The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has stated that it is planning to launch liquified natural gas (LNG) micro-distribution centres across the 774 local government areas (LGA).<\/p>\n
This was disclosed on Thursday by the director of DPR, Sarki Auwalu during\u00a0the 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n Recall that the minister of state for petroleum resources, Timipre Sylva in April 2021 said the federal government was working towards opening liquified petroleum gas (LPG) micro-distribution channels across all<\/span>\u00a0LGAs in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n The project targets 99 million women and households within three years, <\/span>cutting across the 120,000 polling units and all wards 774 LGAs, Mary Ekpere-Eta, director-general of the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), had said.<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking at the summit, Auwalu explained that the agency\u2019s move is part of the federal government\u2019s plan to deepen gas penetration in the country by 2030 in line with the ‘Decade of Gas in Nigeria’.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dWe have capabilities to have mini LNG where it can be transported to any length. With that strategy, energy security for this country is being achieved through the virtual pipelines,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDPR has developed a project we call Project 774. The aim of this project is to ensure that each and every 774 local government do have a gas regasify and distribution centre with a micro-distribution centre.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe have levers that will enhance the consumption, the utilisation and commercialisation of our gas.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe levers include the growth of the reserves, infrastructure, extinguishing of the flare as well as development of gas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Auwalu said the project would create employment opportunities for Nigerians as well as generate revenue for the government.<\/span><\/p>\n He also said that DPR had received bids from about 200 companies to commercialise Nigeria\u2019s 45 gas flaring points.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Nigeria Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme apart from reducing gas flaring would also generate revenue for the government. We have received a bid from 200 companies. We evaluated these bids and we are yet to announce the winners.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dIt is the first of its kind in the whole world because we are the first country that will take our flare gas points and turn it into commercial value.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe World Bank and other development partners are happy with Nigeria for the initiative and we will soon conclude and announce the winners because it is hugely successful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has stated that it is planning to launch liquified natural gas (LNG) micro-distribution centres across the 774 local government areas (LGA). This was disclosed on Thursday by the director of DPR, Sarki Auwalu during\u00a0the 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja. Recall that the minister of state for petroleum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":45047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1303,10527,10528,10529],"class_list":["post-45044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-dpr","tag-liquified-natural-gas-lng","tag-llga","tag-nigeria-international-petroleum-summit"],"yoast_head":"\n