Volume IV Number 33 November 2009

L-CNG and LNG sector is growing popularity in Asia

Green Highways
Malaysia, Vietnam, and Pakistan

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NGV business starts to pick up again

NGV business starts to pick up again Oil price was down a lot; global economic slow down took place; NGV related business decelerated as well ...

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LCNG and LNG refuelling stations: Why and when?

LCNG and LNG refuelling stations represent a good alternative to CNG refuelling stations for a number of different reasons. In order to better ...

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LNG mobility heating up in Asia Pacific Region

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New activity and ambitious plans to convert heavy duty diesel trucks in the Asia-Pacific region will benefit from increased shipments and trade of ...

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The first Russian turbo gas locomotive The design process of the turbo gas locomotive GT-1 Historical development of CNG business in Bangladesh CNG refueling business in the UAE

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The success of AGHP2009 in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam & Pakistan Challenges in fuelling sector in Pakistan Potential OEM NGVs for India

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NGV business starts to pick up again

NGV business starts to pick up again Oil price was down a lot; global economic slow down took place; NGV related business decelerated as well. However, as oil price started back to normal (around USD 70/bbl during the second half of 2009 to USD 68 in September), economic confidence is slightly restored and business is back for NGV industry. Currently, it moves forward at a very modest but promising pace. All sectors, from CNG variants from automotive manufacturers to conversion and fuelling segments, projects, plans, and financing are shaping up. From the Association side, after crossing 10 countries to promote NGVs/CNG in South, East and SouthEast Asia, the ANGVA Green Highway 2009 Project was successfully completed. performance at high speed like the new-generation gasoline cars, and huge savings in fuel costs. Fuel cost can be cut to 75% compared to when gasoline is used in the cars, making it one of the worlds cheapest cars in terms of fuel bills. Toyota Corolla Altis CNG was launched in September 2009. The car is equipped with a modern Sequential Injection System and ECU to ensure proper fuel saving and excellent performance, allowing duel efficiency of 20km driving range per kg CNG without sacrificing power output. India-based auto manufacturer Tata Motors has chosen Alternative Fuel Systems (AFS) engine control for the CNG version of its Xenon XT extended cab pickup truck. The model of Xenon XT is provided by Tata Motors (Thailand) Ltd. AFS is in the process of licensing the vehicle for testing on Canadian roads. Hindustan Motors (HM) and Punjab National bank have inked a 3 years MOU for financing the purchase of HM Shifeng Winner 1.8 CNG mini truck. The funding will be offered to buyers of CNG Winners. The truck is the first Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) of India powered by CNG and met the Bharat Stage 4 (Indian emission norm), the most eco-friendly in its class. It has a powerful 4 cylinders 1,800 cc engine, double CNG cylinders that can cover large distances and can operate as mini highway truck with bigger tyres, high ground clearance and large loading space. Hyderabad City is expected to introduce CNG for vehicles (buses) in few months. companies- is investing USD160 M for building six CNG refuelling stations in Metro Manila and one in gas processing plant in Batangas. The firm aims at opening a new gas supply corridor in Metro Manila and other key population areas. Each station is planned to be equipped with 10 dispensers with dual nozzles to cater 20 buses at once. By mid 2010, two stations are expected to be opened and serve up to 2,000 buses. The firm expects to see 3,500 buses by 2012 and 5,000 units by 2014. When the final target is achieved, 83M gallons of diesel would be replaced with clean CNG every year. The company indicated that CNG price will be 25% cheaper than local petroleum products. The governments seven-year pilot programme guarantees that CNG price will be pegged at P14.52/litre equivalent, less than half of diesel price.

China
Fuelling station owners and gas distributors in China continue building more NG stations. The fuel offered varies from LNG to CNG from gas mine and coal-bed methane (in Shanxi Province). Biomethane is also considered as a good source of fuel. Among the station owners, China Prosperous Energy (CHPC) is going to build two more CNG stations in Henan Province.

Singapore
After experiencing several months of business slow down resulting from global oil price decline, vehicle conversion business in Singapore started picking up recently. By September, 4,289 NGVs, consisting of 4250 taxis, 30 buses, and 9 trucks, were recorded in this country, 128units more than the August figure. According to The Land Transport Authority, number of CNG taxis increased by 64% compared to last year, while CNG passenger cars population grew by 8.4% to 2,650 units. A thousand of those taxis are owned by Trans-Cab, Singapores second biggest taxi operator who also owns the biggest CNG refuelling station in the world. Trans-Cab station, which by September was in full operation with its 46 dispensers and several Galileos Microbox Compressors, is recorded as the biggest CNG refuelling station in the Guinness Book of Records. The station is supplied with a conversion workshop, car wash, and 7-Eleven sit-down dining facility. A conversion centre informed that they have retrofitted only 10 vehicles within six months, while recently they converted4 vehicles during their first week after moving their facility to this station. Taxi-Cab, which has 1,000 CNG cabs plus 2,000 other taxis, plan to increase its fleet to 8,000 vehicles in five years. At least 3,000 more CNG cabs are expected to be added within one-anda-half year from now. Running cost of NGVs is low. It is SGD 0.07 per km compared to SGD 0.11/litre diesel.

Bangladesh
For the first time, this country will have a CNG auto rickshaw built by local expertise and with domestic spare-parts. The Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre (BITAC), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Industries, has prepared a nine-year project proposal that is worth Tk 26.84 million for producing 2,000 CNG auto rickshaws per year. The main goal of the project is to phase out non-motorised auto-rickshaws and replace these with the CNG-powered ones. Training, technical know-how, and soft loans will be provided to rickshaw pullers who wish to replace their rickshaws with the motorised ones. According to the initial estimation, the CNG rickshaw will cost Tk 250,000/unit, cheaper than a CNG auto rickshaw with substandard spare parts sold at Tk 350,000.

Pakistan
Although Pakistan is currently facing a serious issue with its CNG fuelling business, the government carries on with its CNG bus project. One of the main cities to have these vehicles, Karachi, is expected to have 500 of these buses by end of this year. By 2010, another 500 to 1,000 units would be added and would operate in 40 routes. Within five years, 4,000 CNG buses are expected to operate in Karachi. In Lahore, The Punjab government and Chinese-based Norinco International plan to start a joint Mass Transit Project in this city. Apart from that, an agreement has been inked with a Chinese company which would provide CNG buses for this second biggest city in Pakistan.

