Cooking Gas Stakeholders Move to End Incessant Gas Plant Explosions
Stakeholders in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas sector (LPG) sector, under the aegis of the Nigerian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (NLPGA) have unveiled measures to end the incessant gas plant explosions in the country. This is coming as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has commenced investigation into the recent fire incident in a gas plant in Magodo area of Lagos, which claimed two lives. Rising from its emergency meeting in Lagos, the Safety and Technical Committee of NLPGA has called for greater collaboration with agencies of government to eliminate incidents of gas plant explosions in the country. In a communiqué at the end of its recent meeting, the committee noted that the gas plant explosions recorded in 2018 have highlighted the need to address the three overarching industry objectives – safe handling and best practises in LPG; loss of containment (prevention of gas leaks); and successful disaster management. “As an association w