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Volume 1 • #2 • Number 2 • December 2005

Asia PacificNGV market overview

KoreaOEM buses CNG/diesel prices comparison

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Summary

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Asia Pacific NGVmarket overview

Asia Pacific is a region where NGV

future is very promising...

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Thailand

A general CNG overviewin the country

Mr Manop R. Both, of PTT PublicCompany prepared an extensive

presentation about the CNG situation and perspectives in the

country.We publish part of hiswork.

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PhilippineNGV Program

15 Sustainable Transport workshop in Asian cities

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Pakistan: Conex-2005Conference and Exhibition

21NGV history in (South) Korea

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OEM NGV Price Advantagecomparison - Korea

17 News, Products & Technology

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Korean NGV according to local companies

18 StatisticsAsia figures

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Copies distribution

We print and mail to 21 countries about 1500 copiesaddressed to governmental related offices, OEM & Oil companies, Associations, NGVindustries, refuelling stations,workshops and suppliers,according the following list(some figures rounded):

Armenia = 0,5%Australia = 4%Bangladesh = 6%Brunei Darussalam = 0,2%India = 14%

Indonesia = 2%Iran = 8%Israel = 0,5%Japan = 7%Korea = 9%Malaysia = 7%New Zealand = 0.2%Pakistan = 8%Philippines = 3%P. R. China = 14,4%Singapore = 3%Sri Lanka = 0.2%Taiwan = 1%Thailand = 7%Turkey = 3%United Arab Emirates = 2%

In addition, the magazine issent to thousands more readersby e-mail (.pdf) and is alsoonline in www.ngvgroup.com

If your NGV business is in Asia,advertise with us.

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Natural gas vehiclesthe Australian scene

Think of a country with limited and declining reserves of crude oil, and therefore a country with a growing

dependence on increasingly expensivepetroleum imports from the

international market...

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more buses/year and hascreated 2 exclusive lines forCNG buses in Jakarta city.Mo-re CNG bus lines and 5 refue-lling stations are being plan-ned.

Thailand plans to order aspecial high-deck bus (3,8 m)to allow more space for lug-gage and standing people.The Prime Minister Mr. Tak-sim is actively promotingNGV use. He aims to have 70NG stations by the end of2005 and an additional of 100stations/year since 2006. Atender of 1,000 units of citybuses (alternative CNG) willbe announced soon.

Kuala Lumpur city in Ma-laysia has ordered 11 CNGbuses after the bus operatorsof 2 sample re-powered busesreported to be satisfied withDaewoo buses performance.

Asia Pacific is a regionwhere NGV future isvery promising. This

market is not only growingvery rapidly and experien-cing re-awakenings in theNGV industry, but it alsoowns many high quality andvaluable products for NGVsand refuelling stations. Inshort, these are some of therecent plans and develop-ments:

As Malaysia, Indonesia andThailand have a lot of NG re-serves, it is a natural and wisedecision that the govern-ments choose to promoteNGV use.

The Indonesian govern-ment has received 2 sampleCNG buses from Daewoo BusKorea and has ordered for>60 more OEM units.The go-vernment set a target for 100

The local government of Pu-trajaya city in Malaysia an-nounced that only "clean" bu-ses are allowed to operate inthe city,banning diesel buses:have placed an order for 55Daewoo’s CNG city buses.

Malaysian government hasalso targeted 300 more CNGbuses/year to have 1,000methane buses by 2008 plusa minimum of 30 additionalfuelling stations/year.

After Singapore govern-ment realised that from03.00-05.00 p.m. the PM level(small particles) increases inthe city, they decided to up-grade all diesel buses to EU-RO 4 emission standard(which is very expensive) orreplace/retrofit them toCNG.Another big project willalso follow soon (do not missthe story in our next edition).

Philippines got one samplere-powered CNG bus and hasordered 10 more OEM units.To elevate the NGV program-me, a high investment on in-frastructure is needed.

In 2004, Taipei city in Tai-wan has received 2 sampleunits from Daewoo and 2 mo-re from Renault. As there arenot enough NG infrastructu-re, the activity in Taiwan isslowed down.