India
Maruti Suzuki is developing an engine that will use multi-point fuel injection (MPFI) technology in CNG mode to eliminate power and efficiency loss associated with CNG engines currently used in vehicle conversions. The MPFI technology will offer a better utilisation of CNG fuel, higher power with good

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LCNG and LNG refuelling stations: Why and when?

By Phillipe Heisch, Sales Engineer, Cryostar SAS, Philippe.Heisch@cryostar.com, www.cryostar.com LCNG and LNG refuelling stations represent a good alternative to CNG refuelling stations for a number of different reasons. In order to better understand these reasons, the two types of stations are presented separately below. First of all, the LCNG stations are a good option for locations where supply of LNG is available, either from LNG terminals, small scale pipeline gas, or biogas liquefaction plants. The main advantage of using a LCNG station compared to a CNG station is its efficiency that allows a lower operational costs. Moreover, LCNG stations can be used to fuel all types of vehicles, from cars, medium-duty vehicles, buses, and heavy-duty vehicles. On the other hand, LNG stations is different as they target another part of market, which is mainly dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles or captive fleets. In this case, LNG represents an excellent alternative to diesel, as it has a much higher density than CNG, and allows -with the actual OEM motor technologies- to obtain performances similar to diesel engines. There is no doubt that LNG is a really good option for HDVs and offers more possibility (in terms of vehicle performance, driving range, power, etc) in this vehicle segment.

Cryostars Modular Reciprocating Pump (MRP) skid consists of cryogenic piston pump and its accessories mounted on a single frame. At the back is the Line and Buffer Control Panel which integrates all required equipment for the line pressure and temperature control, as well as the odorise injection point and the buffer storage connection.

2009 - The year of increasing demand

In terms of stations, we at Cryostar saw a growing activity during 2009 as a significant number of stations already has been ordered or started to operate. As an example, we can talk about the first Biogas LCNG station which was opened around July in Sweden. This station is built adjacent to a public station, and allows people to refuel their CNG cars with biogas produced in nearby biomethane plant. Cryostar also participated in the construction of the worlds biggest LNG station at the Port of Long Beach in Los

Angeles. This station is meant to supply LNG to trucks transporting containers that run between the ship unloading terminal to a storage area. The station is now fully operational. With this facility, LNG trucks can be refuelled in a way similar to the refuelling process of standard diesel trucks. Another interesting project is ongoing in Australia (Tasmania) for the refuelling of LNG trucks. Indeed, a consortium of different transportation companies has decided to use LNG as a fuel for their trucks. To get LNG supply, a liquefaction plant is being constructed to liquefy natural gas from the grid. The fuel will then be delivered to six remote LNG stations by an LNG trailer. The interesting side of this project is that the complete supply chain is designed and installed to supply LNG to these six refuelling stations. It is a complete turnkey approach for supplying alternative fuel to a remote fleet.

Apart from that, there are several other new projects constructed or awarded last year, especially in the USA where we saw an increasing demand for LNG and LCNG refuelling station. It is clear that the country policies and regulations have a major impact on the infrastructure development.

Technical and regulatory improvement

In terms of technology improvement, we have been working hard during the past months in order to develop more reliable, safe, and efficient stations. Most of the work has been dedicated to LNG refuelling stations, for which we created a modular concept. The result is an LNG pump skid that can be connected to the storage tank on one side, and on the other side, to several dispensers (up to 2 dispensers per pump skid) and its dedicated control system. One of the most advanced features of this pump skid

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developed by Cryostar is the capability to recover all vent gases from the station. We also developed our own LNG dispenser which has been designed mainly to make LNG refuelling process as easy as gasoline or diesel refuelling. Therefore, we put a large amount of effort to design a retail dispenser capable to inject both saturated and cold fuel with highest accuracy to fuel measurement by using a coriolis flow metering system. The refuelling post has also been studied to improve the ergonomics of the refuelling operation. From a regulatory point of view, two main goals have been achieved. The first goal was to understand all different regulations for LNG and LCNG stations for Europe in order to get a better picture of what is required. We then had to define a typical approval scheme that can be used in most cases, to get the required approvals for such type of stations. The second goal is related to the legal metrology aspects, especially concerning LNG dispenser. Indeed, we had to study the different weights and measures regulations such as MID (Europe), NTEP (USA), and NMI (Australia), and understand them and mainly focused on the details and specifications related to LNG. This work allowed us to adapt our dispenser design to the different weights and measures regulations in order to be able to offer our customer a dispenser ready for custody transfer.

Conclusion
Globally, 2009 was an important year concerning LNG and LCNG refuelling stations segment. Following the market demands and working in close relationship with our customers has allowed us to adapt and improve our designs and offer the best possible output from our equipments. Finally, there is no doubt that 2009 saw a popularisation of LNG as vehicle fuel. Indeed, people are now more and more aware of this technology, and beginning to realize its benefits. Let us see whether 2010 will be an excellent year, given that the LNG/LCNG sector now has the right path as a starting point.

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LNG mobility heating up in Asia Pacific Region

By Jeffrey Seisler, CEO Clean Fuels Consulting, jseisler@cleanfuelsconsulting.org, www.cleanfuelsconsulting.org New activity and ambitious plans to convert heavy duty diesel trucks in the Asia-Pacific region will benefit from increased shipments and trade of LNG coming from various parts of the world. Many of these developments are intended to improve the economics of heavy vehicle and bus transportation, as well as reduce pollution. While the LNG market is moving, there are many issues that will need to be resolved as the vehicle technology and markets approach more maturity.

