Shell to sell CNG in select service stations

The Shell group of companies in the Philippines will finally start selling compressed natural gas (CNG) by the end of October, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said. Reyes said that Shell Country Chairman Edgar Chua himself had made a “firm commitment” to start selling CNG to buses plying the Batangas-Manila route. The operation of Shell’s CNG refilling stations is part of the government’s Natural Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport (NGVPPT), a seven-year pilot program that will peg the price of CNG at P14.52 a liter (US$ .32), less than half the price of diesel, for participating bus operators. (August 14, 2007)