Lpg Market

[nilsen077]

Hi,

I just wanted to ask about the situation in LPG market in Thailand. Is it good or bad? How are you installers doing? And you distributors? Any positive news?

Please let me know.

Regards!

[Who, me ?]

Hi,

I just wanted to ask about the situation in LPG market in Thailand. Is it good or bad? How are you installers doing? And you distributors? Any positive news?

Please let me know.

Regards!

do you intend to run a lpg related business?

[nilsen077]

Well, I've been thinking about it... I have a representative in Thailand but having my own business is a tempting issue... Is the Thai market going well? I mean LPG market.

Regards.

[Plus]

You are about two years behind, there are LPG installers on every corner.

It was a real craze when gasoline prices were high, now the market is saturated, I think.

Taxis cannot install LPG anymore, only NGV, old cars have been happily converted, too. New vehicles come with warranty and not many people want to mess with that, and new cars run on e10 and e20 that are cheap.

[katabeachbum]

You are about two years behind, there are LPG installers on every corner.

It was a real craze when gasoline prices were high, now the market is saturated, I think.

Taxis cannot install LPG anymore, only NGV, old cars have been happily converted, too. New vehicles come with warranty and not many people want to mess with that, and new cars run on e10 and e20 that are cheap.

LPG is currently subsidised by government and PTT. This is to end, and LPG will increase approx 30% in price.

Government want vehicles to run CNG rather than LPG.

[Plus]

It's not that simple. Thailand has domestic supplies of LPG and it imports the rest. Domestic LPG is cheaper and doesn't need a huge subsidy.

Overall usage is split in three nearly equal parts - cooking gas, transport, and industrial.

Cheap domestic supplies can probably cover cooking gas and transport, and industrial demand served by imports.

Either way - LPG is a better established and developed fuel. CNG/NGV depends on govt promotions, and there's only one company distributing it, PTT, and it doesn't want to invest in distribution channels all by itself. So, if there are, like, two CNG stations in the whole of North East - tough luck, no one can help you.

Privately owned LPG trucks, on the other hand, can supply it everywhere, it's not as technically difficult as dealing with higher compression CNG.

[nilsen077]

It's not that simple. Thailand has domestic supplies of LPG and it imports the rest. Domestic LPG is cheaper and doesn't need a huge subsidy.

Overall usage is split in three nearly equal parts - cooking gas, transport, and industrial.

Cheap domestic supplies can probably cover cooking gas and transport, and industrial demand served by imports.

Either way - LPG is a better established and developed fuel. CNG/NGV depends on govt promotions, and there's only one company distributing it, PTT, and it doesn't want to invest in distribution channels all by itself. So, if there are, like, two CNG stations in the whole of North East - tough luck, no one can help you.

Privately owned LPG trucks, on the other hand, can supply it everywhere, it's not as technically difficult as dealing with higher compression CNG.

Thanks Plus - that's what I needed to know. Do you know any big wholesales or distributors in Thaniland? Maybe it's a good idea to contact them? What do you think?

Best regards.