(Business in Cameroon) - According to reliable sources, on March 14, 2015, the Cameroonian Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, will open the gas-filling centre. A 5 billion FCFA investment, which received CSPH approval, the 100-metric tonne capacity facility will boost gas consumption in the East region.

The Bertoua gas-filling centre will allow people to purchase gas at the official price of 6,500 FCFA per 12 kg cylinder. Until now, domestic gas in the East has been filled at Société camerounaise oil depots in Yaoundé and Douala before being transported to Bertoua and surrounding areas. Due to the exorbitant transportation cost, local consumers paid 8000-10,000 FCFA in the East region area.

A part of the promotional strategy for domestic gas consumption in Cameroon to prevent desertification in the northern region and deforestation in the south, the consequences of using wood to fuel homes, the domestic gas filling centre in Bertoua is the 2^nd to be built by the CSPH, after the one built in Maroua in Extreme-North.