen not simply the capability, we utilisation of fuel which the President has been speaking about.

“For instance, these factories run on fuel 24/7 And that exhibits that you don’t simply use the fuel to energy your transportation sector, however you too can use it to energy your economic system. And that gives a less expensive, extra environment friendly type of powering your industrialisation.”

Talking on the corporate’s dedication to promotion of CNG adoption, Chairman Mikano Worldwide, Mofid Karameh,mentioned, “Mikano has began assembling CNG based mostly autos. Now we have orders for thus many buses from the federal government, all of them CNG. There are such a lot of stations constructed up.

“Mikano can also be constructing a station alongside Sagamu expressway to fill just a few of the autos and for the transport. And greater than 18 stations are taking place within the nation.

“I imagine inside the subsequent six months. No less than 30% of our autos ought to be CNG, or with a service of CNG.”