Competition for LNG supplies

China LNG deal with Australia The Australian government announced that the U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil Corporation signed a 20 year agreement to sell liquefied natural gas from its share of an LNG project in Australia to PetroChina in a deal worth about AUD50 billion (USD41.29 billion). The agreement, announced in August 2009, is Australia's largest ever trade deal with China, the fastest growing major economy in the world. Two-way trade between the two countries in 2008 was worth USD53 billion. More Australian gas moving north Chevron has sealed an estimated AUD70 billion (USD60 billion) deal worth of gas sales with three North Asian buyers for its massive Gorgon project in Australia. The Gorgon project, with a first phase development budget of AUD43-billion (USD37) is awaiting final approval from Chevron and its partners, is expected to be given the go ahead by the middle of October 2009. The U.S. oil major sees several main Asian beneficiaries for the LNG supplies, including: Osaka Gas, which would receive 1.375 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG over 25 years; Tokyo Gas, to get 1.1 million tonnes; and GS Caltex in South Korea, which would buy 0.5 million tonnes for up to 20 years. Chevron would have an additional 3 mtpa of LNG from the Gorgon facility that would be looking for customers. China and Kogas in Korea are

likely candidates to receive the LNG, according to some industry sources. Qatar LNG serves the world Qatar, with one of the largest gas fields in the world, supplies Japan, India, and China, among others, with liquefied natural gas. They also operate the largest LNG terminal in Europe, at South Hook on the Welsh coast, which provides about one fifth of Britains gas.

LNG trucks on the move

LNG truck ambition in Korea Kevin Park, President of Natural Gas Vehicles International in South Korea is very supportive and optimistic about the future of LNG in Korea. We are advocating that 75,000 OEM LNG heavy duty trucks be on the Korean roads by 2020, the same way as Korea did for CNG buses. There are now 23,000 CNG buses in 40 cities in South Korea. Since Korea imports more than 25 million tonnes of LNG every year, we can use it as is to fuel LNG trucks. The total potential for heavy duty CNG and LNG trucks will be 100,000 by 2020. LNG buses in China grow with new fuel supplies Business entities in the eastern province of Fujian, China have agreed to convert nearly 2000 diesel buses to LNG and

provide 30 fuelling stations supplying 133,000 tonnes of LNG to support the vehicle conversion plan. Fujian Investment and Development Group reportedly will buy 2.6 million tonnes of LNG annually from Indonesia for 25 years starting in 2009. LNG will be delivered through its network of stations that will fuel buses owned by Fujan Expressway LLC. The plan also involves the conversion of more than 100 boats that carry sand, coal and cement along the coast of Fujian province. LNG seaports on the agenda in Asia It is the container terminal operators that have taken the lead in port cleanup efforts. A review of port cleanup efforts in Asia by James S. Cannon of Energy Futures including field research in Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai found a number of container port programs involving the use of alternative fuels and advanced propulsion technologies for heavy duty trucks serving those facilities. LNG marine applications also will be expanding as more engine technology becomes available. In California, USA, a Clean Air Action Plan now in place for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach sets out an aggressive program to replace approximately 5,300 on-road

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diesel trucks at the two ports with LNG trucks by 2011.

Can the markets and LNG technologies handle rapid growth?

While the LNG technology is well developed there are, nevertheless, critical issues that need to be dealt with across the industry. So far, there are no universal standards for things like fuelling connectors and fuel tanks. There are two committees within the International Standards Organization now working on these standards, but completion of the standards is not, at this time, in sight. Maintaining stable fuel quality from the liquefaction site, travelling across thousands of kilometres to storage and gasification sites, and into fuelling stations for L-NGV applications remains a challenge. Can biogas liquefied near the point-of-use provide a renewable energy advantage for the sector? Will the market for seaports ships as well as the heavy trucks serving ports begin to flourish for economic and environmental reasons? The large fleet market for heavy duty vehicles appears to be the primary market, however, is LNG and liquefied-to-compressed natural gas (L-CNG) ready for mainstream consumer markets?

Issues Workshops being held in Brussels, Belgium on 3-4 December 2009, provides an opportunity to identify and explore the most important strategies, technologies and marketing issues for L-NGVs and renewable liquefied biogas. Leading international industry experts will address a knowledgeable audience of LNG and LBG stakeholders who, together, will discuss: LNG markets and experiences in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America; L-NGV technology retrofit systems and factory-built products; technologies and strategies for LNG fuelling, including L-CNG; and LBG production.

The development and harmonization of L-NGV standards, codes and regulations will receive focused attention as a key building block to the industry achieving worldwide sustainability. The goal, after two, half days of presentations and discussion is to leave with a firm idea of the key issues facing the industry and what next steps and strategies are required to advance the sustainable growth for LNG and LBG in over-the-road and non-road vehicle transportation and fuelling technologies. Visit www.LNGisHOT.com for more details

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Approved: 4,000 CNG bus lease project

Finally, the long-awaited permission for a massive CNG bus procurement project in Thailand is officially granted. Near end September, the Thai Cabinet approved the Transport Ministry's proposal of 4,000 CNG buses lease. The National Economic and Social Development Board inform that the lease contains fewer financial risks than if the buses would be purchased. Fourteen CNG refuelling stations are expected to be built to facilitate these buses and other NGVs.

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The first Russian turbo gas locomotive

By Sergey. V. Troitsky, Editor of International Section, AutoGasFilling Complex + Alternative Fuels Journal Russia has the longest electrified railways in the world stretching along 44,500 kilometers. Though the electrified railways provide 84% of all cargo turnover, yet their length is only about one half of the total length of Russian railways. Most of these non electrified railways are in the very distant regions of Russian Far East and Russian North. Therefore the task of replacing very expensive diesel fuel with a less expensive alternative fuel becomes very important in the vast Siberian spaces. It is important from both points of view - economic and socio-political. Distant Russian regions should have a fine access to the heartland of Russia or, at least, as good as their access to the neighboring foreign countries. The importance of the development and pilot demonstration project of a high power locomotive with LNG turbo gas engine cannot be underestimated. Recently, the Russian R&D Institute VNIKTI has presented its new invention to the Russian Railways Company an LNG turbo gas locomotive GT-1 with engine power of 8,000 kilowatts- which can pull trains with cargo weight from 8,000 to 12,000 tones. It has LNG onboard storage tank that allows the locomotive to cover 1,000 km distance without refueling. The engine with efficiency of about

by the local industry) can do the job. The problem of LNG re-gasification and of gas supply to the engine was solved using the technique as in a Russian liquid hydrogen and LNG fuelled aircraft - the heat exchanger is installed in the exhaust nozzle of the gas turbine. Another problem to be solved is working out of algorithms for the systems of the regulation which provide proper interaction of gas turbo engine work, a fuel supply system and the electric drive. Despite other problems yet to be solved, the first Russian turbo gas locomotive is quite operational and in total it made seven trial trips at a distance of several hundred kilometers, with weight load from 2,300 to 15,000 tones. These trips have shown that the expenses on LNG fuel for the locomotive in comparison with the diesel one have been reduced by 30 %. Complete text can be found at: http://rus-gas.narod.ru/index-replace04-09.html

