Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Distribution has opened its first CNG-only service station in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The traditional Al Zahia petrol station on Al Falah Street in Abu Dhabi has undergone a comprehensive renovation and now provides natural gas vehicles with quick and easy access to the heart of the capital.
The company has been providing this alternative fuel in its station network for more than 10 years, as the first car was converted to run on natural gas in September 2010. So far, more than 10,000 vehicles have been converted to run on natural gas throughout the region.
“The demand for compressed natural gas has steadily increased in recent years, whether from large companies, including taxi companies, or from ordinary consumers.
The new station aims to provide comfortable and easy access in the centre of the capital to supply CNG, and it contains four pumps.
We now have seven service stations that provide CNG in Abu Dhabi, and many other stations across the country,” said Badr Saeed Al Lamki, CEO of ADNOC Distribution.
The recently inaugurated station is one of 30 sites where CNG is currently available across the UAE, and is part of a strategic move of CNG supply sites to suitable and better equipped locations - giving drivers of natural gas vehicles a wider choice of supplies.