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Gasco Marine Ltd commissions N2b CNG Plant in Abeokuta

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H.E Babatunde Fashola (SAN) commissioning the Gasco CNG plant in Abeokuta, flanked by Olusola Adeeyo. Viathan Chairman, Habeeb Alebiosu, Viathan CEO, Bukola Badejo Okusanya, Gasco CEO, Chinua Azubike Infracredit CEO, Faruk Agoro Viathan Director and members of the Viathan Board and management.

Gasco Marine Limited, Viathan Engineering Limited affiliate company launched her N2 billion Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant in Oke-Sokori, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The plant it is projected will help meet CNG demands for consumers in Ogun, Lagos, Oyo, and other southwest states.
The plant, which has an initial installed capacity of 144,000 standard cubic metres per day, thereby extending virtual pipeline for gas supply to emerging corporate organisations in an industrial hub in the South-West region.

The goal of Gasco Marine is to enhance productivity and ease the cost of doing business in Nigeria, an objective that is in line with the goals of the Buhari-led government.

Special Guest of the occasion of the CNG plant commissioning was the former Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN). Mr Fashola praised the feat achieved Gasco Marine and Viathan Engineering and used the occasion to call for increased local investments in the gas business to help Nigeria realise its potential and immense benefits from gas.

He said more investments in the gas sector would enable Nigerians put gas into more productive uses and also help the country save billions of dollars often lost to fuel importation.

While commending the rising figure of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in the country, the former minister specifically urged local businessmen to emulate the firm in investing in the business.

“We can continue to talk about gas flaring and carbon emissions and their negative impacts on the environment, but the situation will not change unless we do something about it,” he said.

Fashola, who commended the initiative, said such investment in gas would help government in protecting the environment for future generations.
Stressing the advantages in the use of gas, Fashola said that “there is about 60 per cent cost saving in the deployment of gas as an alternative to inefficient and polluting diesel.”

He also emphasised the benefit of employment generation through the value chain of gas production, processing, storage and distribution.
Gasco Marine’s Managing Director, Bukola Badejo-Okusanya said the company aimed to target up to one million vehicles/trucks to switch to natural gas from diesel and petrol, thus increasing its market share, while the mother station will account for 15 per cent of established plant capacity in the Southern region.

He said the company would continue to deepen its delivery of gas to various manufacturing concerns and power plants, offering at least 40 per cent savings over diesel generators, among other benefits.

“The project has led to the creation of direct and indirect employment. The construction of the CNG mother station led to the creation of 137 new jobs; during the construction phase, a total of 20 skilled workers and 80 unskilled workers, including 40 male and 40 female workers were employed,” he said.