USA: Apache Provides CNG Vehicles Conversion for Six Non-Profit Organizations

Apache Corporation announced that it has selected six non-profit organizations and two local municipalities to each receive a free vehicle conversion to natural gas power.

The donations, which include a gift card for a one-year supply of compressed natural gas (CNG) for each of the newly converted vehicles, were made possible through Apache’s Community & Neighborhood Giving program, a philanthropic arm of Apache’s Central Region operations based in Tulsa.

“Apache employees have not only called Oklahoma home for more than 50 years, they have also been very involved in their communities,” said Rob Johnston, Apache central region vice president. “The organizations we are assisting aren’t big budget organizations, so providing vehicles that run on cheap, abundant natural gas is a huge plus for them, both economically and in helping them to keep Oklahoma’s air clean.”

There are currently more than 120,000 natural gas vehicles on America’s roads today and more than 15 million worldwide, according to Natural Gas Vehicles for America. Industry data shows that vehicular natural gas nearly doubled between 2003 and 2009. In 2011, natural gas displaced more than 360 million gasoline gallon equivalents. The International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles estimates that there will be more than 50 million natural gas vehicles worldwide within the next 10 years, or about 9 percent of the world transportation fleets.

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LNG World News Staff, July 17, 2013