Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy launches NGV project in La Guajira

As part of the initiative, La Guajira Department and Riohacha Municipality will assume the cost of converting a fleet of 500 taxis to CNG. Besides, there will be support from Ecopetrol-Chevron, as gas suppliers, Promigas as a carrier, Gases de La Guajira as a distributor and Terpel, which will install a filling station, while all companies will subsidize their rates to make the plan feasible.

“This is a first step, the next stage includes bringing this program to the Cesar Department to achieve full coverage of NGV service in the Caribbean region,” said the minister, and also added that the goal is to scale the initiative to the whole country, to double the number of vehicles running on natural gas.

Moreover, the Mayor of Riohacha stated: “We waited for many years to have CNG fuel, mainly because here we have the gas reserves that serve the entire country. The pilot in the capital city of La Guajira will have a beneficial impact for some 232,000 people, but the aim is that in the very near future most citizen of the department can benefit.”

It is worth adding that in this favorable context for the industry, NGV2013 Colombia, an international conference and exhibition on Natural Gas Vehicle, will take place on November 6-8 at Las Americas Resort & Centro de Convenciones in Cartagena.

Source: Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy