The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has initiated plans for more vehicles in the country to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) instead of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).

Speaking on “Domestic Gas Utilization in Nigeria: From Producers to Users” at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) yearly Oloibiri lecture series, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said the corporation has successfully completed a pilot programme to introduce natural gas as fuel for transportation through CNG.

According to Baru, over 4,000 cars, mostly commercial taxis, run on natural gas in Benin, served by a network of six gas filling stations.

The General Manager, Natural Gas of Green Gas Limited, Rajesh Prabhu, said adopting the CNG option is sustainable, considering that Nigeria is one of the largest producers of natural gas.

Baru stated: “The use of gas in transportation is cheaper, taxi drivers save significantly on petrol cost by using gas, as CNG is sold at 46 per cent the price of petrol. Dangote cement factories are converting their trucks to run on CNG as it is not only cheaper but it is neater and cleaner and pilferage-free,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that scarcity of petroleum products is imminent in parts of the South West over nonfunctional five depots supposed to serve the area.
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That will be good.

Affordable or expensive gas.

Why not think of providing good roads first before thinking of starting CNG technology in cars....

Cutehector:
Why not think of providing good roads first before thinking of starting CNG technology in cars....

That's a good question

Okay

A good idea, I just hope the vehicles will not explode.

I just don't see CNG an option to motor spirit for now...

The program is so successful in Benin I wonder why it hasn't been replicated nationwide.
I think the problem is a lack of gas infrastructure. You have to build pipelines directly to the gas stations.
I must add that what made the Benin program very successful is the spread payment plan that LAPO provides that make the initial startup capital for conversion easy on the drivers.

CNG in a mental derail society like Nigeria odikwa egwuoooooo, every body should write his or her will because explosion will be every minute thing, dangote truck with their accident rate will help bokoharam in blowing people up, even police on the process of try to collect egunje from you will blow your car up .