In Korea, the governmenthas provided a special CNGbus line in Seoul city since1st July 2004. Both Hyundaiand Daewoo supplies CNGbuses to comply with the go-vernment year 2020 target(23.000 buses) while

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KwangShin provides com-pressors for 440 targeted re-fuelling stations. So far, theKorean alternative fuel vehi-cle market is divided intotwo: CNG for buses and LPGfor taxis.

On the other hand, Chine-se CNG bus market is domi-nated by American busesfrom around 7 years ago; Pre-sident Bush has donated1.000 Cummins CNG busesas a gift during his visit to thecountry. Beijing city in Chinais well known as a city withthe largest CNG bus fleet in-ternationally.

Meanwhile, Japan NGVmarket is very unique as theindustry and the governmentcreated specific standardswhich, so far, can be feasiblymet by Japanese producersonly. So far, Japan industry isself sufficient whereas mostNGV related products aresupplied by Japanese manu-facturers only. However, Ja-pan has a plan to approachoverseas manufacturers to in-crease NGV use.

Also, at the end of their11th meeting, authorities rela-ted to the energy sector of theAssociation of Southeast AsianNations (Ansea) said strongsupport will be given to alter-native fuels, among whichCNG has a leading role.

The countries which arepart of this organization areIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapo-re, Thailand, Philippines, Bru-nei, Myanmar, Cambodia,Laos, and Vietnam.

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Pemerintah kota KualaLumpur city di Malaysia telahmemesan 11 CNG bus setelahoperator bus melaporkan ke-hebatan CNG bus buatanDaewoo selama rtest run. Pe-merintah lokal dari kota Pu-trajaya di Malaysia mengu-mumkan bahwa bus berba-han bakar "bersih" diperbo-lehkan beroperasi di dalamkota dan telah memesan 55CNG bus dari Korea. Dengandemikian, diesel bus tidak di-perbolehkan beroperasi dikota Putrajaya.

Malaysia juga menargetkanuntuk menambah 300 CNGbus/tahun dengan tujuanmengoperasikan 1,000 met-han bus di tahun 2008, plusminimum tambahan 30 gasstation/tahun

Setelah pemerintah Singa-pore menyadari kenaikan PMlevel (debu polusi dari kenda-raan)dari jam 15.00-17.00 diSingapore, pemerintah me-mutuskan untuk meng-upgra-de semua diesel bus supayamemenuhi EURO 4 standardpolusi (yang akan memerlu-kan biaya yang sangat besar)atau mengganti diesel busdengan CNG bus.Sebuah pro-yek besar lainnya sedang di-rencanakan (jangan lewatkanedisi berikut dari Asian NGVCommunications)

Pemerintah Filipina telahmenerima sebuah sampleCNG re-powered bus dari Ko-rea dan telah memesan 10unit tambahan. Untuk menyu-port program NGV, invest-ment di bidang infrastruktursangatlah diperlukan.

Di tahun 2004, kota Taipeicity di Taiwan telah menerima4 sample unit CNG bus dariDaewoo dan Renault. Padasaat ini, aktifitas NGV di Tai-wan tidak sebagus yang diha-rapkan karena infrastrukturgas alam belum mencukupi.

Di Korea, pemerintah telahmenyediakan sebuah jalur

Asia adalah regio dimana masa depanNGV (kendaraan

berbahan bakar gas alam) san-gatlah menjanjikan. Regio iniberkembang dengan sangatcepat dan sedang mengalamikebangkitan dalam bidangNGV. Asia juga mampunyaiproduk-produk berkualitastinggi seperti kendaraan ber-bahan bakar natural gas danproduk untuk gas station. Dibawah ini, kami menyajikangambaran tentang rencanapengembangan di industriNGV dalam jangka pendek.

Malaysia, Indonesia danThailand mempunyai banyaksumber daya gas alam. Olehkarena itu, sangatlah bijaksa-na dan lumrah jika ketiga ne-gara tersebut mempromosi-kan kegunaan gas alam (NG:natural gas) di bidang trans-portasi. Pemerintah Indone-sia telah mengoperasikan 2sample unit CNG (compres-sed natural gas) bus di kota Ja-karta. Indonesia telah meme-san lebih dari 60 CNG bus da-ri Korea. Sekitar 100 CNGbus/tahun akan ditambahkanpada armada transport bus.Pemerintah Jakarta telahmenyediakan 2 jalur bus khu-sus telah disediakan di kotaJakarta. Di masa depan, tama-bahan jalur khusus akan dise-diakan untuk CNG bus dan 5tank station untuk natural gasakan dibuka.

