The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Taraba has approved the installation of five Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants in the state.
Mr Jeremiah Mashat, Operations Controller, Jalingo Field Office, made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen on Tuesday in Jalingo.
Mashat said that the plants would be sited in Jalingo metropolis and Wukari Local Government.
e said that the approvals were given to Action Energy, Sky Wave Energy and Bondiya Energy to install the plants in in Jalingo, while Sozo Gas and Capado Energy would install in Wukari.
Mashat said all the aforementioned gas plant operators had met the necessary requirements before been issued with licence by the department.
He urged gas operators in the state to regularise their businesses with the DPR and ensure their legitimacy.
He also urged operators to relocate to safety areas “as the department would not hesitate to sanction any violator.’’
The DPR boss warned operators to desist from re-cycling expired cylinders as such act posed grave danger to households.
“Though the state has not witnessed any form of gas explosion since the coming of DPR, we enjoined operators as well as customers to endeavour to adhere strictly to the rules in order to avert any form of explosions in their domains and the state at large,” he said.
Mashat, who noted that the level of compliance had increased, advised operators not to engage in acts that would compel the department to clamp down on them.
He said that the department would not relent in its mandate in order to avert gas mishaps in the state.
