The Federal Government says it has introduced Mobile Refuelling Units (MRU) to facilitate easier access to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) autogas refuelling services in response to the rising demand for CNG across the country.
The State House disclosed that the deployment of the MRUs has already commenced. The statement highlighted that the MRUs are complete CNG refuelling stations, capable of dispensing and refilling up to 40 CNG vehicles per hour.
It stated, “Each compact MRU is designed to be mounted on a flatbed truck and fully equipped with built-in compressors, cascades, generators, and gas dispensers.”
Toyin Subair, Vice Chairman of PCNGi, commended NIPCO for their conversion rate and for setting up refuelling units across the country.
“We have obviously faced an urgent need for more refuelling stations across the story,” Subair says, “so they [NIPCO] have immediately brought in these mobile refuel units that we put in strategic locations,” he explained, adding that, “They have brought four into Abuja. There will be two in Lagos, and the idea is to immediately ease the demand and the queues.”
“We have obviously faced an urgent need for more refuelling stations across the story,” Subair says, “so they [NIPCO] have immediately brought in these mobile refuel units that we put in strategic locations,” he explained, adding that, “They have brought four into Abuja. There will be two in Lagos, and the idea is to immediately ease the demand and the queues.”
Subair clarified that the MRUs are necessary to complement the existing physical refuelling stations. He also noted that the first phase of the PCNGi aims to achieve 100,000 converted vehicles by the end of the year.
Michael Onaji, a CNG hybrid user waiting in line at the gas station, shared his experience of using compressed gas. As a frequent road user, he expressed that it was cheaper when compared to Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) which was currently sold for 1,050 Naira at NNPC stations and 1,150 Naira in other stations.
“We have about 170 cars on the queue but if you stay here till 5 p.m., you will get a number of 300 cars because by then people might have left their offices to get gas before going to their various homes,” he noted, underscoring the high demand for the CNG autogas and the positive impact the newly introduced MRUs would have in easing this demand.
While giving his opinion on the safety of the CNG, Michael Onaji emphasised that following the safety measures provided by the CNG converting centre will prevent Nigerians from experiencing any potential issues.
Furthermore, the report from StateHouse Digital identified that as of yesterday, November 4, PCNGi and NIPCO have distributed six CNG MRUs to Lagos and Abuja. Pending regulatory approvals, these units will be deployed to locations with high demand for autogas, the report stated.
Additionally, ten MRUs, ordered by the federal government have arrived at ports and are currently being cleared to be distributed across other states.
The report also revealed that Private, government, and commercial stakeholders including NNPC Limited, are increasing their investments across the CNG value chain by deploying new CNG mother-and-daughter stations, infrastructure, virtual pipelines, and workforce training.
The PCNGi and NIPCO encouraged Nigerians to visit any of the authorised conversion centres to convert their vehicle.
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