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Company News on Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Source: Benjamin Owusu Sekyere
2019-07-23
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It's an upcoming explosion. Several consumers of autogas and cooking gas cylinders in Obuasi and surrounding areas have been seen breaking all safety standards badociated with the use of LPG cylinders.
The kitchen gas cylinders were transported horizontally after filling, while the autogas bottles were made with electrical wires all around and were also rusted and required a coat of paint to prevent corrosion.
Comments were made when members of the National Petroleum Authority's (NPA) LPG Policy Implementation Committee visited the LPG outlets in Obuasi and surrounding areas.
The visit was to reach the chiefs and opinion leaders of the traditional Adansi Council on the Rolling Recirculation Model (CRM) pilot project in Obuasi.
S addressing the media, NPA chief executive Hbadan Tampuli, who led the team, said the horizontally placed cylinder would release liquid from the filled cylinder, which could cause a explosion when he was in contact with a fire source.
"If LPG is not stored or used properly, it can be extremely dangerous. Incorrect handling of LPG bottles can be fatal, so be careful! You can be roasted alive, "he said.
This was not said, Mr. Tampuli said the implementation of the MEP by the government would ensure public safety, adding that "it was necessary to introduce the policy because of the dangers that the existing policy expose to the population.
"We want to be able to provide a model that fits our modern program, an arrangement that will be sustainable to allay the fears of the challenges we have experienced in the past," said the CEO of NPA.
As part of the customer relationship management system, LPG bottling plants will purchase, brand, maintain and fill empty gas cylinders for distribution to consumers and households through point-of-sale outlets. means that all bottle defects would be corrected before reuse.
At the same time, the LPG Implementation Committee met with the traditional Adansi Board to discuss the Customer Relationship Management pilot initiative that is expected to be implemented in October 2019.
At the meeting, the director general of the NPA said that the political initiative was aimed primarily at addressing health, safety and security issues.
In response to a question about the reasons for choosing Obuasi, Mr. Tampuli explained that it resulted from good control and traceability of bottles, from active filling points with sales of LPGs stable over the last six months and the multiplicity of LPG marketing companies (LPGMC).
The traditional council of the queen mother of Adansi, Nana Amoanimaa II, congratulated the NPA for choosing Obuasi for its pilot program.
She claimed that LPG consumption in the region was increasing due to the environmental degradation caused by mining in the region. According to her, the use of charcoal for cooking in the area had decreased, which would inadvertently lead to an increase in LPG consumption.
Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Duah was also present at the meeting; Mr. Johnny Blagogee, General Manager of the Association of Petroleum Marketing Companies (AOMC); Chairman of the Board of the AOMC, the Chamber of Wholesale Distributors and the Ministry of Energy.
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