Gazprom, KAMAZ Push for CNG Use
Gazprom and KAMAZ have their focus on the market expansion for gas as a vehicle fuel. The companies have been coordinating their efforts in converting vehicles to run on compressed natural gas and in promoting NGV warranty and maintenance service arrangements.
This matter came up for discussion at a working meeting held at Gazprom headquarters today between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Sergey Kogogin, Director General of KAMAZ.
KAMAZ regularly provides information on the number of gas-powered vehicles produced and the regions of their supply. Gazprom takes this data into account when preparing plans on commissioning new CNG filling stations. KAMAZ is in turn timely provided with the information on the construction and location of new CNG stations.
Special attention was given to the participation of KAMAZ in a program for expanding the Gazprom Group NGV fleet until 2017. Between 2014 and 2015 Gazprom subsidiaries purchased 1,066 gas vehicles produced by KAMAZ. This cooperation will continue, inter alia, in developing gas filling infrastructure through increasing the number of mobile NGV refueling stations.
Alexey Miller and Sergey Kogogin discussed the performance of a gas-powered KAMAZ truck within the KAMAZ-Master team in Africa Eco Race 2016. It was noted that the success achieved by this truck in the abovementioned and other prestigious international competitions clearly demonstrated reliability, efficiency and safety in using natural gas as a vehicle fuel. In July the gas-powered KAMAZ truck will participate in the Silk Way Rally 2016, the Moscow-Beijing route covering over 10 thousand kilometers.
