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PPMC to address challenges facing LPG vessels

By on July 1, 2016

The Pipelines and Product Marketing Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has said it will look into the allegation by some marketers that Liquefied Natural Gas vessels are being diverted in Lagos.

The Managing Director, PPMC, Alhaji Ahmed Farouk, stated this on Wednesday during the inauguration of the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers’ building and resource centre in Lagos.

Responding to questions from journalists, the PPMC’s Executive Director, Supply and Distribution, Mr. Justine Ezeala, who represented Farouk at the event, said the allegation that the PPMC officials were involved in diverting LPG vessels to private jetties would be looked into.

He said, “I am hearing this for the first time. I have been executive director for nine months and I am hearing this for the first time but I am not holding brief for anyone; if this is substantiated, we will take steps.

“If you have any evidence, please, bring it to my notice. No one in their right minds will take that step to frustrate efforts of bringing the LPG closer to the people. I will look into it.”

He said efforts were ongoing to improve the efficiency of the LPG vessels by working with relevant stakeholders.

“We are trying to work with our partners to ensure that we can sequence vessels to berth better; use the facility that we currently have and I think if we use it efficiently, we will still be able to make progress until we are able to build additional jetties. But right now, those jetties are 40 years old and so, there will definitely be some constraint,” he said.

 

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