Thailand bernecana untukmemesan high-deck bus (3,8m). Bus ini akan mempunyaitempat duduk dan rauangberdiri yang lebih leluasa.Perdana Menteri Taksim se-dang aktif mempromosikankegunaan NGV. Perdana Men-terin menargetkan untukmempunyai 70 gas station diakhir tahun 2005 serta mem-promosikan tambahan 100gas station/tahun sejak tahun2006. Sebuah tender untuk1,000 unit bus (alternatifCNG) akan segera diumum-kan.

Gambaran pangsa pasar NGV di Asia khusus untuk CNG bus di ko-ta Seoul sejak 1 Juli 2004.Hyundai dan Daewoo mem-produksi CNG bus dan beru-saha memenuhi target peme-rintah untuk tahun 2020(23.000 bus). KwangShinmenyediakan kompressor un-tuk memenuhi target 440 gasstation. Sejauh ini, pasar ken-daraan berbahan bakar alter-natif (alternative fuel vehicle)di Korea dibagi dua: CNG un-tuk bus dan LPG untuk taxi.

Pasar CNG bus di Cina di-dominasi oleh bus buatanAmerika ketika PresidentBush menghadiahkan 1,000Cummins CNG bus 7 tahunyang lalu. Kota Beijing sanga-tlah terkenal sebagai kotadengan armada CNG bus ter-besar di dunia.

Sementara itu, pasar NGVdi Jepang sangatlah unik. Pe-merintah Jepang mengeluar-

kan mandat khusus untukNGV dan gas station standar-disasi yang mana, sampaisaaat ini, hanya bisa dipenuhioleh produser-produser Je-pang. Meskipun demikian, Je-pang merencanakan untukmeng-approach produser-produser luar negeri untukmemasuki pasar Jepang danmeningkatkan kegunaanNGV di negara tersebut.

Juga, pejabat-pejabat sehu-bungan dengan enerji sektordari Asosiasi Negara AsiaTenggara (Ansea) di akhirmeeting mereka menyatakankesediaannya untuk mensu-port alternative fuels,yangmana CNG memegang pera-nan penting di industri ini.

Negara-negara yang berpar-tisipasi dalam meeting iniadalah Indonesia, Malaysia,Singapore, Thailand, Filipina,Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia,Laos, dan Vietnam.

ThailandA general CNG overview in the country

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Mr Manop R. Both, of PTT Public Company prepared an extensive presentation about the CNGsituation and perspectives in the country. We publish part of his work.

The Thai Ministry ofCommunica t ionsand Transport has an-

nounced its intention to in-troduce 100 units of new na-tural gas vans for public trans-port use, stated while inter-viewed Mrs. Weena T-Chai-Anun from the NGV Dept. ofPTT.

This 2005 programme hasbeen started by operating 20unit vans in Bangkok TrainStation on 7 December 2005.

Following the Prime Minis-ter Taksim’s efforts to promo-te more widely the use ofNGV, the Ministry of Energy,Finance, Environment andCommunications & Transporthave worked together defi-ning tax exemptions on NGVand NG fuelling stationequipment.

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The import duty exemp-tions include: 0% import dutytax on CNG conversion kitsand cylinders, reduced taxup till only 3% tax for CNGcompressors and 1% for dis-

pensers and quality panels ofNG refuelling stations.

Also, BMTA--Bangkok’s pu-blic bus operator—set a targetto replace 4.000 units of itsbuses with NG buses in 2006.

Introducing natural gas vans in Thailand

Weena T-Chai-Anun

Natural gas vehiclesthe Australian scene

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By Noel Child*

The ScenarioThink of a country with li-

mited and declining reservesof crude oil, and therefore acountry with a growing de-pendence on increasinglyexpensive petroleum im-ports from the internationalmarket.

Think of a country with aland mass similar to conti-nental USA and China, butwith a population of only 20million, concentrated in cityand regional centres separa-ted by very significant dis-tances.

Think of a country with avery high - maybe dange-rously high - level of depen-dence on road transport forthe movement of both peo-ple and goods.

Think of this same coun-try as one having very gene-rous indigenous reserves ofnatural gas.