Sergey. V. Troitsky

40-45% (higher than the 20th century local gas turbo locomotive that has 18% efficiency working on heavy fuel) can work on LNG in highly variable pull modes, with life cycle no less than 100,000 hours (before it requires major repairs). The inventors encountered a number of important challenges. The 8,000 kilowatts engine can not be converted to gas fuel as easily as a car engine. Great power means great heat load on valves and other parts of the engine. And the task of increasing the efficiency leads to the necessity of having heat regeneration to a degree no less than 90%. Due to a limited space in a locomotive body (22,5 meters long pulling section and 22,5 meters long booster, or-fuel storage section) , pipes regeneration is impossible. Only specially made lamellar regenerators (which currently are not manufactured

About the author:

Sergey V. Troitsky, graduated with honors from the elitist Russian Institute University of International Relations. He was on diplomatic service in India, worked in Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2007 ran for a seat in Russian Parliament The State Duma. Currently is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief for International and Public Relations in International Scientific-cum-Technical Russian language Journal AutoGas Filling Complex+Alternative Fuel.

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The design process of the turbo gas locomotive GT-1

Layout Turbo Gas GT-1

The wide use of LNG on a railway transportation as a multiple-purpose motor fuel, demands solving off some specific problems connected with manufacture, storage and transportation of boiling cryogenic liquids at normal temperatures. Cryogenic liquids normally boil at low temperature. But the major challenge is the creation of an effective mode of industrial liquefying of natural gas as presently, there are liquefying stations with low production capacity in Russia, delivering only several tones per hour. This creates significant difficulties for refueling gas turbo locomotives. One of the most important challenges that should be solved before using LNG in a gas turbo engine is the transformation of liquefied gas to a gaseous phase before pumping it into combustion chambers of a gas turbo locomotive. One of the most common modes is by heating up liquefied gas in a water heat exchanger where the water is heated up by electric thermo rods or by hot exhaust gases. This scheme is difficult enough, as intermediate heat-carrier becomes necessary and it creates a problem with the first start, especially during very cold Russian winter time. The most simple is the scheme where

liquefied gas turns to a gaseous state in the heat exchanger installed in an exhaust nozzle of the turbine. This scheme has been developed and applied for the first time by the Joint Stock Open Society (SNTK named after N.D.Kuznetsov) on NK-88 gas turbo engine installed in a pilot aircraft TU-155. Liquefied Hydrogen and LNG was used as turbine fuel. In total, U-155 has performed about 100 test flights on liquid hydrogen and LNG. It had been proved that aircraft gas turbo engine can work on cryogenic fuel. While working on this engine, the experimental basis for testing of the cryogenic equipment was created, as well as a unique team of highly skilled experts in the field of cryogenic aircraft. During the design of the gas turbo locomotive, working on liquefied natural gas, it is necessary to solve a number of difficult scientific and technical issues: Creation of gas turbo engine, working on LNG; Development and construction of high rotation (6,000 rpm) power generators, microprocessor control and diagnostic systems; Development of regulation systems algorithms that allows a proper interaction of gas turbo engine

performance, a fuel supply system and the electric drive; Development of locomotive onboard systems of storage, supply and re-gasification of liquefied gas; Creation of a flexible line for cryogenic fuel supply from one section to another ( from a booster section to a traction section) Creation of oil supply systems for bearing of gas turbo engine and generators with oil cooling by cryogenic fuel; System engineering for fire and explosion safety; System engineering of ecological protection and safety; System engineering of cooling for power electric machinery. As these problems will demand many years of research and development and considerable financing for speeding up the achievement of the primary goal -using LNG for autonomous locomotives- it was necessary to find ready-made units and aggregates. VL 15 model one of the most powerful Russian electric locomotives was chosen as the best platform for a turbo gas locomotive. With this platform, it is

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possible to solve this problem within two years.

Few important steps were outlined below.

1. It was decided that a body and a running gear of electric locomotive VL15 should be used. At present, it is one of the most powerful cargo main electric locomotives, with the length of each section with automatic couplers up to 22,5 m that allows the engineers to place all necessary equipment in it. 2. The technical and economic calculations have shown that at the first stage it is expedient to install a gas turbo engine NK-361 in the first gas turbo locomotive. Such turbo engine was created on the basis of engine NK-36 of the Open Joint Stock Society " SNTK named after N.D.Kuznetsov" 3. Other aggregates were to be designed and to be built anew. It was necessary to do the followings activities. To develop a cryogenic block and a fuel system. Open Joint Stock Society "UralCryoMach" (Nizhniy Tagil) was invited to do this as its specialists had wide experiences in working out such systems for rocket installations; Open Joint Stock Society "Drive gear" (Lysva City) was entrusted with creation of traction and auxiliary generators. The experts of the Society had an experience in developing and constructing generators for gas turbo installations; The Open Joint Stock Society "VNIKTI worked on the development of microprocessor control systems and diagnostics of traction drive and the auxiliary equipment, all power electricity transmission, including traction rectifiers and auxiliary converters, systems of cooling of traction electric machines and the general installation scheme of aggregate units for the gas turbo locomotive. 4. Installation and manufacturing of some locomotive body parts was entrusted to Voronezh City diesel locomotive repair plant - a subsidiary of Open Joint Stock Society "Russian Railway". The pre-production model of gas turbo locomotive (see picture) consists of two sections. One is used as the basic traction section with the power block, in which structure a gas turbo engine NK-361 is installed along with main traction and auxiliary generators. The other section is used as a booster section with cryogenic vessel, the auxiliary diesel engine-generator to start up the Locomotive main turbo gas engine. Each section has one cabin of steering and all leading (12) axis. The gas turbo engine ( GTE) has two shafts with the free traction turbine, a starting engine operation is carried out by an electric starter taking electrical power from the auxiliary diesel engine-generator. Oil systems GTE and generators are separate different grades of oil are applied in them. Oil cooling is made in heat recycling devices by cryogenic fuel. The cryogenic storage vessel is installed in the booster section of GTE and is intended for reception, storage and delivery LNG to cryogenic pumps, then to a gasification unit and further to GTEs spray jets. The communication system of the cryogenic block is adapted for technological operations to connect stationary ( at a railway station ) LNG refueling dispensing facility with the traction section of GTE. All fuelling facility between the locomotive section and the booster section and, during the refueling, between the locomotive and an LNG refueling dispensing stationary facility are connected among themselves by means of flexible cryogenic pipelines. The system of communications consists of manual cut off and safety equipment, regulated valves, cryogenic and gas pipe ducts. While manufacturing the GTE (indexed as NK-361) a number of aggregate unites were tested, including combustion chamber that enable the start up with cold gas. Seven trail trips has been made with weight load from 2,300 to 15,000 tones resulting in 30 % fuel savings compared as if diesel was used to fuel the locomotive. Presently, gas turbo locomotive is further developed at VNIKTI, aiming at cryogenic fuel system modernization. Once this process is completed and new trial trips are completed, this gas turbo locomotive will be sent for pre-production at the Sverdlovsk regional railway. A refueling LNG station is currently constructed in Yekaterinburg ( the centre of Sverdlovsk Region) to refuel several turbo gas locomotives on this route. The vehicles mainly will be operated in the vast distance between the Urals and the Russian Far East, via Western and Eastern Siberia. This article is taken from a report authored by: Kossov V. S., Professor, Doctor of technical sciences, General director of Open Joint Stock Society "VNIKTI" Rudenko V. F., Candidate of technical sciences, General director of Open Joint Stock Society "VNIKTI" Nesterov E. I., Candidate of technical sciences, Deputy of Chief Constructor of Open Joint Stock Society "VNIKTI" Full version of the article is available at: http://rus-gas.narod.ru or http://agzk-at.ru

