Ludhiana will get the facility of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by the end of the year for industrial, residential and vehicular use
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PNGRB extends date for CGD bidding
PNGRB has once again extended the bid deadline for licences to retail CNG and piped cooking gas in 14 cities, by one month to 11 August. Bid for the latest round of city gas distribution (CGD)
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Green highway
GAIL (India) has stated that India would soon have a green corridor wherein vehicles can
opt to run on natural gas. The proposed green highway from Jalandhar-Ludhiana to Bangalore will provide opportunities to inland transportation to operate on natural gas vehicles by expanding the
reach of compressed natural gas (CNG) beyond cities.
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Natural gas price hike to make CNG, urea costly
CNG (compressed natural gas) price would rise Rs 8.2 to 11.72 per kg in Delhi and Mumbai once the revised natural gas price comes into effect from April 2014, Minister of state for petroleum Panabaaka Lakshmi informed Parliament. CNG costs Rs 41.90 per kg in Delhi, and Rs 35.95/kg in Mumbai. The CNG price would rise by this amount assuming that the city gas distribution entity is operating entirely on dom
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BMTC to run fleet on CNG once GAIL project takes off
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) would be able to run its fleet on CNG (compressed natural gas) once GAIL India sets up filling stations in the city. GAIL India, along with Karnataka government is in the process of setting up 25 CNG filling stations across Bangalore city to supply gas to BMTC. To undertake distribution of clean natural fuel for transport and other sec
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IGL raises prices of PNG, CNG
Indraprastha Gas (IGL) raised the retail price of PNG (piped natural gas) and the compressed natural gas (CNG) owing to the recent steep appreciation of the dollar vis-a-vis rupee. The firm raised the price also because of the increased dependence on imported LNG, which raised its input cost of gas and necessitated the increase in retail prices of CNG and PNG. IGL said there has been a sharp depreciation of the rupee vis-vis dollar in the last one month
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MNGL identifies areas for setting up more CNG pumps
Maharashtra Natural Gas (MNGL) has identified locations for setting up 20 additional CNG pumps across Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad in order to meet the rising demand for CNG. The new pumps would be set up in Yerawada, Vimannagar, Kharadi, old Mumbai-Pune highway, Baner, Pune Satara road and Sinhgad road among others. Earlier, the agency planned to open eight CNG pumps in Pune commission four of them this July. Later, it identified additional 15 to 20 locations in Pune and near
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Hyderabad faces shortage of CNG
Some parts of Hyderabad are facing shortage of
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as oil companies are allegedly not supplying the fuel in required quantity at the 12 CNG outlets in the city and its surroundings. Each outlet requires 1,500 to 1,800 kg of CNG every day but oil companies do not supply the required quantity. They hardly supply about 1,000 kg to each outlet, said Rajiv Amaram, Joint Secretary (South), Conf
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IGL strengthens infrastructure for CNG distribution
New-Delhi based Indraprastha Gas (IGL) is in the process of strengthening its infrastructure so as to meet the increasing demand of CNG from the growing number of CNG vehicles in Delhi.
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Centre assures Rs 1 bn for CNG project in Kerala
Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily assured to invest Rs 100 crore for setting up CNG plants in Kerala. Moily said that this amount would be transferred to Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). The move is a great help and it would save the struggling public transport sector," Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters after meeting Moily. The stat