Here, surely, are the per-fect conditions for the use ofnatural gas as a transportfuel, and for the emergenceof a strong NGV industry.

Think again. The countryis Australia.The year is 2005.All of these conditions apply– but natural gas plays an in-significant role as a trans-port fuel.This runs in the fa-ce of significant increases in

the use of natural gas as atransport fuel internatio-nally.

One obvious and interes-ting question is just why na-tural gas - in either its com-pressed or liquefied form -has not been used more wi-dely as a transport fuel inAustralia, and what the futu-re might hold.

Some Specific DetailAn estimate of natural gas

vehicle use in Australia isprovided in the following ta-ble.

These figures are best esti-mates – but serve to illustra-te the current situation. Na-

tural gas has enjoyed goodsuccess in the bus and for-klift truck markets, and thereare a number of highly pro-mising programs involvingnatural gas trucks throug-hout Australia. These pro-grams may provide a realfoundation for futuregrowth in the NGV truckmarket, and more details willbe provided in subsequentarticles.

However, progress in themainstream car, light com-mercial and truck marketshas been virtually non-exis-tent – certainly in terms ofcritical commercial mass.

An estimate of the aggre-

gate natural gas used by allof the vehicles listed in theabove table amounts toabout 1500 terajoules -about 0.15% in energy termsof the total fuel used by roadtransport in Australia. Diddlysquat in overall terms.

Government bus fleets cu-rrently account for morethan 80% of the natural gasthat is used in the Australiantransport sector, and this hasbeen a real positive in an ot-herwise gloomy picture.The405 natural gas buses in thegovernment fleet in Sydneyaccount for more than 1% ofthe total amount of naturalgas consumed in New South

(Numbers rounded to the nearest five)

Natural Gas Vehicles in Australia (Estimated Numbers – November 2005)

PPart 1art 1

Isuzu CNG NPR 400 Light Truck in the Waverley Council (NSW) Fleet

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Wales – a commercially sig-nificant outcome. These bu-ses have contributed to acleaner environment, and gi-ven the current gap bet-ween gas and diesel prices,should also be generatingsignificant cost savings forthe taxpayers of New SouthWales.

Somewhat inexplicablythe NSW Government an-nounced in June 2004 thatfuture bus purchases wouldbe diesel. The NSW Govern-ment currently has a tenderout for the purchase of 505buses. Maybe the implica-tions an increasingly uncer-tain global oil market willprompt a reconsideration ofthe natural gas option.

PositivesThere are a number of po-

sitives that provide hope fora viable natural gas vehicleindustry in Australia:

• Natural gas has demons-trated its operational andcommercial credentials ingovernment bus fleets th-roughout Australia. The useof natural gas continues to

grow in bus fleets in Brisba-ne,Adelaide and Perth.

• For some years, the Aus-tralian Government, throughthe Australian Greenhouseoffice, has provided effectivesubsidies for up to 50% ofthe additional cost of naturalgas compared to diesel op-tions for "heavy" vehiclesabove 4.5 tonnes.

• Natural gas is currentlybeing trialled – and usedoperationally – in a numberof private and public sectortruck fleets throughout Aus-tralia.These trials and opera-tions have involved a num-ber of natural gas vehicleand engine suppliers, a ran-ge of users, some of Austra-lia’s major gas supply com-panies, and have enjoyed thesupport of the Australian Go-vernment.

• Recent increases inworld oil prices are genera-ting a groundswell of publicinquiry about lower cost al-ternative fuels.

NegativesAt the present time, howe-

ver, these positives are offsetby a significant "flip side" ofnegatives:

• Sydney Buses, the fleetwith the largest number ofnatural gas buses in Austra-lia, has indicated that futurebus purchases will be diesel.

• Despite the welcomesuccesses of some of the na-tural gas truck trials andoperations currently run-ning in Australia, natural gastrucks are yet to establishthe perception of operatio-nal reliability necessary formarket acceptance at "criti-cal mass; levels.

• There has been no movetowards the widespread useof natural gas as a fuel in thepassenger car market, andno significant moves to-wards the establishment ofthe public refuelling net-work that would make theuse of natural gas in passen-ger cars viable on a large sca-le basis.

• Despite the continuedinterest of some players, theAustralian gas industry, as awhole, appears to have lostinterest in the NGV market.

