Cheaper and widespread NGV usage initiative

• Author: zzoom
• Filed under: Automotive Market, NGV Car
• Date: Jul 8,2008
• Tags: LPG, ngv station, NGV taxi, Petronas

News Compiled on NGV

Kelantan State on Cheaper fuel

The Kelantan state government says it has received offers for cheaper, imported NGV (natural gas for vehicle) and (LPG) liquefied petroleum gas from overseas companies as part of its move to lighten the burden of the people following the increased fuel prices.However, the overseas producers of the fuel have requested the state government to get the Approval Permit (AP) to import the fuel, the chairman of the state committee for Economic, Finance and Social Planning, Datuk Husam Musa said. — BERNAMA

– CS : A very welcome move by the state government. Other states should follow.

Petronas

Its other project is Petronas NGV Sdn Bhd, which owns 90 stations with NGV facilities and has plans to increase the number of stations to 200 by 2010. Established in 1992, the NGV is sold at 68 sen per litre and Petronas has forked out RM500 million in subsidies.

Taxi Rates

The situation became worse ever since the government raised the fuel price last month, triggering a free-for-all situation as more and more cabbies decide to do away with the meter and quote their own rates according to their whims and fancies. The argument that NGV (Natural Gas for Vehicles) is cheaper and, therefore, the price increase does not affect them no longer holds water as they claim that it makes no difference at all.
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NGV Basic Benefits and Problems

• Author: zzoom
• Filed under: NGV Car
• Date: Jun 25,2008
• Tags: basic, benefits, CNG, cost, fuel consumption, LPG, maintenance, NGV, NGV Car, NGV installation, NGV kits, parts, problems

Obviously on day to day basis NGV converted cars are becoming a normality in our roads. Before you start dumping RM 4000 ++ for any NGV system, lets have a closer look at the real benefits and drawbacks of NGV as a vehicle fuel.

Notes :

Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is a substitute for gasoline (petrol), diesel, or propane fuel. It is considered to be a more environmentally “clean” alternative to those fuels and it is much safer than other motor fuels in the event of a fuel spill: natural gas is lighter than air, so it disperses quickly when leaked or spilled.

It is made by compressing natural gas (which is mainly composed of methane (CH₄)),to less than 1% of its volume at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers, at a normal pressure of 200–220 bar (20–22 MPa), usually in cylindrical or spherical shapes .

Natural gas vehicle or NGV is a alternative fuel vehicle that uses compressed natural gas (CNG) or, less commonly, liquefied natural gas (LNG)) as a clean alternative to other automobile fuels.

Liquefied petroleum gas (also called LPG, LP Gas, or autogas) is a mixture of hydrocarbon gases used as a fuel in heating appliances and vehicles, and increasingly replacing chlorofluorocarbons as an aerosol propellant and a refrigerant to reduce damage to the ozone layer.

1. What is NGV

NGV or methane is the lightest hydrocarbon. It is often extracted from underground but not always associated with oil and coal deposits. Methane is a by-product of decomposing organic matter including the rotting of dead plants, garbage dumps as well livestock manure.
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