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Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo – a sole operator company focused on expanding the use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel
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What is compressed (pressurized) natural gas
Natural gas is the most universal and available fuel capable to replace petroleum products. Moreover, it also features a range of advantages in comparison with oil and its derivatives, the main of which is high environmental friendliness.
The global market of natural gas vehicles (NGV) is rapidly developing. The number of methane powered vehicles exceeded 13 billion. According to the International Gas Union forecast, the NGV fleet will grow to 50 million units by 2020 and more than 100 million units by 2030. Formation of an appropriate regulatory and legal framework is underway. In 2010 the demand for compressed natural gas (CNG) increased by 20 percent and 18 thousand CNG filling stations were operating worldwide as of the end of 2010.
So rapid development of this sector is fair enough – natural gas ensures the safest vehicle emissions among all widely used motor fuels and technologies at the present time. Conversion of gasoline vehicles to natural gas reduces pollutant emissions by around five times and noise emissions – by two times.
Natural gas use as a motor fuel is one of the promising ways of the petroleum industry development in Russia.
Being the leader of the domestic NGV fuel market, Gazprom is actively promoting natural gas vehicles in Russia. The Company cooperates with suppliers of gas filling equipment, state and municipal administration bodies, economic and scientific centers, international organizations and foreign partners as well as creates new infrastructure facilities throughout the country.
At present, the Russian NGV fleet amounts to some 86 thousand units. The CNG demand accounted for 345 million cubic meters in 2010.
255 CNG filling stations are operating in 60 regions of the Russian Federation, 206 of which are owned by Gazprom. The highest CNG consumption level in the country is observed in the Stavropol and Krasnodar Krais, the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Rostov Oblasts, Kabardino-Balkaria and South Ossetia.
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So rapid development of this sector is fair enough – natural gas ensures the safest vehicle emissions among all widely used motor fuels and technologies at the present time. Conversion of gasoline vehicles to natural gas reduces pollutant emissions by around five times and noise emissions – by two times.
Natural gas use as a motor fuel is one of the promising ways of the petroleum industry development in Russia.
Being the leader of the domestic NGV fuel market, Gazprom is actively promoting natural gas vehicles in Russia. The Company cooperates with suppliers of gas filling equipment, state and municipal administration bodies, economic and scientific centers, international organizations and foreign partners as well as creates new infrastructure facilities throughout the country.
At present, the Russian NGV fleet amounts to some 86 thousand units. The CNG demand accounted for 345 million cubic meters in 2010.
255 CNG filling stations are operating in 60 regions of the Russian Federation, 206 of which are owned by Gazprom. The highest CNG consumption level in the country is observed in the Stavropol and Krasnodar Krais, the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Rostov Oblasts, Kabardino-Balkaria and South Ossetia.
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