The first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant to produce alternative fuel for cars in Nigeria has been commissioned in Benin City, Edo State by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Rilwan Lukman. The CNG plant will produce fuel for vehicles as as alternative to petrol. The plant, owned by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) is said to be a pilot plant by the company, according to a report by allAfrica.com.
In a corresponding article by Nigeria’s Guardian, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Rilwanu Lukeman, reportedly said the Federal Government hoped that in the next five years at least two million vehicles would be running on CNG instead of petrol, helping to reduce over-dependence on petrol. Nigeria has the world’s seventh largest gas reserves.
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