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Historical development of CNG business in Bangladesh

CNG is a popular & environment friendly vehicular fuel over the globe. Bangladesh was introduced to CNG through a pilot project to Riyadh Ali study the feasibility of using CNG in vehicles in 1981-1982. That project was successfully completed. But it took around 20 years to make CNG popular here. Use of CNG saves valuable foreign currency of Bangladesh employed for importing petroleum. It also increases the air quality of urban area. So, Government policy emphasized the expansion of CNG use all over the country.

Impact on air quality

Dhaka has a significant level of air pollution as it has a high content of particulate matter. In 2001, two-stroke three-wheeler baby taxis were identified as one of the major causes of air pollution by the different agencies. It was found that major portion of Hydrocarbon, Volatile Organic compound, Carbon monoxide and Particulate Matters were emitted by these vehicles due to the use of excessive quantities of low quality lube oil. The Ministry of Communications, Government of Bangladesh, decided to ban two-stroke baby taxies from 1st December 2002. All three-wheelers must be powered by cleaner-burning four-stroke or CNG-fuelled engines since that time. A new fleet of CNG three-wheelers was introduced in January 2003. When this happened, there was a 30% to 40% drop in particulate pollution in Dhaka, says the World Banks Mr. Akbar. In addition, an estimated USD 25 M in health costs were avoided each year by the cleaner environment, says Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, chairman of Forum of Environmental Journalists of Bangladesh. The name CNG has become synonymous with the auto-rickshaws, which are painted green and referred to simply as NGVs.

The result in figures is as follows:

More than 50,530 NGVs in 2006, which became 180,000 units in 2009 129 CNG refuelling stations in 2006, 425 units in total in June 2009; Energy security and greenhouse gas policies become more and more important; NGVs directly contribute to the protection of foreign reserve funds of Bangladesh; Growth rate of CNG conversion is more than 11% from 11,700 in 2002 to 50,500 in 2005. At present, the growth rate is 8%. Already Tk.2000 crore (USD 285 million) have been invested in this sector by the Bangladeshi. CNG is known as a fuel with lower air pollutant emissions compared to diesel and gasoline. Additionally, it is cheaper than those petroleum fuels. The increasing cost of imported petroleum plus a rising concern for the environment made CNG a stronger choice in the early 2000s. At this time, CNG began to succeed in Bangladesh due to an urgent need for a cleaner environment plus the availability of millions of dollars in loans from international agencies to encourage a long-term program related to this industry.

of gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles were converted to CNG, Cars/Jeeps/Microbuses/Three-Wheeler Auto Rickshaws/Taxi Cabs & Buses. Conversions of diesel-to-CNG and gasoline-to-CNG also take place though conversion from diesel-to-CNG is very expensive for vehicle owners. On average, the cost of conversion per vehicle at that time was USD 583. Nowadays, the average conversion cost of car and other vehicles ranges from USD 853 to USD 1300. But diesel type trucks, trailers conversion into CNG is more expensive as it costs around USD 2500.

Tax regulation
The Government of Bangladesh has exempted imported cylinders and conversion kits from all types of duties to reduce the cost of conversion.

Saving of foreign currency

The government is importing crude and refined fuel from Middle East, Singapore and India, using one quarter of the countrys yearly national budget. Natural gas vehicles are saving foreign currency, USD 53.6 million per year in 2006. In 2008, the saving increased to USD 142.85 million. NGVs directly contribute to the protection of foreign reserve funds of Bangladesh.

Numbers and types of NGVs

By March 2006, 50,530 various types

Benefits to operators of refuelling stations

Another beneficiary of the CNG

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program will be the CNG filling station operators because the demand for CNG in transport sector has increased during 2003-2008. Initially, the profit might not have been significant because of low gas pressure leading to sub optimal sale proceeds at the end of the day. However, their income significantly increased due to a programme that was introduced to ensure a regular supply of gas with optimum pressure.

