Domestic NGV usage skyrocketted

By k on October 7, 2009

BANGKOK, 7 October 2009 (NNT) - The state-owned oil and gas conglomerate PTT reported that there were currently about 155,000 cars relying on the natural gas in the country and the sale volume of NGV have increased to 3,900 tonnes daily.

Mr Punnachai Futrakul, PPT Manager in charge of supervising the natural gas market for vehicles, stated that about 100 vehicles, in particular trucks and brand new cars installed NGV engines on a daily basis. He said the firm had not raised its sales target of the natural gas for this year despite the Cabinet’s approval on NGV engines installation in 30,000 taxis and the leasing of 4,000 NGV public buses.

Mr Punnachai elaborated further that the company had requested the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) to speed up searching for locations for establishing 14 new NGV filling stations as each of the new natural gas buses normally required about 100 kilogrammes of petrol per day, adding that the PTT presently belonged to the major four “Super Stations” including on Kanchanapisek, Rom Klao and both sides of Phahon Yothin roads for handling more than 5,000 vehicles and provide 230 tonnes of NGV per day. In addition, the PTT Manager said the firm set its plan to set up additional two “super stations” on Rama IX and Kamphaeng Phet roads.

Energy Minister drafting conditions for auction to install NGV tanks in taxis BANGKOK, 20 August 2009 (NNT) - The Ministry of...
LPG imports likely reach 1.5 ml tonnes in 2010 BANGKOK, 26 November 2009 (NNT) - Imports of liquefied...
Natural gas demand for electricity generation to rise in 2010 BANGKOK, 3 January 2010 (NNT) – The demand for natural...
Egco to expand domestic and overseas energy investment BANGKOK, Feb 5 (TNA) – Electricity Generating PCL (Egco), Thailand’s...
BMTA: No need to find more garages for NGV buses BANGKOK, 15 October 2009 (NNT) – The Bangkok Mass Transit...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Readers Comments

Business News »

Thai-Myanmar trade exceeds target

February 9, 2010

BANGKOK, 9 February 2010 (NNT) — Trade along the Mae Sot - Myawaddy border in Tak province has increased by 15-16 billion THB year-on-year with a tendency to reach an all-time high of 23 billion THB.
Mae Sot Border Official Pongthep Buasap said the border trade had risen by 28-30% compared to the same period last [...]

Bank And Finance »

BoT to collect regional economic data

February 6, 2010

BANGKOK, 6 February 2010 (NNT) – The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is going to send teams to local areas to collect economic data for an analysis of the Thai economy by the Monetary Policy Committee.
Senior Director of the BoT’s Domestic Economy Department, Suchart Sakkankosone, said the data to be gathered on 9 February was from [...]

General News »

10% of foreign workers apply for work permit renewals

February 8, 2010

BANGKOK, Feb 8 (TNA) – Only 10 per cent, or around 140,000 foreign workers whose work permits expire at the end of February, visited Provincial Employment Offices to apply for document renewals, according to Thailand’s Foreign Workers Administration.
Foreign Workers Administration director Tanich Numnoi said all work permits and applications for nationality verification for an estimated [...]

Economy »

Gold price remains unpredictable after Chinese New Year

February 8, 2010

BANGKOK, 8 February 2010 (NNT) – The gold price is still difficult to predict until after the Chinese New Year. However it will not climb up beyond 19,000 THB as it did in the previous quarter, says the Gold Traders Association President, Mr Jitti Tangsitpakdee.
Mr Jitti stated that the descending gold price in the American [...]

Energy »

Energy Ministry confirms no blackout during closure of Yetagun gas field

February 9, 2010

BANGKOK, 9 February 2010 (NNT) – The Energy Ministry is confident there will be no blackout during the closure of the gas field in Yetagun, Myanmar, at the end of March.
Mr Sarawut Kaewtathip, an analyst from the Energy Ministry, said that Myanmar has planned to close the gas field in Yetagun for 7-10 days to [...]

Politics »

Hun Sen´s criticism against Abhisit resulted from anger

February 9, 2010

BANGKOK, 9 February 2010 (NNT) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen strongly criticized Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva because he was angry that he was unable to enter Prasart Ta Muen Thom in Suring province during his visit yesterday, according to Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs Suthep Thaugsuban.
Mr Suthep viewed that the Cambodian Prime [...]

Amazon.com Widgets