Hazards associated with compressed gases include oxygen displacement, fires, explosions, toxic gas exposures and high pressure. Compressed gas cylinders can become projectiles due to the high pressure ...

The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, PCNGI, has attributed the recent gas explosion at the NIPCO CNG station in Benin City, Edo State, to the use of an unapproved modified gas cylinder.

He lamented that in 2024 alone, gas explosions in Nigeria had claimed over 100 lives. He referenced the most recent incident in Port Harcourt on January 7, 2025, where 17 people sustained varying ...

Preventing gas cylinder damage and explosions is crucial for ensuring safety in environments that handle compressed gases, such as industrial settings, laboratories, hotels, restaurants, and even ...

Nigerians have expressed concerns over the safety of the Compressed Natural Gas converted vehicles following recent explosions involving some vehicles.

UPDATE: The Wellford Police Department said the loud noise was due to an explosion at an industrial center. Officers said a machine loaded with material containing a compressed gas cylinder ...

Of the 165 vehicles in Groot’s fleet based in Elk Grove Village, 115 run on compressed natural gas. The explosion on Dec. 6 occurred 11 minutes after the truck driver called 911, and just four ...

The materials are left over from an initial May cleanup in which three 55-gallon drums of lithium-ion batteries and 3,582 compressed gas cylinders were removed and recycled. The total cleanup cost ...

In May, the EPA conducted an initial cleanup to degas and recycle 3,582 intact compressed gas cylinders and to remove three 55-gallon drums of lithium-ion batteries, the agency said in a press ...

The threat of fires and explosions in waste management is increasing due to improperly discarded consumer products containing ... Add to that other fire hazards — compressed gas cylinders, ...

Close to 4,000 compressed gas cylinders of nitrous oxide, three 55-gallon drums of lithium-ion batteries, and 30 intact cans of ultra-refined butane were sent off-site for disposal.

The management of NIPCO Gas Ltd. has attributed the explosion at its CNG station in Benin, Edo State, to a fake and substandard Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cylinder installed in a vehicle.