According to the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the installation of the Cylinder Recirculation scheme (CRM) would run concurrently with the current distribution scheme until it is completely phased out.
CRM entails replenishing LPG cylinders at big refilling factories and delivering them to customers at specialized retail stores known as exchange stations.
A visit by Citi News to certain LPG stations on the first day of implementation found that the implementation had not yet begun.
The NPA noted that the refilling plants are in varied states of construction, which is causing the deployment to be delayed.
Obed Kraine Boachie, the NPA’s Head of Gas in Charge of Commercial Regulation, told Citi News that consumers may still refill their cylinders at LPG filling stations until exchange terminals are installed in their localities.
“We are running the whole model side by side with the CRM. This means that you can still go to the refilling station where you have been filling your cylinders all this while and refill your cylinder to whatever quantity you want and take it home. Until you see an exchange point in your local area or vicinity and decide to go there and begin the cylinder exchange. From that point on, any time you are short of gas, you can go to that station and exchange your empty cylinder for a filled one,” he stated.
