NGV Gas Stations face closure in Pattaya and around Thailand

PATTAYA: -- Earlier this week, the PTT Public Company Limited announced that it will temporarily close 38 NGV Stations in 8 Provinces around Thailand, including here in Chonburi Province. This news concerned thousands of NGV users who have converted their vehicles so they can use this cheap form of fuel. A press release stated that the rising demand for natural gas in the country had prompted the company to improve its gas production process in its natural gas fields in the Gulf of Thailand. PTT has started to install a gas quality control system at both NGV mother and daughter stations in a bid to maintain the high quality of its NGV

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-- Pattaya One

2010-07-24

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then to charge more money for it

I thought it was LNG Liquid Natural Gas

Some bikkering posts removed.

And for further clarity it's CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) you buy at such stations, but PTT in it's infinite wisdom decided to market it as NGV.

So indeed most people in Thailand will know the places as NGV stations.

Rather strange decision indeed, to close some stations down, as the most important factor to make NGV (CNG) viable, is by having many filling stations, basically due to the limited range you can get out of one filling.

I thought it was LNG Liquid Natural Gas

CNG is compressed gas. Compressed at very high pressures to make the tank in your car contain a usable amount.

The only way to make the above gas liquid is by freezing it (-260 degrees F). Then they call it indeed LNG! 1 liter of LNG can expand to about 600 liters of CNG. Practical to transport in big ships, but not in a car!

LPG on the other hand becomes liquid at a very low pressure, so you can store a lot of it at low pressure in a relative small tank, due to the fact that 1 liter of liquid LPG (at 8 bar) expands to about 250 liters of gas at regular atmospheric pressure!

LPG is a byproduct of oil, hence the name (Liquefied Petroleum Gas).

CNG is a gas (Methane) extracted directly from the earth in gas form.

I thought it was LNG Liquid Natural Gas

CNG is compressed gas....

Seems that you are not a "slightly retarded member" after all.

Sounds like a whole load of gas to me, from my place of origin, Canberra has a whole lota gas , maybe they can tap in.

NGV stands for Natural Gas Vehicles there fore NGV Staions = ?<BR><BR>Not rocket scientry

Reading the report it just looks as if they have got ahead of themselves and they can't properly supply their own stations:

.......the installation process is not yet completed. All the stations are expected to gradually be back in service within the beginning of October this year. We spoke with Khun Surachai, the owner of a local NGV station who stated that there were currently 3 NGV stations in Pattaya. He anticipates that these stations will not be affected as they received their gas from a supplier in Ban Beung which is located in Chonburi District.

Talking to a freind and informs me that she can still get gas from PTT stations in Pattaya, says there is 2 in Naklua, and one on Sukkumivit Rd, can't tell you exact locations, maybe someone else can..

Demand rising, so close some stations indefinitely... classic.

They should have one or two crews setting up the systems

and doing a quick turn over transition sequentially around the country.

But that would be logical...