A partnership with Chesapeake and an “Empower Louisiana” grant from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources paid for the compressor equipment and dispensers at the filling station, reported Shreveport Times.
A number of oil and gas companies working in the shale region already have converted portions of their fleet vehicles to CNG. According to Lott Oil spokesman David Dollar, his firm has converted four of its trucks to bi-fuel with the cost expected to be recouped within 10 months through fuel savings. In addition, the DeSoto Parish School System this year will become the first school district in the state to convert some of its buses to natural gas.
Other CNG pumps are located in Red River and Bossier parishes, but those initially opened for private use.