Gazprom launches six gas filling stations in five Russian regions

The aggregate design capacity is 37.8 million cubic meters of gas per year, being able to provide fuel to about 1,500 vehicles of various types every day.

Russia’s giant gas company Gazprom held at St. Petersburg International Gas Forum 2021 the commissioning ceremony for six compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations located in five Russian regions, according to a company’s press release.

Locations are Maikop (Republic of Adygea), Karamaskaly (Republic of Bashkortostan), Akhtubinsk and Seitovka (Astrakhan Region), Kemerovo (Kemerovo Region), and Millerovo (Rostov Region).

For Akhtubinsk, Karamaskaly, Millerovo, and Seitovka, the CNG stations are the first facilities of its kind built in these localities.

The aggregate design capacity of the newly launched stations is 37.8 million cubic meters of gas per year, being able to provide fuel to about 1,500 vehicles of various types – passenger transport, municipal vehicles, and taxis – every day.

All of the new stations are situated within the boundaries of the respective localities while also having convenient exits to federal and regional highways, says Gazprom.

For instance, the stations now serve as additional CNG filling points on the routes that link the Republic of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Chelyabinsk Region, the Astrakhan and Vologda Regions, the Kemerovo and Tomsk Regions, and the Rostov and Voronezh Regions.