The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has approved two sites for the installation of Liquidfy Petrol and Gas (LPG) plants in Jalingo.
Mr Jeremiah Mashat, Operational Controller DPR, Jalingo Field Office gave the hint on Wednesday while speaking to newsmen during the routine compliance surveillance operation in Jalingo.
Mashat said that the office had forwarded the approval to its North East Zonal Office in Maiduguri for onward issuance of operational license to the operators.
He said that the two additional plants would complement the only existing Taraba Gas plant that is insufficient to cope with growing demand for cooking gas in the state.
The controller said that the installation of the two more plants would further enhance competition in the market and dismantle monopoly for users of cooking gas in the state.
He also gave assurance that the non licensed cooking gas retailers would soon quit, adding that non licensed operators would be adequately sanctioned by the DPR.
In that direction, Mashat said that the department had invited all gas distribution stakeholders in the state to a meeting with a view to sensitizing them on the need to operate the business in line with global best practices and in strict adherence to rules and regulations of the petroleum downstream.
Mashat also said that the department has directed all financial institutions and individuals who were having industrial storage to get their permit from DPR.
He said that the agency would inspect the position of such industrial plants to ascertain environmental safety.
