By Kamarul Yunus, New Straits Times
June 7, 2008


KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas, through its subsidiary, Pet-ronas NGV Sdn Bhd, plans to open another 200 petrol stations, including several dedicated kiosks, to supply natural gas for vehicles (NGV) by year-end.

At present, there is only one dedicated NGV station located in Kampung Baru here.

"We plan to open another 200 kiosks, a mix between dedicated stations and NGV pumps installed at Petronas' existing petrol stations this year," a Petronas spokesmansaid.

Currently, there are 39 Petronas stations equipped with facilities to retail NGV.

Petronas NGV is being entrusted with the job of promoting the use of natural gas as a cleaner fuel for the transportation sector.
Apart from providing facilities to retail NGV at the service stations, Petronas NGV also launched Enviro 2000, NGV taxis.

Demand for NGV is said to be increasing among car users, especially with the recent increase in the price of petrol and diesel. The price of petrol and diesel increased by 78 sen and RM1 per litre respectively from Thursday while the price of natural gas