Health Benefits due to Reduced Pollution

Author estimated health benefits from use of CNG as transport fuel in Dhaka on the basis of reported cases of death and sickness due to air pollution in major cities of Bangladesh. Proportionate share of Dhaka in reported cases of death and sickness was taken on the basis of proportionate share of Dhaka in the total population of major cities of the country and thus, economic benefits associated with reduced health problems due to use of CNG was estimated for the city. The benefits in terms of savings in cost of health impact due to air pollution was estimated under three heads, such as loss of human capital deaths due to air pollution, loss of work person days on account of sickness due to air pollution and expenditure on treatment. The estimated cost of health problem due to air pollution in Dhaka comes to about Tk 25,000 million per year (2006 estimation). In other words, Tk 25,000 million as health benefits could occur to the economy, if air pollution level in Dhaka is reduced to match standards enforced in developed countries.

running of the station; assistance in site selection and taking lease of government land; quick gas, water and electricity connections at CNG stations ; duty free import of CNG equipment and kits; The government is planning to give more incentives to CNG refuelling & conversion owners. Although CNG equipment suppliers are limited in the world, all known suppliers are active in this market and most of them have already secured a position. All are competing with low price equipment either stripped to minimum, questionable configurations, refurbished equipment, subsidized installations or assembled in low cost countries. As an example, one of the biggest stations operators in Bangladesh, Intraco Group, entered this business few years ago.

pathfinder in the CNG sector in Bangladesh. He manages, operates and handles CNG refuelling station business efficiently. Due to his outstanding efforts in this sector, at present, he became the Vice President of Bangladesh CNG Filling Station & Conversion Workshop Owners Association. Seeing the needs and opportunities in transport sector, we, the Intraco Group, have diversified our business strategies into CNG sectors few years ago. Nowadays, Intraco owns the largest CNG-related business in this nation. This firm is running the largest network of CNG stations in Bangladesh. The firm set up more than 30 CNG facilities and sold 14 pieces of equipment for refuelling stations to private owners Last November 2008, he successfully organised the first South Asian International CNG Exhibition in this country. The people of Bangladesh will remember him for long time with honour. He is now the Director of Italy-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industries (IBCC&I), Director of Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industries (KBCC&I) and member of Canada-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CBCC&I). By: Nazir U. Ahmed, Special Assignment Manager to MD, Intraco Group, Bangladesh

Possibilities
The government has allocated much important road side commercial land required for the implementation of CNG refuelling stations on a lease basis at a reduced rate. Specific locations are Dhaka, Narayanganj, Manikganj, Moulvibazar, Feni, Dhaka-Sylhet highway and Chittagong. Also railway plots are allocated in Dhaka and Chittagong. The Government support for CNG station industry consists of : free of charge registration and enlisting; assistance and cooperation to obtain bank loans; supply of necessary information; training for manpower engaged in the

Intraco, the private pathfinder

Md. Riyadh Ali, a well educated person who has completed his academic career with discipline of Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Cornel University of U.S.A., is the owner of Intraco Group. He also did his B.B.A. course in Oxford University in England. A few years ago, he created a revolutionary action by establishing the first CNG conversion workshop in Bangladesh, and later set up many more CNG conversion centres and refuelling stations. He is known as the

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CNG refueling business in the UAE

The CNG Refueling Business in the United Arab Emirates began in 2005 with the establishment of its first public CNG refueling station in Abu Dhabi City. The station was constructed by ADNOC Distribution (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) on an existing ADNOC Distributions gasoline station forecourt. Along with this refueling station, the first internationally accredited NGV conversion centre was also set up in Abu Dhabi by Compressed Gas Technology, a local company offering specialized services to the CNG/LPG industry in the region. The second dedicated CNG Refueling Station was established in Sharjah by SEWA (Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority), the local electricity, gas and water utility company in the Emirate of Sharjah, Principally for their own fleet of vehicles that SEWA converted in its own workshops. Currently there are around 350 vehicles that are operating on CNG in the UAE which include locally converted vehicles as well as OEM ones. In 2007, ADNOC Distribution embarked on an ambitious plan to establish 16 CNG Refueling Stations throughout the Emirates and work on this project began in 2008 and is expected to be completed by end 2009. Of these 16 CNG stations, 9 are located in Abu Dhabi, 2 in Al Ain and 5 in Sharjah. With these 16 CNG Stations nearing completion, ADNOC Distribution is planning to convert approximately 300 vehicles before the end of 2009. By Fazal Ali Khan, ANGVA Vice President, Business Development Manager LMF Middle East.

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The success of AGHP2009 in Thailand

By Punnachai Footrakul, Vice President NGV Marketing Department, PTT PLC The ANGVA Green Highways 2009 torch and flag relay began its long awaited journey from Indonesia Singapore Malaysia Thailand Vietnam China to South Korea. PTT Public Company Limited (PTT) has started up ANGVA Green Highways 2009 Project in Thailand during 14-18 September 2009 under the slogan of Clean Energy for Green Life. The caravan started off to receive the torch and flag from Malaysia at Sadao border, the southern part of Thailand, and travelled to Bangkok on September 14, 2009. Then, the Press Conference on ANGVA Green Highways 2009 at PTT Head Office, Bangkok, was organized by PTT on September 16, 2009, which was partially sponsored by OEM companies including Tata Motors, Toyota Motor and Sammitr Green Power to transport NGV caravans totaling 13 cars (from PTT, OEM companies and local NGV certified conversion workshops) to head towards Thailand-Laos Friendship Bridge Border, Nongkai province, crossing to Vientiane, Laos. Sixteen motor reporters and journalists were also invited to join NGV caravans for test driving and NGVs demonstration. Finally, PTTs flag-off NGV caravans (3 NGVs) departed from Vientiane, Laos to Cau Treo border, Vietnam. Welcome Ceremony and ANGVA Green Highways 2009 Torch and Flag Handover Ceremony to Vietnam was held by Vietnamese Team on September 18, 2009. The success of ANGVA Green Highways 2009 has been acknowledged in Thailand with the expected outcome as follows: 1. To illustrate the cooperation among the countries of ANGVA members and to emphasize that NGV can be widely used throughout all regions, symbolized by torch and flag relay towards South Korea; 2. To create awareness and boost confidence in NGVs in Thailand in terms of:

Images from AGHP2009 Thailand team, with the author, Mr Punnachai Footrakul, on the left-bottom

Convenience: 347 CNG refueling facilities (stations) covering all main routes of Thailand by 1 October 2009; Economic & Clean: Affordable fuel price, high fuel savings comparing when using gasoline & diesel in vehicles. CNG is also eco-friendly; As the proof of economic benefit of using NGVs, 74% fuel saving was experienced by the Thai NGV caravan as they moved out from Sadao Border, the southern part of Thailand, to Bangkok and from Bangkok to Nongkai Province. In this journey, covering a total distance of 1,580 kilometers, NG cars drivers paid only THB 840 (THB 0.53 per km). If the same mileage will be covered using gasoline 95 as vehicle

fuel, then the fuel cost would be much higher at THB 3,270 (THB 2.07 per km). In Thailand, CNG is fixed at 8.5 THB/kg for another year, while per litre premium gasoline currently costs 29.94 THB, regular gasoline 27.64 THB, and diesel 25.79 THB. Safety: NGV Equipments are in compliant with International Standards; The activities to promote CNG as vehicular fuel continues after the completion of this AGHP09. PTT, the state gas distributor will work hard towards the achievement of their 2012 targets to have 220,375 NGVs and 595 CNG refueling stations all over Thailand.

