kick-started expansion of its integrated liquefied petroleum gas plant.The firm, Butane Energy Limited, which has Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board as a major shareholder, commenced the second phase of its expansion programme, building on the state-of-the-art LPG plant in Katsina, which it inaugurated at the beginning of December 2021. The plant, with a storage tank capacity of 100 metric tonnes and cylinder processing capacity of 1,600 12.5kg cylinders per 8 hour shift day.
The vision, the company revealed, is driven by concerns around very visible deforestation and desert encroachment associated with climate change, the need to preserve the little that remains of the vegetation in the north, whilst creating value for stakeholders and employment opportunities for the teeming youths in the region.
The company’s fleet of trucks and bobtails will be augmented by the arrival in August 2022 of additional 4No. 25mt. trailers and truck heads, currently under construction in China. Finally as part of market penetration plans, the company has taken delivery of over 5,000 branded cylinders of various sizes, manufactured by a company in Nigeria. The cylinders along with associated accessories including hoses, regulators, furnaces, lighters, etc.