Call for Expanding CNG Use

Retrofitting vehicles, especially vans, with compressed natural gas can substantially cut fuel costs, head of the CNG Department of state-run National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said.
“A van uses at least 750 liters of gasoline per month that costs 19 million rials ($64). CNG (750 cubic meters/month) costs 3.8 million rials ($12) and helps save $52,” Mohammad Hossein Baqeri was quoted as saying by IRNA.
Each cubic meter of CNG is sold for 5,000 rials (1.6 cents) and a liter of subsidized gasoline costs 15,000 rials (5 cents) and non-subsidized fuel 30,000 rials (10 cents).