The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) has commissioned 12 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in Abuja and Lagos in a move to alleviate the burden of high transportation costs on Nigerians following the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu administration.
Recall that Tinubu on May 29, 2023 announced the removal of fuel subsidy on petrol, a development that made the pump price to rise from N197 per liter to N617 per liter.
The newly built CNG stations, which are six each in both Lagos and Abuja, were commissioned by the minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo.
Under the Presidential CNG initiative, NNPC & NIPCO Gas entered into strategic partnership for expansion of CNG Stations across Nigeria. Under this partnership, 35 CNG Stations are to be constructed across Nigeria.
The event was attended by the chairman of the NNPC Board, Pius Akinyelure, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, the Managing Director of the NNPCL Retail Ltd, Huub Stokman, and other stakeholders in the energy sector.
These CNG stations feature advanced reciprocating and hydraulic booster compressors, ensuring a dispensing pressure of 200 bar for CNG vehicles.
The CNG is supplied to stations in Abuja and Lagos via virtual transportation from Mother Stations in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, and lbafo, Ogun State.
The Abuja station will soon connect to the AKK Pipeline, becoming a Mother CNG station. The stations’ power needs are met by gas-driven generators, reducing carbon emissions.
The CNG station on Airport Road, Abuja, includes a 5-bay CNG Vehicle Conversion Workshop, capable of converting five to six vehicles daily.
Together, the Abuja and Lagos stations have a combined dispensing capacity of over six million standard cubic feet (MMSCF) of CNG per day, serving approximately 15,000 vehicles daily. This ensures continuous, reliable, affordable and safe CNG supplies to motorists across various regions of the country.
