The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says the reported explosion at a filling station in Ikeja has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)-NIPCO compressed natural gas (CNG) stations.
In a statement on Thursday, the NNPC said the stations are currently operating risk-free.
Earlier today, a filling station belonging to Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc, located at the Obafemi Awolowo Road in the Ikeja axis of Lagos, was gutted by fire.
Margaret Adeseye, director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, said the fire incident started when a gas tanker exploded while discharging contents to the storage tanks.
Speaking on the incident, Femi Soneye said the facilities at the stations were not affected.
“The NNPC Ltd wishes to state that the reported explosion at a filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident,” the statement reads.
“The NNPC Ltd also wishes to add that the NGML was not affected by the explosion; it is not involved in the activities of the affected station and all NGML facilities in Lagos, including pipelines, metering stations, above-ground installation and CNG facilities are in safe operating condition.”
On August 4, a fire incident had occurred at the Akaso 4 wellhead, operated by NNPC Eighteen Operating Limited, in the Niger Delta region.
