The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum is pushing for the conversion of privately owned cooking gas handling facilities into common user infrastructure as part of its broader strategy to drive up Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) usage in the country.

The initiative, which will be regulated by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra), aims to open up existing LPG storage and import facilities to multiple industry players.

This move would allow any licensed importer to discharge cooking gas into shared storage terminals before it is distributed to the market.