By Rajive Singh
ABU DHABI: A new pricing scheme for compressed natural gas (CNG) for cars will come into effect from today (1st March).
The new tariff for natural gas for vehicles (NGV) is at Dh1.40 per SCM, compared to Dh1.32 previously, Adnoc Distribution announced.
With this, the fuel cost per 100km for a passenger car with NGV is about Dh13 as against approximately Dh19 with gasoline, which reflects the fact that NGV remains significantly cheaper than other comparable fuels available on the market.
Adnoc Distribution opened 7 new CNG stations in Abu Dhabi in 2016: with the total number of such service stations in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the Western Region now at 28.
Abu Dhabi already has the largest number of stations servicing gas-powered vehicles in the entire Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Adnoc Distribution said there has been a 50 per cent increase in Natural Gas for Vehicles (NGV) usage in the Abu Dhabi emirate in 2016. With over 5,500 NGV-converted vehicles now being run in Abu Dhabi, this figure constitutes the highest number of such vehicles among all of the emirates of the UAE.
Cleaner Fuel
NGV (Natural Gas for Vehicles) is an alternative vehicle fuel that uses compressed natural gas (CNG) as a cleaner alternative transportation. It can be used in all types of transportation applications including vehicles, buses, trucks, cranes, vans, and also in forklifts. Vehicles running on petrol can be converted to bi-fuel.
Conversion takes six to eight hours and doesn’t require any engine modification. Bi-fuel vehicles run on NGV and petrol, stored in separate tanks. NGV is a clean, safe, economical and convenient alternative fuel.
Saeed Mubarak Al Rashdi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Adnoc Distribution, said, “Adnoc Distribution’s CNG stations are helping Abu Dhabi to reduce the carbon footprint of private, business and government vehicles while also providing customers an efficient and cost-effective solution for running their vehicles. Through our expansion of NGV network, we are playing our full part in helping the Abu Dhabi government meet its target to require 25 per cent of government vehicles to run on low-emissions CNG in line with Abu Dhabi’s Economic Vision 2030.”