Financial Tribune - Compressed natural gas consumption up until last week reached 24.4 million cubic meters per day, the deputy director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said. This shows a 30% increase compared to last year and is due to the lower price of CNG compared to gasoline, which has encouraged many car owners to ...

Financial Tribune - Converting gasoline-powered vehicles, especially vans, to compressed natural gas hybrids can help reduce fuel costs for motorists by 100%, deputy managing director of the state-run National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said. Vans need at least 1,000 liters of gasoline per month and filling up with the fuel will cost ...

Financial Tribune - Following the government last week to raise gasoline prices by 200%, compressed natural gas consumption has risen by 2 million cubic meters a day since Nov. 15, head of CNG department at the state-run National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said. CNG consumption is growing rapidly and has surpassed 21 mcm/d, up 11%,...

Financial Tribune - The Iranian government is rolling out a nationwide scheme to convert their fossil fuel-powered vehicles to CNG hybrids by providing all car owners with cheap loans. Motivating people to switch to natural gas has been on the Iranian governments agenda for long. However, the efforts have mostly been limited to major cities like ...

IRNA Irans average production of gasoline has amounted to some 105 million litters a day since the beginning of Iranian calendar month of Bahman (Jan 21), according to a report on Monday by the official website of the Ministry of Petroleum. The figure shows 67% growth compared to the same period last year when the countrys daily output stood at ...

India launched a first of its kind pilot project in the country to run a two wheeler on CNG. New Delhi (Sputnik) The Indian government launched an ambitious program tocurb rising air pollution inits cities. The first ofits kind project named 'Hawa Badlo' involves 50 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) retrofitted two wheelers (scooters and motor bikes). ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 6 (Shana) - The Seventh National Conference and Exhibition of the CNG Industry and Alternative Fuels will be held on December 7-8 in Tehran. Sponsored by the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) and the Asia-Pacific association of CNG cars AVENGA, the event will discuss prospects for development of the industry,...

Iran and the UAE have signed a preliminary agreement for exports of compressed natural gas (CNG), an official has said. The two countries reached a final agreement under which Iran will transport gas on board CNG containers to the UAE, deputy head of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company Mansour Riahi said. Irans natural ...

TEHRAN Dec 31 (Shana)--Iran will become an exporter of gasoline when its Persian Gulf Star Refinery becomes operational next year, managing-director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said. Nasser Sajjadi said the refinery is expected to start up in 2016, adding that Iran can export fuel oil and kerosene. He said Iran can make ...

TEHRAN Dec 06 (Shana)--The Islamic Republic of Iran will provide 100 percent of its needs to CNG tanks through reliance on domestical manufacturing. Manager of quality at an Iranian CNG tanks manufacturing company Farbod Masafi made the remarks adding technical knowhow of manufacturing CNG tanks will be indigenized in the near future. Some Iranian ...

TEHRAN Oct 22 (Shana)--Iran plans to increase the share of compressed natural gas (CNG) in its fuel mix to 30 percent, a senior official at National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said. Shahaboddin Metaji said 20 mcm of CNG, equivalent to 20 million liters of gasoline, is currently being consumed in the country. He added that raising ...

[caption id="attachment_104791" align="alignright" width="195"] A CNG station in Iran (file photo)[/caption] Iran plans toestablish at least 10 compressed natural gas (CNG)stations in neighboring Iraq, an Iranian official says. Amir Vakilzadeh, an officialat the National Iranian Oil ProductsDistribution Company, said on Saturday that the construction ...

TEHRAN Sep 07. (Shana)-- Iran holds the largest network of CNG distribution in the world, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC), Seyyed Naser Sajjadi said. Referring to CNG industry as a new phenomenon, Sajadi said CNG has been a rapidly rising industry over the past 10 years. According to NIOPDC official,...

TEHRAN July 3 (Shana)--The share of compressed natural gas (CNG) in Irans fuel consumption has reached 23 percent, an official with the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said. Mansour Riahi said more than four million vehicles run on both gasoline and CNG in Iran. Low price, contribution to clean air and healthy environment are ...