The
Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has urged Nigerians to be careful with
the use of Liquify Petroleum Gas, LPG, gas cylinders, as some are expired and
prone to fire accident at homes and other uses.
Most
fire accidents that occur at homes and other places are as a result of the use
of expired gas cylinders and sometimes the carelessness of users.
Head
Gas, DPR, Lagos Zonal Office, Mr. P.A. Emordi, who disclosed this stated that
gas cylinders have expiring dates on the valves with a duration of 22 years of
validity before which they should be disposed for another one.
Highlighting
the breakdown of the years required for gas cylinders, Emordi noted that,
“After the purchase of gas cylinders, it should be taken for the first integrity
test after ten years, and five years before carrying out another integrity
test.”
Also,
he stated that the cylinder should be used for
five years and then taken for integrity test, and then finally two years
( 10-5-5-2), making the duration of 22 years before final disposal.
He
added that