In many cases, companieshave seen little or no returnfor many years of effort inthe NGV area, and have ma-de strategic decisions toconcentrate marketing ef-forts in other, more responsi-ve areas.

• There is no stakeholderor industry organisation inAustralia to "push" the casefor natural gas.

*By Noel Child, Child & Associates

Consultants in Trans-port, Energy and the

EnvironmentPhone: + 61 (0)2 9899

1968, fax: + 61 (0)2 98991797

Do you want to knowabout the Australian go-vernment support andthe future of NGV in-dustry in Australia? Donot miss the next AsianNGV Communicationsedition!

Dear Ita Soerijanto (*)Good day!

This refers to your email addressed to Mr. Clovis T.Tupasrequesting information/update on Philippine Natural GasVehicle Program for Public Transport i.e. NGV statistics, fuelprices, and others.

In response to your query, I would like to give you the fol-lowing details:

* 1Euro =Php 66.95 AO Oct. 7, 2005** Malampaya Natural Gas*** San Antonio Natural Gas @ 3600 psiNote: Commercial CNG buses available by November 2005

The ceremonial launching of the 1st CommercialCompressed Natural Gas (CNG) Daughter Refueling Station forthe implementation of the Natural Gas Vehicle Program forPublic Transport is tentatively scheduled on October 27, 2005.Initially, there will be five (5) commercial CNG buses. A totalof 200 CNG buses for the pilot phase are expected to arrive byfirst quarter of 2006 and will ply along the Batangas-Laguna-Manila routes.

Currently, the DOE is inviting investors to establish and oper-ate CNG refueling station and related infrastructures and facil-ities in the country.

Hope you will find everything in order.

Very truly yours,Elma T. Karunungan

Officer-in-ChargeAlternative Fuels & Energy Technology Division

(*) Asian NGV Comm. Marketing & Editorial Manager

Elma T. Karunungan Philippine NGV Program

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tightened internationally. Inaddition,NGV have similar dri-ving characteristics as ordi-nary vehicles with an exce-llent level of performance inengine noise and vibration.

Currently, domestic NGV in-clude 7.902 CNG city busesand 61 garbage trucks.Furtherdevelopment is being activelypursued through conversionof old diesel trucks to CNG,LNG vehicle development,and development of dual-fuelengines (CNG/gasoline orLPG/gasoline) for passengervehicles. Also, domestic refue-lling method has included sta-tionary or mobile CNG refue-lling stations. With the re-cently constructed LCNG re-fuelling station in Daejon city,development of a variety sta-tion such as Vehicle RefuellingAppliance (VRA) and LNG re-fuelling stations are beingcontemplated. Two moreLCNG stations are being cons-tructed in South Korea at thismoment.

Year Events1992-1997 Starting NGV development project (conducted by Ministry of Environment,Ministry of Commerce

& Industry,and Ministry of Science and Technology,initiated by Kogas).There was one CNG fuelling station and 10 CNG passenger cars.

1998-1999 Trial operation of four buses in Incheon and Ansan citiesApril 1999 Revision of the Clean Air Act (legal ground of the NGV supply programme whereas CNG fuelling

station is allowed to be built in a parking lot)August 1999 Exemptions of VAT and acquisition taxJuly 2000 CNG refuelling stations permitted in development restricted areasAugust 2000 Increase subsidies for CNG bus purchase (from 1.65 to 2.25 M Won/bus)March 2001 Corporate tax deduction for installing CNG refuelling stationsApril 2001 Tariff deduction of bus partsOctober 2001 Awards given to leading CNG bus purchase companies; daughter stations was introducedApril-September 2002 Trial operation of CNG garbage trucksSeptember 2002 Safety regulations for daughter station was developed.October 2002 ANGVA secretariat was established in Korea.December 2002 Local government were able to make a draft of mandatory requirements to supply CNG

buses. Revision of Land Planning Act allows CNG fuelling stations in residential areas)December 2003 Low emission vehicle sales and purchase was made mandatory (Special Act on Seoul

Metropolitan Air Quality Improvement).August 2004 Purchase subsidies were expanded to airport shuttles, school buses, and work buses.October 2004 Development plan to launch 5 tonnes garbage trucks by July 2005Target 2010 The government target for Korea: to replace all city bus to CNG (20.000 buses),

to operate 800 garbage trucks and 400 fuelling stations.

