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Greenville Mobile LNG Dispensing Truck fuelling Nigeria Railway Corporation’s Locomotive Engine with Liquefied Natural Gas at the NRC’s Station in Idu Abuja FCT, recently
Greenville LNG, Nigeria’s flagship Domestic Gas Infrastructure development and gas distribution company, has commenced the fuelling of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC’s) Abuja-Kaduna Trains retrofitted locomotive engines with LNG. Greenville LNG also commenced fuelling of Ekeson transport’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-powered luxury buses in Lagos.
Greenville LNG was at the Idu Abuja Railway Station to, for the second time, fuel for a test drive of the newly retrofitted LNG-powered trains. This initiative is part of NRC’s ongoing energy transition to LNG, with the locomotives retrofitted with LNG kits by De-Sadel Consortium.
During the first locomotive engine fueling with LNG by Greenville LNG at the Idu Abuja station, Greenville LNG Company Limited was represented by its General Manager of LNG-CNG Retailing, Gokul Moothedathu, Head of Commercial Amit Singh, amongst others. There were also several senior NRC officials on ground during the historic event/
The second LNG fueling of the NRC locomotives event saw the attendance of notable stakeholders and invited guests. Both test drives were successfully conducted with passengers on board. The partnership between Greenville LNG and NRC focuses on the supply of LNG for the retrofitted trains. The LNG-powered test drives of the NRC trains included successful stops at both Kubwa Abuja FCT and in Kaduna State, demonstrating the effectiveness of the transition of NRC’s train-powering energy source to LNG.
Meanwhile, the Ekeson Transport’s LNG buses were fuelled with LNG at the company’s station located in Lagos. Greenville LNG was represented by the company’s Zonal Manager Retail South, Shantanu Mishra and Engr Chijioke, Managing Director of Ekeson Transport was also present during the fueling.
It would be recalled that it was earlier reported in March this year that “the Federal Government, through the Minister of Transportation, Said Alkali, has initiated a move to transition Nigerian Railway Corporation locomotives from diesel to liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas in a bid to steer the corporation towards sustainable energy sources and reduce operational costs.”
The Hon. Minister had reiterated the desire of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to provide Nigerians with efficient, affordable, and sustainable transportation given the strategically necessary removal of subsidy on fuel by the government.
