Nigeria is more of a gas than a crude oil state, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has submitted.

He made the assertion at the official commissioning of Greenville’s Liquefied Natural Gas/Compressed Natural Gas (LNG/CNG) station, which offers energy cost-reduction LNG and CNG fuelling options to the public in Lafia.

The governor, who did a volume analysis of currently documented crude oil reserves and gas reserves in the country, insisted that with the gas reserves in Nigeria conservatively estimated at 220 trillion cubic litres, the country is more of a gas state.

He also spoke of the great potential of Nasarawa as oil and gas state, highlighting his dream of transforming the state’s gas fields to gas farms to feed the gas requirements of companies such as Greenville LNG in the future.

Sule commended the company for constructing its gas hub station as scheduled, and for setting the pace for cost-cutting CNG and LNG delivery in the North-Central state.

He also thanked the firm for taking the lead in the visionary Nasarawa gas utilisation agenda.

The governor urged the company to further spread its business operations beyond the capital to across the state.

Sule informed the audience in Lafia that in furtherance of the gasification policy of the state government to reduce and sustainably manage energy costs in the state, his administration, as an initial investment, is sponsoring 50 youths to be trained as technicians for conversion of automotive vehicles to CNG-powered engines.

He further called on local investors within to align with Greenville LNG, and invest in related businesses and projects across the length and breadth of the state.

Speaking, the Director, Inter-governmental Relations of Greenville LNG Company Limited, Zubairu Ibrahim Bayi, who represented and delivered the goodwill message of the Chairman, Eddy Van den Broeke, congratulated the governor, the state government, and Nasarawa people on the epoch-making event.

He informed the gathering that the gas station, at full operation, will be providing a CNG dispensing capacity of 32 tons daily, and 220 tons of LNG per day.

The chairman explained the multi-dimensional benefits and advantages to include cost-effective energy solutions, promotion of sustainable business that fosters economic growth and planned development, and creation of a desirable green climate, the latter of which, will stand out Nasarawa as one of the leaders in green energy compliance in the country.