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DPR seals Petrocam, Gasland stations in Lagos

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DPR seals Petrocam, Gasland stations in Lagos

A team from the Department Of Petroleum Resources (DPR) led by the Head of the Gas Section of the Lagos Zonal office of the agency, Williams Ateukudoh, on Thursday clamped down on two Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stations in the state for safety reasons.

The first was Petrocam in Ayobo, Alimosho Local Goverment Area of Lagos. It was totally sealed by DPR officials for allegedly operating without approval; operating in a residential area, and in a building under direct high tension cable.

The downstream oil sector regulator also partially sealed Gasland Nig Ltd for allegedly operating under a risky and unsafe condition.

Ateukudoh who led the team during the clampdown said the exercise was part of the Department’s routine inspections to forestall fire outbreak, and general compliance to safety standards in the domestic service stations.

He said “Today, we are on surveillance inspection of gas facilities and what we have seen is very very unsafe. We realised that Petrocam is an illegal entity. The site is unsuitable for operation, so we effect the closure.

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“We had sealed it off some five months ago but in violation of DPR mandate, they continued to operate, so we effect another closure to ensure this time they cease to operate.

“At Gasland, the operation is very unsafe; we shut it down because safety has been thrown overboard. And it was not like that when we licensed them.”

Another member of the team, George Ene-ita, the Head, Corporate Service of DPR, appealed to members of the public to always furnish DPR with useful information on suspicious illegal operators and those that have thrown safety and precautionary measures to the wind.

“We want to appeal to the public to help ensure that proper and standard procedures are in place and adhere to by reacting out to us when stations default. We have a dedicated line for this and the DPR website is also there,” he said.

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