Danger Looms as Off-Spec Cooking Gas from Niger Floods Nigeria


Consumers of Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG), otherwise known as Cooking Gas in the country, are facing imminent danger as an off-specification product is being imported from Niger Republic to flood the Nigerian market.
This product, it was learnt, has higher proportion of highly explosive propane than the LPG that is sourced from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited and the refineries, which consists mostly of less dangerous butane.
It was also gathered that the LPG imported from Niger Republic is cheaper than the ones sourced from the refineries and the Nigeria LNG Limited.
Confirming the circulation of the dangerous LPG during its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos on Tuesday, the Nigerian Association of LPG Marketers (NALPGMA) warned its members not to patronise the LPG from Niger because of the imminent danger it posed to users.
Speaking on the dangers posed by the product from Niger Republic, the National President of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Reps Association of Nigeria, Mr. Odo Gbolahan, stated that the pressure of the gas imported from Niger was four times the pressure of the cooking gas used in Nigeria.

Culled from Thisday Live

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