(LiveMint)
Auto fuel retailers dispensing compressed natural gas (CNG) are planning to open liquified CNG or L-CNG outlets, with at least two companies already firming up plans. A typical CNG pump receives natural gas through pipelines which is compressed and stored as CNG. An L-CNG pump, on the other hand, gets liquified natural gas (LNG) in tankers/trucks, which is stored underground, and turns to gas at the time of dispensing.
While Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) plans to set up a few L-CNG stations in Raigad district of Maharashtra, Sanwariya Gas Ltd (SGL) is setting up one in Mathura and four on the Delhi-Mumbai national highway.“We already have tankers and are talking about putting a dispenser to these tankers. We can replicate the model very fast once we get approval. It will kick-start usage faster and reduce the cost of laying the pipeline,” Rajeev Mathur, managing director of Mahanagar Gas.
