Greenville LNG and the Nasarawa Investment and Development Agency (NASIDA) have signed a Memorandum of Association (MoU) to establish LNG and L-CNG auto fuel station in Nasarawa State.
The company’s Managing Director, Greenville LNG, Mrs Ritu Sahajwalla, said this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday.
The Business Intelligence (TBI Africa) reports that the Greenville LNG is a pioneer Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and distribution company in Nigeria.
The company uses a virtual pipeline system to deliver LNG to its customers across the country with LNG-fueled trucks.
Sahajwalla said the MOU with NASIDA would further promote virtual gas supply for businesses and people of Nasarawa State.
The company said the LNG, and L-CNG retail stations would refill heavy-duty trucks and smaller vehicles such as automobiles and Keke NAPEP fueled with LNG or CNG.
She said: “Greenville’s goal is to continue providing gas to Nigerians, especially the North, devoid of pipeline infrastructure.
“This project will change the state’s transportation industry, eliminating fuel shortage and expanding gas flow within the state.
“This is in promoting clean energy; will benefit the environment, investors, and local businesses in Nasarawa State’s industrial and auto gas sectors.”
Sahajwalla said Greenville was the first to take this initiative after it had taken gas for industrial and power applications to all parts of the North and South of Nigeria.
According to her, it is now time to change the heavy transportation industry, by adopting LNG as a much cheaper and cleaner fuel produced in Nigeria with Nigerian gas.
She said Greenville LNG’s virtual pipeline system could be used without worrying about poor or lack of flow or vandalisation.
Sahajwalla said this was opposed to physical pipeline; with the virtual pipeline there was a constant flow and most importantly it was clean energy, which was important to the environment of the country.
She said this was especially in the current climate crisis where potential investors would now be able to get adequate provision of gas to competitively power their industries and vehicles.
Also, the Managing Director, NASIDA, Ibrahim Abdullahi, said it was particular about attracting private sector investment into Nasarawa State.
Abdullahi said the company recognised that its developmental aspirations could not be funded by the government, and there was a huge infrastructure deficit.
“We also identified gas as a unique opportunity and a critical factor for industrialisation for Nigeria.
“I am very sure that this investment by Greenville will encourage other investors to come into the state.
“You need gas as a business, so gas is going to be a big deal for business,” he said.
Abdullahi said the Greenville LNG was the pioneer LNG production and distribution company in Nigeria that used innovative virtual pipeline system for the supply of LNG within Nigeria.
He said the Greenville LNG gas processing facility in Rumuji, Rivers, had three liquefaction trains and a total capacity to produce 2250MT of LNG per day in Phase 1.
According to him, Phase 2 of the project will include two (2) liquefaction trains, which will increase the total capacity produced to 5250MT per day.