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AGHP 2009, the Malaysia team

The Malaysia AGHP 2009 convoy were started on September 9th, after receiving the torch and flag from the Singapore team at the Petronas Johor Baru CNG station. Five OEM and converted NGVs were demonstrated during the project, of which, during the convoy from Johor Baru station to Kuala Lumpur, the NGVs stopped at two other stations for refuelling, and at two vehicle conversion workshops and a local OEM NGV manufacturer, Naza Automotive Manufacturing. The Malaysian convoy was completed when the team enter Sadao border and handed over the torch and flag to the Thailand team.

The results of this project in Malaysia include:

Creating awareness on the capability and safety of NGVs; Technology showcase on NGV conversion workshops capability; Understanding the gaps and challenges (through experiences gained during the journey) in the NGV segment, i.e. lack of infrastructure.

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AGHP09 Vietnam
VN Ventures, a trade promotion & investment Co., and its partner PSCC have successfully launched ANGVA Green Highways 2009 Project (AGHP09) of Vietnam from 16-20 September, with main sponsor from PV GAS. Two days prior to the Torch and Flag Handover event at Laos- Vietnam border, a press release conference was held in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City with nearly 100 attendants joining the event. One CNG bus and two CNG converted cars were demonstrated. At the same day, varoius newspapers publishers and mass media like TV and radios broadcasted news about the AGHP09. Right after the press release, those two CNG cars drove to the border. On September 18th, a formal Handover Ceremony was held at Laos- Vietnam border, the Cau Treo border gate in the central province of Ha Tinh. The Thai team together with many reporters crossed the border and entered Vietnam territory to attend the Ceremony. Led by a police car (with siren), Thai and Vietnam teams marched together about 25 km inside the Vietnam territory. On the 19th, Vietnam team arrived in Hanoi Capital. Led by four siren motor bikes, this team marched around main roads in Hanoi. The story was covered by various mass media. On the 20th, at Melia Hotel, the press release conference and Flag and Torch Handover Ceremony was held and attended by ANGVA Executive Director Lee Giok Seng, Vice General Director of Petrol Vietnam, Vice- Director of Hanoi Transport Department, and many others. After

travelling through urban centres to Hanoi, the Vietnam convoy ended its journey in on September 21st at the Huu Nghi border gate, in the northern province of Lang Son. The Vietnam team would like to thank

for the great support from ANGVA, Thai team, China Team and sponsors who made the events in Vietnam successful. Few examples of links from press: http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/GreenHighways-2009-relay-arrives-inVietnam/20099/108010.vov http://www.vfej.vn/en/detail/18334/%E2 %80%9CGreen-Highways2009%E2%80%9D-relay-to-come-toVietnam/ http://clip.vn/watch/Dan-tem-cho-cacthiet-bi-tiet-kiem-dien-trong-chien-dichtiet-kiem-nang-luong,ekc (it might take few minutes to download this clips). By Phuong Pham, VN ventures, Vietnam 19B Le Thi Rieng Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Tel +84 8 9256550, fax. +84 9250573

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AGHP 2009, the Pakistan team

Images from ANGVA Green Highways 2009 Projects, Pakistan. The project was endorsed and participated by important government officials and private institutions, including the Federal Minister for Privatisation, the Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP) and many others.

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Challenges in fuelling sector in Pakistan

The issue in the CNG fuelling sector is being addressed by the All Pakistan CNG Association. To protect the business from sinking, the association appealed to the government to withdraw advance tax on electricity and gas bills. The power bills which are considered as high cost by CNG stations owners help to increase retail price of CNG. As a result, CNG now costs Rs50/kg (in Islamabad) while gasoline costs Rs65/litre. The 23% price gap between the two fuels does not provide enough motivation/incentives for petroleum vehicles users to switch to NGVs and for bi-fuel cars to choose CNG instead of gasoline to fuel their vehicles. The chairman of All Pakistan CNG Association, Ghayas Paracha, indicated that in the North-West Frontier Province alone (the smallest province in Pakistan), over 400 of the 544 CNG stations might be closed if the authority did not take remedial steps in this regard. With winter approaches, the concern

of gas supply for transport sector is increasing. During this season, the government prioritise gas supply for domestic use, causing drop in gas pressure and supply to CNG stations. Nevertheless, to this day, Pakistan still

holds the largest number of NGV fleet and CNG for vehicle refuelling network in the world. With almost 3,000 CNG stations across Pakistan, this country has over 1,000 stations more than Argentina, the worlds second largest country in the NGV industry.

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Potential OEM NGVs for India

Following the previous announcement made by Mercedes-Benz (MB) about the introduction of its OEM NGV in India, Mercedes Benz India declared that they are ready to supply the CNG version of its E-Class sedan to customers based on demand. The imported car will have 104% duty that could double the selling cost of this CNG version compared to its gasoline version sold at Rs 4.589 M (price of ex-showroom in Mumbai). The car will be offered in Delhi and Mumbai as those cities have the largest CNG refuelling facilities compared to other areas. The company is considering to carry out a local assembly of this CNG version should there be sufficient demand, said Dr Wilfried Aulbur, Managing Director of MB India. The firm has conducted a trial run of the CNG-E Class in this country. The mileage of the car is estimated to be 18 km per kg CNG. MBs B170 NGT and the E 200 CNG luxury sedans have been successfully introduced in the US and Europe.

