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10-26-2009, 04:40 PM
The natural gas era has arrived in the Dominican market. As of next month, the Soluciones en Gas Natural (SGN) Company, part of the Plaza Lama Group, will inaugurate two sales points in Isla gasoline stations. The natural gas service stations will be located at the Isla stations on Maximo Gomez and John F. Kennedy avenues in Santo Domingo. The aim is to open 4 this year, the result of an agreement signed with Isla to gradually convert their stations to sell natural gas, so that all fuels are available in one place. Isla Dominicana has a nationwide chain of gasoline service stations. What is significant is not just the opening of the two new stations, but the benefits in savings for natural gas users. The Group has already begun to distribute natural gas to industries.
This way, for example, vehicular natural gas costs RD$18.09 per cubic meter.
SGN executives Miguel Guerra, Rafael Antonio Ubeda Heded and Dayanne Grullon told Diario Libre that if a driver uses LPG that costs around RD$68.00 a gallon, in order to obtain the same results with natural gas, s/he would need 2.36 cubic meters, which would cost RD$42.69, for a savings of RD$25.31. Compared to premium gasoline, which is RD$153 for a gallon, in order to have the same result, a driver would need 3.38 cubic meters, or RD$61.14 for a savings of RD$90.00. In comparison to regular diesel that costs RD$123, in order to get similar results it would take 3.68 cubic meters of VNG at a cost of RD$18.09, which is the cost at the station, or a total of RD$60.59. Another detail, which is the cost of traveling 1000 kilometers, a VNG vehicle would cost RD$1,425, premium gasoline would cost RD$3,624.93, LPG would cost RD$1,982.88 and diesel would cost RD$2,367.43.
Guerra, Ubeda and Heded said that they have informed the Ministry of Industry and Commerce that they will begin with two stations in November, but their main objective is for the government to use natural gas.
There are ten workshops for converting vehicles to run on natural gas across the country. One, PIMAX, has been authorized, according to the executives.
The other nine shops that do the work are Auto Aire Jimenez, Auto Centro Jimenez, Dominican Glass Repair, Hermanos Duran, Inversiones Penafa and Hermanos Grullon. SGN reached an agreement with Isla Dominicana to operate in their stations due to the high cost of building separate stations just to sell natural gas.
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This way, for example, vehicular natural gas costs RD$18.09 per cubic meter.
SGN executives Miguel Guerra, Rafael Antonio Ubeda Heded and Dayanne Grullon told Diario Libre that if a driver uses LPG that costs around RD$68.00 a gallon, in order to obtain the same results with natural gas, s/he would need 2.36 cubic meters, which would cost RD$42.69, for a savings of RD$25.31. Compared to premium gasoline, which is RD$153 for a gallon, in order to have the same result, a driver would need 3.38 cubic meters, or RD$61.14 for a savings of RD$90.00. In comparison to regular diesel that costs RD$123, in order to get similar results it would take 3.68 cubic meters of VNG at a cost of RD$18.09, which is the cost at the station, or a total of RD$60.59. Another detail, which is the cost of traveling 1000 kilometers, a VNG vehicle would cost RD$1,425, premium gasoline would cost RD$3,624.93, LPG would cost RD$1,982.88 and diesel would cost RD$2,367.43.
Guerra, Ubeda and Heded said that they have informed the Ministry of Industry and Commerce that they will begin with two stations in November, but their main objective is for the government to use natural gas.
There are ten workshops for converting vehicles to run on natural gas across the country. One, PIMAX, has been authorized, according to the executives.
The other nine shops that do the work are Auto Aire Jimenez, Auto Centro Jimenez, Dominican Glass Repair, Hermanos Duran, Inversiones Penafa and Hermanos Grullon. SGN reached an agreement with Isla Dominicana to operate in their stations due to the high cost of building separate stations just to sell natural gas.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)