Gazprom to Develop NGV Infrastructure in Rostov Region

As part of the XII International Investment Forum “Sochi – 2013”, Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom, Viktor Zubkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom, Chairman of the Management Committee – Director General of Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo and Vasily Golubev, Governor of the Rostov Region signed on October 3 the Agreement on wider use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel, Gazprom has said.

The document is primarily focused on increasing the cost-effectiveness of transportation and mitigating adverse environmental effects. In order to achieve these targets, the parties will implement a set of measures aimed at increasing the number of passenger, public utility, road-building, agricultural and other types of vehicles running on natural gas.

The Agreement stipulates building NGV infrastructure in parallel with commissioning an NGV fleet. During a month after the Agreement signing date the parties will set up a working group to prepare the relevant schedule. According to the schedule Gazprom will ensure the construction and subsequent operation of the NGV infrastructure.

In addition, vehicles will be filled with natural gas with the use of mobile gas refueling trucks. This work will be performed by Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo – a special-purpose company acting as Gazprom's authorized representative in coordinating the development of NGV markets in Russia's regions.

Copyright: Gazprom, 2013.