The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday sealed off four Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants, over non-compliance and illegal operations in Lagos. Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), which collaborated with the DPR in the exercise, also arrested three employees of the sealed LPG — also known as cooking gas — plants. Mr Abel Igheghe, Head, Gas, DPR, Lagos Zonal Office, said over 54 gas plants had been sealed off in 2019 for not complying with international standards. He said the LPG plants were sealed for being illegal and operating within densely populated residential areas, schools and market places. Igheghe said: “These gas plants were sealed by DPR for not meeting international safety standard in their operations.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2019 14:26 UTC