By KANGV, Korean NaturalGas Vehicle Association

Upon the development ofnatural gas vehicle (NGV)from 1992-1997 as a part of G-7 businesses, South Korea hasstarted its NGV activity th-rough a trial operation of CNGbuses. In order to reduce airpollution the government be-gan supplying natural gas(NG) bus in June 2000, focu-sing on Seoul, the host city ofthe World Cup Series.

The Korean governmentchose for natural gas becauseof its abundant reserve in theworld,fuel cost saving,and thelow emission level. Especiallywith its high octane causes le-vel, broad flammability limit,low un-burned hydrocarbonand CO2 emissions (both arethe primary sources of globalwarming), and no PM (smallparticle) emission, NG is themost practical solution for co-ping with gas regulations,which are being increasingly

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Mr Han Jeong in front of the Head Centre for Gas Utilisation Technology, R&D

The timeline of NGV development in Korea

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OEM NGV Price Advantagecomparison - Korea

Korean NGV according to local companies

Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd.Mr Sung-Keun Kim, GM Overseas Marketing

1.There are two main reasons to promote NGV in Korea.The one isthe air pollution and the other is the energy resource. Especially asKorea has no crude oil, alternative fuel is very important, now world-wide crude oil price increases rapidly and the total oil production isnot sufficient. "The older generation needs to teach the next genera-tion about energy concerns", Mr Kim said. Until now, there are plentyof natural gas (NG) resources in the world, whereas Korea also has asmall amount of it. Mr Kim is very optimist about the future of NGVmarket in Korea.This country is lucky for having a strong governmentsupport; lots of permanent funding and favourable policies for the in-dustry since year 2000.The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has evenrecommended the use of around 50 NGVs during the 2002 World Cupin Seoul.CNG city bus is very special in Korea, the government strong-ly promotes their use in major cities. By 2010, all city bus (23.000units) and 800 garbage trucks must run on CNG.The NGV market willkeep expanding during the next 15 years (2020) at least. After that,perhaps people will start using hydrogen vehicle.

2. Doosan Infracore (DI) has five business groups.Those are Engine& Materials, Construction Equipment, Industrial Vehicle, MachineTools & System, and Defence Industry. DI manufactures two base CNG engines for HDV application within the Engine &Materials business group: GE12TI and GE08TI which complies to EURO 3 and EURO 4 standards respectively. Both enginesare applicable for various types of buses and trucks.Those are used in new OEM and re-powered HDVs (re-powering: repla-cing the old engine with a new NG engine).

Further, DI manufactures also 5 models of NG engines for generator applications. (150kw – 410kw) Doosan CNG engines are ones of the best in the industry as they have been developed for about 10 years and are very

famous for its durability and fuel economy.Also, Doosan has an abundant operating experience as well as quality controland maintenance expertise. Its product has a compact design, higher reliability, and easier maintenance. It also provides af-ter-sales services that include technical training and end-consumer training on operation and maintenance. Doosan pro-ducts are used by many bus operators who want to enjoy economical profit. Especially Korean biggest bus company"Kyeonggi Express" that owns 3.000 city, intercity, and low-floor buses always uses Doosan products because of its exce-llent fuel economy. Its CNG engines are also used in North Africa, South America and South East Asia.

Below are the results of Asian NGV Communications interviews to 3 leading Korean NGV companies for the following questions:1. What do you think about the NGV market and industry in Korea?2. What does your company offer?

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Mr. Kim Seung Keun, GM Overseas Marketing Manager Team 1 infront of the Doosan Seul Tower

KwangShinMr Harry Kwon, C.E.O.

1.Together with other Asian countries,Korea will have a brightfuture in the NGV industry. Currently China, Japan and Korea ha-ve an established industrial market. The South Asian countrieswill follow.Within ten years from now, the market will boom andAsian NGV position could be the 1st in the world.The region,such as Korea, has the knowledge, high quality products, muchcheaper price, reliable, shorter delivery time (to other Asiancountries) than American products, for example.As oil prices in-creases more and more, at the end people do not have anotherchoice that switching to natural gas. Especially when other alter-native fuels technologies, such as Hydrogen, will not be readywithin 20-30 years from now. Hydrogen vehicle requires highstandard safety & manufacturing, but the technology will solvethe problem. It is still a question when it will be solved. Untilthen, natural gas is the solution.

