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  • DPR, Navgas, others push for oil, gas safety

    Stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have said there is urgent need to promote safety in the sector. They spoke at a seminar organised by Navgas, in conjunction with Directorate of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and others, in Ikeja, Lagos at the weekend.

    Navgas Terminal Manager in Apapa, Lagos Monday Adeoye said there was the need to focus on the effective handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), enjoining every one to join hands in boosting safety. He said it was for this that the firm holds the event every two years to boost their consciousness. This was the third event, he announced.

    In his message DPR Director, represented by Dr Akin Musa, as Assistant Director, said standards and procedures were being reviewed to meet up with the ever-changing trends in the sector. He said there would more survelliance by the directorate to tackle errant firms. He said as new plants emerge, so DPR would increase its monitoring,, adding that defaulters would be punished. He praised Navgas for sponsoring the event, urging other operators to emulate its good gesture.

    DPR Lagos Zonal Director Oluwole Akinyosoye, who spoke on ‘’Regulatory Compliance’’ said though gas consumption had grown astronomically in the 10 last years compared to kerosene, we were merely scratching the surface. Comparing the consumption of domestic gas in Senegal and other countries, he submitted that the rate of the product’s consumption in the country is small. However, he was optimistic that the market would deepen in the future.

    He listed some of the benefits of gas over kerosene as its cheapness, and easy availability and that more Nigerians were taking to gas for their domestic use.

    Even then, Akinyosoye warned that gas is more volatile, a reason stakeholders should make safety their watchword. DPR, he said, would always be strict on safety and that operators should self-regulate their operations. He told them that there were a lot of leakages in the system, a factor that led to incidents in the past. There were reports that product is being distributed to illegal operators, he said, warning that DPR would sanction anyone caught doing so.

    Programme Manager National LPG Expansion Plan, Office of the Vice President Dayo Adesina also harped on safety. Noting that the sector has a lot of stakeholders, he called on relevant stakeholders to interact on how to boost safety and production. He added that the government would assist them through awareness creation, among others, to move the industry to the next level in the next 10 years. LPG, he noted, would a game changer.

  • Navgas rewards drivers

    NAVGAS Limited has rewarded members of the National Union of Petroleum Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Unit of the company for their loyalty to the firm at an event titled: Drivers loyalty and reward programme.

    At the firm’s premises in Apapa, Lagos, it held the grand finale of its maiden raffle draw where the major winners emerged. They were Uche Morah of SuperTech, who won the first prize of a Power bike, Gbenga Adelodun, who got a deep freezer while the third prize of a flat screenTV went to Ahmed Oyewunmi.

    There were also consolation prizes for 13 drivers who scored between 150,000 and 250,000 points. They got a carton of indomie each. Earlier, as part of the progarmme, the firm also gave out recharge cards to the drivers.

    Navgas Operations Manager Mr Monday Adeoye said the draws started last year with 300 drivers and that only 91 qualified for the final draws. He reiterated that the programme was aimed at promoting safety consciousness among the drivers, noting that they were their key stakeholders in the industry. He thanked them for being loyal allies in business.

    The firm’s Managing Director Merlin Figueria assisted by NUPENG’s Acting Chairman Suleiman Amusa presented the star gifts to representatives of the winners. Amusa expressed satisfaction with the draws. He noted that it was the first time that a company would hold such an event for NUPENG members, urging Navgas to keep it up. ‘’The draw is very good. Navgas has done very well. It is the first time that a company would do this for us,’’ he said.

     

  • Navgas rewards drivers

    NAVGAS Limited has rewarded members of the National Union of Petroleum Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Unit of the company for their loyalty to the firm at an event titled: Drivers loyalty and reward programme.

    At the firm’s premises in Apapa, Lagos, it held the grand finale of its maiden raffle draw where the major winners emerged. They were Uche Morah of SuperTech, who won the first prize of a Power bike, Gbenga Adelodun, who got a deep freezer while the third prize of a flat screenTV went to Ahmed Oyewunmi.

    There were also consolation prizes for 13 drivers who scored between 150,000 and 250,000 points. They got a carton of indomie each. Earlier, as part of the progarmme, the firm also gave out recharge cards to the drivers.

    Navgas Operations Manager Mr Monday Adeoye said the draws started last year with 300 drivers and that only 91 qualified for the final draws. He reiterated that the programme was aimed at promoting safety consciousness among the drivers, noting that they were their key stakeholders in the industry. He thanked them for being loyal allies in business.

    The firm’s Managing Director Merlin Figueria assisted by NUPENG’s Acting Chairman Suleiman Amusa presented the star gifts to representatives of the winners. Amusa expressed satisfaction with the draws. He noted that it was the first time that a company would hold such an event for NUPENG members, urging Navgas to keep it up. ‘’The draw is very good. Navgas has done very well. It is the first time that a company would do this for us,’’ he said.

  • Navgas rewards drivers

    NAVGAS Limited has rewarded members of the National Union of Petroleum Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Unit of the company for their loyalty to the firm at an event titled: Drivers loyalty and reward programme.

    At the firm’s premises in Apapa, Lagos yesterday, it held the grand finale of its maiden raffle draw where the major winners emerged. They were Uche Morah of SuperTech, who won the first prize of a Power bike, Gbenga Adelodun, who got a deep freezer while the third prize of a flat screenTV went to Ahmed Oyewunmi.

    There were also consolation prizes for 13 drivers who scored between 150,000 and 250,000 points. They got a carton of indomie each. Earlier, as part of the progarmme, the firm also gave out recharge cards to the drivers.

    Navgas Operations Manager Mr Monday Adeoye said the draws started last year with 300 drivers and that only 91 qualified for the final draws. He reiterated that the programme was aimed at promoting safety consciousness among the drivers, noting that they are their key stakeholders in the industry. He thanked them for being loyal allies in business.

    The firm’s Managing Director Merlin Figueria assisted by NUPENG’s Acting Chairman Suleiman Amusa presented the star gifts to representatives of the winners. Amusa expressed satisfaction with the draws. He noted that it was the first time that a company would hold such an event for NUPENG members, urging Navgas to keep it up. ‘’The draw is very good. Navgas has done very well. It is the first time that a company would do this for us,’’ he said.

     

  • Navgas promotes safety standards

    Navgas has unveiled its ‘driving safety forward initiative’ in  Lagos. This came almost two years after it launched the same programme. According to the firm, the objective was to promote world-class safety standards and practices within the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry.

    Its management said:“Navgas strongly believes it is important to take a leadership role in ensuring safety of the Nigerian LPG industry.

    “Since Navgas introduced this initiative, we have achieved a number of accomplishments; the most notable being the mandatory installation of functional emergency shut offvalves on all LPG trucks.  Before Navgas started this programme, less than 20 per cent of LPG trucks in Nigeria had emergency shut off valves, and now almost all LPG trucks in Nigeria have them installed and this has greatly helped to control incidences of truck leaks in the industry.”

    It continued:“Navgas is now taking the Driving Safety Forward initiative a step further by directly reaching out to LPG drivers by launching a Loyalty and Reward programme.

    “Navgas believes that drivers, who come to our terminal serve an important role in the distribution chain and appreciating their efforts in safety will further reinforce safe behaviours, highlight the importance of safe practices in the communities they service and will help improve the overall safety of the LPG industry at large.

    “Navgas will reward drivers, who clearly demonstrate their commitment to safe LPG loading practices by entering them into a draw for various prizes. The initiative has begun on October 28, this year and will run till February 14, 2018.”