Argentoil S.A., manufacturer of INFLEX cylinders, has been developing a lightweight type 4 cylinder over the past three years and has now gained NGV2:2007 certification, inspected and issued by the international certification entity, Bureau Veritas. The volume of the cylinders initially ranges from 60wl up to 155wl – equivalent to 13.7 GGE and 12 DGE, and will be extended to 250wl – equivalent...

The IMO (International Maritime Organization) has chosen DNV to gather knowledge about the potential of LNG powered international shipping in the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) and identify the necessary conditions for the successful implementation of LNG as a fuel source in the region.Natural gas is a widely available fuel across North America, and while LNG refueling infrastructure is...

As momentum continues to build in the long-haul trucking segment in the USA, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has released Vol. IV of ROAD TO NATURAL GAS, an update of its growing portfolio of customers making the switch to natural gas as a transportation fuel or expanding their current fleets. This edition includes new agreements recently signed including Clean Energy’s first railroad fuel deal with GE...

Ankai LNG Luxury Coach Chinese bus manufacturer Ankai displayed its new Luxury LNG Coach at the 2013 China Beijing International Exhibition on Buses, Trucks Components in May. The LNG coach, model HFF6121K40C2, is said to be is 8%-10% lighter than similar products and consumes 6%-10% less fuel due to the monocoque technology design. Different from the traditional buses, the Ankai LNG coach HFF6121K40C2...

Indian car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Maruti) has launched the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) variant of it’s award winning 7-seater utility vehicle, the Ertiga. Badged as the ‘Ertiga Green’, the MPV will be available in LXi and VXi variants. Maruti says Ertiga is the only factory fitted CNG vehicle in its segment with the CNG system fitted on the conventional assembly line. Maruti...

OGP (International Association of Oil and Gas Producers) and ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) have agreed an interim solution that responds to temporary industry uncertainties associated with trade regulations (EU and US) and their applicability to standardisation in the oil and gas sector. Included is OGP 118683, 2013: Guidelines for systems and installations for supply of LNG...

ADVERTISEMENT As major fleets such as Robert, Vedder and Bison transport begin to transition their fleets to LNG, supported by investments from big players like Shell, ENN, Fortis BC, Enbridge Gas and Encana, as well as regional incentive programs in Ontario and BC, it looks increasingly like the switch is on to Natural Gas in Canada’s heavy duty trucking sector. FC Business Intelligence recently...

Harvey Gulf orders it’s 6th LNG-fuelled OSV Harvey Gulf International Marine has secured plans to construct and operate the first Liquefied natural gas (LNG) marine fueling facility in the United States, to be located at its vessel facility in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Harvey Gulf operates LNG-fuelled Offshore Supply Vessels and has just placed an order for its sixth OSV. Altogether the company...

Leading UK bio-fuel supplier Gasrec has teamed up with global heavy-duty truck manufacturer Volvo Trucks to help business customers cut haulage costs and reduce carbon emissions.  The two companies will co-operate commercially and technically to increase the availability and promote the use of gas vehicles in the UK. Gasrec is Europe’s largest supplier of Bio-LNG; a blend of liquefied natural gas...

An MNGL fueling facility in Pune Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL), a joint venture company of GAIL (India) Ltd. and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, is reported by Times of India as planning to set up an additional 15 to 20 Compressed natural gas (CNG) outlets across the cities of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad in the State of Maharashtra in India’s west. Responding to increased demand for CNG,...