Iran to have 100 CNG stations by next year

08-09-04

The managing director of Iran Fuel Consumption Organization announced that the number of compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling stations will reach 100 by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2005).


Mahdi Hashemi added that 184 stations will be established during the first stage of the plan in various cities throughout the country of which 29 stations are now ready, 23 stations are ready for operation and 105 stations are being built.

The official noted that fuelling capacity of CNG stations for buses in Tehran will reach 5,000 in 24 hours, adding that stations currently provide services to 2,000 buses in 24 hours, but the figure will be increased to 3,000 by late September and 5,000 by the end of November.


He said CNG fuelling stations can supply fuel to 36,500 sedan cars and 2,600 buses throughout the country.

 

Source: Tehran Times