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To CNG or not to CNG

 
BY JACK MONEY | Published: November 23, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Will your next car be powered by natural gas?

That’s up to you.

More and more people are making that choice, proponents of using the fuel to power our nation’s transportation system say. "Business is booming,” said Tom Sewell, president of Tulsa Gas Technologies.

photo - Chesapeake Energy Corp. has 11 vehicles in service that are running on CNG, and it hopes to have 150 out of its fleet of 350 converted by this time next year. PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. has 11 vehicles in service that are running on CNG, and it hopes to have 150 out of its fleet of 350 converted by this time next year. PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP.

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Web sites with more information:

→Federal: www.irs.gov/businesses/article/0,,id=175456,00.html.

→State: www.tulsagastech.com/links.html.


• Compressed natural gas fueling stations: www.ok cleancities.org

Before 2005 and the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, there was steady business for the company, particularly in parts of the world outside the U.S., where using natural gas to power vehicles is a way of life. Since then, though, "our phones have been ringing non-stop” from potential U.S. customers who worry about escalating prices for gasoline and diesel fuels, Sewell said.

"Even today, with those fuels getting cheaper, everyone still knows that something simple like a misspoken word in the news or a terrorist attack or a weather event can make fuel costs go up overnight,” he said.

"And natural gas is just not as volatile as the oil market can be. We have tremendous reserves, just look at what Chesapeake’s booked alone.”

Sewell’s Tulsa Gas Technologies has built fueling systems around the world, including one that handles 8,500 buses a day in New Delhi, India.

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