Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced Saturday that it has launched the first mobile station to supply cars with compressed natural gas, as part of the petroleum sector’s efforts to provide natural gas to vehicles across the country. According to Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek al-Molla, this falls within an initiative to expand the use of cars that run with natural gas instead of gasoline. He added that the current target is to increase the number of natural gas supply stations to 1,000 nationwide within one year, instead of 250 when it was first launched. Following the deployment of the first mobile natural gas station, Molla sad that ten more be deployed successively in time. Natural gas services are also being introduced in gasoline and diesel fuel stations to provide all alternatives and services to citizens.

Source: Egypt Independent April 10, 2021 14:37 UTC