Russia: successful cooperation on NGV market development

The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Sergey Kogogin, Director General of Kamaz. The parties discussed the current issues of cooperation, with a focus placed on the market expansion for natural gas as a vehicle fuel. The companies coordinate their efforts in converting vehicles to run on natural gas and in promoting NGV warranty and maintenance service arrangements.

Kamaz regularly provides information on the number of natural 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 NGVs produced by Kamaz. This cooperation will continue, inter alia, in developing refueling infrastructure through increasing the number of CNG mobile stations.

Alexey Miller and Sergey Kogogin discussed the performance of a Kamaz natural gas 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 this truck will participate in the Silk Way Rally 2016, the Moscow-Beijing route covering over 10,000 kilometers.

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