DPR shuts illegal gas stations in Delta

The Department Of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri zonal office says it has sealed 10 gas plants and 40 gas retail shops over various offences in Delta state.

The manager, Gas Division, Victor Ohwodiasa, Warri led a surveillance team of the regulatory agency on the routine exercise.

Ohwodiasa explains that the gas plants and shops were sealed between January 7 and January 31st  in Asaba, Agbor and its environs.

He notes that eight of the gas plants were shut down for operating illegally while the other two plants were sealed for inadequate safety facilities.