{"id":449840,"date":"2017-12-24T16:46:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T16:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/cylinder-re-circulation-not-problem-solver-copec\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T16:46:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T16:46:04","slug":"cylinder-re-circulation-not-problem-solver-copec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/cylinder-re-circulation-not-problem-solver-copec\/","title":{"rendered":"Cylinder re-circulation not problem solver \u2013 COPEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Sunday, 24 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>XYZ <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/98881171.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cylinder2\" title=\"Cylinder2\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>COPEC says the new model cannot solve all the safety problems that come with LPG retailing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514133964_506_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Chamber of Petroleum consumers (COPEC) has expressed skepticism over the safety of Ghanaians after the rolling out of the cylinder re-circulation module that is expected to start in the country soon.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Morning Xpress after a consensus was reached between government and LPG marketers to include them on a new re-circulation module, the Chamber\u2019s Executive Director, Duncan Amoah, noted that the new model cannot solve all the safety problems that come with LPG retailing advocating for the new model to be ran alongside the old system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Re-circulation programme in itself is not the panacea to our problems that others would want to make us believe. There are challenges; structural, operational and sometimes the way and manner we handle the product even in domestic space,\u201d he said, mentioning  that the chamber\u2019s findings suggest that the  kicking off of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) distribution will have some setbacks in terms of smooth  delivery to Ghanaians hence attention should be given to the LPG marketers to contribute to the success of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>The new module was proposed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and suggested that LPG Bottling Plants will be sited away from highly populated areas to plant, maintain and fill empty cylinders to be distributed to consumers through retail outlets.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Amoah contended the module will come at a cost per kilogram which government will cast on the consumer after refill plants are established and the re-circulation commences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne would expect more to be done before the conclusion of rolling out of the re-circulation module. As we speak, you would need about 2 to 3 million gas cylinder bottles to be able to carry out the re-circulation programme aside the refill plant that we intend to put out across the country. What again is of concern is the amount of investment needed. You\u2019d agree that for about 1 million LPG bottles, you will need not less than 160 million Ghana cedis to be able to get them so for 3million bottles, we are talking of some huge figures and clearly that should be a cause for concern,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained also that the refill plants that are expected to be built will not solve health and safety challenges that preceded the Atomic Junction incident because  \u201chuman settlements will catch up with them\u201d for commercial purposes hence the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) should insist on safety precautions while the old system is used.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: 50 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Sunday, 24 December 2017 Source: XYZ 2017-12-24 COPEC says the new model cannot solve all the safety problems that come with LPG retailing The Chamber of Petroleum consumers (COPEC) has expressed skepticism over the safety of Ghanaians after the rolling out of the cylinder re-circulation module that is expected to start in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":449841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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