CNG Sector Falls Victim to Policymakers’ Indifference

The current daily consumption of compressed natural gas would have tripled over the last few years if policymakers had not failed to promote CNG-related schemes, a member of the CNG Trade Union of Iran said.
“The more CNG is used, the less gasoline will be consumed and the resultant surplus can be exported to foreign markets, earning at least $1 for each liter,” Mahmoud Qasemi was also quoted as saying by ISNA.
The current daily CNG consumption is around 20 million cubic meters that can approach 60 million cubic meters if decision-makers support initiatives to expand infrastructures and CNG use in heavy and light vehicles, he added.
The official noted that if the CNG sector had received the attention it deserved, the National Iranian Oil Company would not have faced the massive gasoline deficit that is widening by the day.