Gazprom & KAMAZ Focus on Russian NGV Market
In the meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Sergey Kogogin, Director General of KAMAZ held today within the 4th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, it was agreed thatr both parties would joint in developing the Russian NGV market.
The routine communication within the joint working group on initiation and location of new CNG filling stations as well as on the number of newly produced gas-driven KAMAZ trucks and their distribution areas was noted to be in full swing. Gazprom adjusts its CNG filling station construction schedules based on KAMAZ-submitted data.
Gazprom intensely promotes off-the-shelf NGV manufacturing. In particular, the Company is among organizers of Blue Corridor, the annual off-the-shelf NGV rally, regularly participated by KAMAZ. In addition, the KAMAZ-Master rally team in cooperation with Gazprom designed the special edition sport-truck – gas-fueled KAMAZ. It made its successful debut in the 2013 international Silk Way Rally Raid having proved the reliable performance of gas equipment in the most extreme environment.
Gazprom is currently developing the unified on-line platform to promote and introduce NGVs in Russia, including those produced domestically.
Alexey Miller and Sergey Kogogin stressed that the cooperation between Gazprom and KAMAZ would be continued.
Development of means for the NGV competitiveness enhancement; simultaneous construction of CNG filling network and NGV servicing facilities; introduction of NGV operational and maintenance staff training procedures were mentioned to be the top-priority activities.