RAIL gets the world moving while helping the environment

Already in May 2008, the firm indicated its intention to bring its globally-successful CNG sedans to India. In August this year, the company decided not to bring its NGVs to India, as it does not want its customers to wait in long queues at CNG stations. Yet, good news soon followed as by October the company signalled its readiness to introduce the E 200 CNG. India has set a massive plan to increase its gas distribution network to 250 cities. The gas will be used both in domestic and transport sector. From the CNG variant segment (brand new car with CNG kit installation delivered by the car manufacturer/ dealer), recently, Maruti Suzuki launched their Alto variant in Delhi and Gujarat with BRC CNG kits supplied by ROHAN BRC Ahmedabad.

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Omnitek Sets High Altitude Record with CNG Powered Truck at 4814 Meters
On September 16, 2009, Omnitek Peru made history by driving a natural gas powered heavy-duty commercial truck to a record altitude of 4,814 meters (15,800 feet) over the Ticlio Pass high in the Peruvian Andes, the highest paved road in the world. The truck manufactured by the American company International Truck and Engine Company and equipped with the 275 horsepower DT530 engine, had been converted from diesel to natural gas using the Omnitek technology. Earlier in the month another test-drive performed with the same natural gas converted vehicle, owned by Leche Gloria, confirmed the engines power and ability to transport heavy loads. The test was performed driving the vehicle on a steep road, locally known as Pasamayo, loaded to a weight of 37,000 kg (37 tons). The high-altitude record setting drive concluded a series of tests tailored to set the record straight on some common misconceptions about natural gas engines. The tests resulted in sufficient data to show that diesel engines which are converted to operate with natural gas have enough power to transport heavy loads and can operate at very high altitudes, all while having low fuel consumption and produce much less pollution than a diesel truck. On one test-drive, the Leche Gloria truck completed the 326 km distance from Lime to Canete and back to Lime while loaded with milk to 37,000 kg, in a remarkably short time of 5 hrs, consuming only 118 cubic meters of natural gas at a cost of 164 Soles ($ 55), a savings of 60% over using diesel. The tests were co-sponsored by Peruana de gas Natural

SAC (PGN), a Peruvian natural gas supplier and Omnitek Partner. PGN is also an authorized Omnitek diesel-to-natural gas conversion center. Contact: Omnitek Engineering, Corp. 1945 S Rancho Santa Fe Rd. San Marcos, CA 92078 Tel. 760-591-0089 Omnitek Peru S.A. Los Pinos 584, Urb. Villa Marina - Chorrillos, Lima - Peru Tel. +51 (1) 993468117

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Asian NGV statistics

NGV statistics
Natural Gas Vehicles Country
Total Cars/LDVs MD/HD buses 100 5.522 12.000 150.000 3.233 10.876 1.209 8.000 9.831 170 1.455 18.290 19.078 MD/HD trucks Others 50.000 715 30.000 8.355 16.600 708 35.000 19.626 11 20.155 4 429 Total 2.974 928 500 1.324 425 347 119 226 275 43 120 344 37 130 53 6 4 9 42 9 146 2 14 3 1 1 8.082 16.231

Refuelling stations
Public 2.974 867 181 1.125 425 322 115 201 9 43 118 293 37 130 53 6 4 5 42 9 127 1 1 1 7.089 14.570 Private Under construction 1.002 958 230 72 16 12 14 10 672 2 13 43,94 4,13 0,60 0,40 9 13 VRA

Monthly gas consumption (M Nm3)

Last update

Pakistan 2.250.100 2.200.000 Iran 1.537.790 1.532.268 India 700.000 687.285 China 500.000 320.000 Bangladesh 180.000 168.412 Thailand 154.614 125.464 Egypt 110.100 107.442 Russia 103.000 60.000 Armenia 101.352 69.971 Uzbekistan 47.000 47.000 Malaysia 42.000 41.819 Japan 37.117 14.218 Myanmar 22.821 4.527 Korea 20.283 776 Tajikistan 10.600 10.600 Kyrgyzstan 6.000 6.000 Singapore 4.289 4.250 Turkey 3.056 2.564 Georgia 3.000 3.000 Indonesia 2.550 1.755 Australia 2.453 130 United Arab Emirates 305 305 New Zealand 283 180 Philippines 36 11 Taiwan 4 Vietnam 2 Total Asia 5.838.755 5.407.977 World 10.763.492 10.214.692

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177,00 52,00 21,36 33,90 26,79 28,50 4,25

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Fuel Prices
Country Gasoline Gasoline Diesel (Euro/litre)
(Euro/litre) (Euro/litre)

Premium Regular
0,65 0,52 0,59 0,24 0,83 0,44 0,110 1,39 1,07 0,51 0,68 0,89 0,80 1,03 0,61 1,70 0,49

CNG
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CNG price CNG price equivalent per equivalent per litre gasoline litre diesel

Armenia Bangladesh China Egypt India Indonesia Iran Japan Korea Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Pakistan Philippines Russia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Uzbekistan

0,61 0,49 0,56 0,12 0,76 0,31 0,071 1,31 0,60 0,49

0,69 0,92 0,55 0,56 1,60 0,34

0,60 0,34 0,50 0,15 0,53 0,33 0,012 1,19 1,06 0,70 0,49 0,57 0,87 0,70 0,86 0,45 0,52 1,26 0,34

0,32 0,18 0,34 0,06 0,27 0,18 0,030 0,68 0,43 0,26 0,19 0,40 0,22 0,22 0,52 0,21 0,17 0,78 0,11

0,29 0,16 0,30 0,05 0,24 0,16 0,027 0,52 0,39 0,23 0,17 0,36 0,20 0,20 0,46 0,19 0,15 0,68 0,10

0,33 0,18 0,35 0,06 0,28 0,18 0,029 0,58 0,44 0,27 0,19 0,41 0,23 0,23 0,53 0,22 0,17 0,76 0,11

World review
Region

Total NGVs

Cars /LDVs 135.535 220 832.165 99.037

MD/HD Buses 223.658 18.323 6 40.697 13.820 11.240 307.744

MD/HD Trucks 78.256 54.626 36.847 9.660 2.500 181.889

Others 53.991 1.924 852 0 2.400 59.167

fuelling stations 7.542 552 7 2.802 4.403 925 16.231

Asia Eurasia Africa Europe North America Total

5.628.347 5.272.442 210.408 226 910.561 115.177

S. & Ctral. Am 3.898.773 3.875.293 10.763.492 10.214.692