2. KwangShin produces reciprocating compressors for heavyduty industries and CNG fuelling systems.KwangShin CNG com-pressors range from GEO-A, B, and C. It also provides priority pa-nel, storage cylinders, dispenser, scada system, and card key sys-tem.

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Mr. Daniel Gold and Mr. Harry Kwon

Parker Hannifin ConnectorsMr Chang Soo Shim, Automotive Sales Team Manager

1. I think NGV brings a positive effects to our people.People want clean air and government drives energypolicy into environmentally friendly fuels.We have suc-cessfully converted a diesel city bus to CNG bus. It hashelped to create cities with clean air. Moreover, the pu-blic and private sectors are investing a lot of money inhydrogen-fuel cell vehicles in the long run to developon our own innovative technology in this emergingmarket. So, CNG technology, such as high pressure andgas leak-free technology, can be transferred into thismarket.We expect that CNG market will grow up evenmore rapidly in Korea.

2. Parker Hannifin designs and manufactures pro-ducts for delivering CNG and LNG. Parker makes themost complete product package for handling CNG in-cluding fittings, filters, coupling, valves, hoses, nozzlesand receptacles.

L. to r.: Mr Shim ChangSho, Automotive Sales Team manager; Mr. Song M.G. Automotive Team Engineer; Mr K.T. Kang Engineer Manager and Mr B.R. Kang:Engineering Manager. In the middle, Ita Soerijanto, Asian NGV General Manager

Sustainable Transport Workshopemphasized the use of NG as a strategy toreduce air pollution in Asian cities

By Thirayoot Limanond,GTZ SUTP-Asia Project

Coordinator

Aworkshop "Gettingaround cities - sustai-nable urban trans-

port, air quality and integra-tion" was held from 25-26 Oc-tober at the UN ConferenceCentre in Bangkok, aiming toshowcase successful sustaina-ble transport and air qualitymanagement projects fromseveral Asian cities as bestpractices. The workshop wasjointly organized by UNES-CAP’s Transport and TourismDivision, UITP, and GTZ.

Approximately 75 partici-pants from Bangladesh, Indo-nesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakis-tan, Philippines, Singapore,Thailand, and Viet Nam , plusspeakers from Europe, Asiaand Australia attended thisworkshop. Participants inclu-de mayors, government offi-cials, academics, leading in-ternational experts in thefield, public transport opera-tors, and representatives ofinfrastructure developmentcompanies, international or-ganizations and developmentagencies.

In the two-day workshop,key aspects of transport andair quality control policies asstepping stones to sustaina-ble communities were pre-sented and put in the Asiancontext. Leading internatio-nal professionals in the fieldfirst introduced the conceptof sustainable transport andchallenges of sustainabletransport in urban areas, follo-wed by a series of successfulsustainable transport and airquality management projectsfrom several Asian cities.Such projects include the bussystem reform project andthe Cheonggyecheon publicspace restoration project inSeoul, the successful vehiclepollution control strategiesfor Bangkok, the successfulintegration of rail and bus ser-vices in Hong Kong, and thesuccess of the recently-imple-mented BRT system in Jakar-ta, etc.

In his talk on "the role of airquality monitoring infrastruc-ture in setting right alternati-ve fuel and transportation po-licies," Mr. Mahesh Patankar,Senior Project Manager of In-ternational Institute forEnergy Conservation (IIEC)

emphasized that the use ofnatural gas is one of effectivemeans in the short to me-dium term to reduce thegreen house gases emissions,in which transport sector cu-rrently contributes up to 30percent of air emission in allmetropolitans in India. A fewcities in India, such as Mum-bai, Delhi, already regulatedthe usage of compressed na-tural gas in its public transitfleet vehicles, while a few ot-

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Welcoming notes by John Moon, Senior Member of UNESCAP-TTD, Heather Allen UITP, and Juergen Koch GTZ

Axel Friedrich, Head of Environment and Transport Division, German FederalEnvironmental Agency led a discussion group on issues that appear to impede thesuccess in implementing sustainable transport projects and what can improve the situations.

her cities,such as Surat,Thaneand Pune in India are wor-king on such regulations. Mr.Mahesh’s presentation and allother presentations in theworkshop can be downloa-ded from the websiteh t t p : / / w w w . s u t -p.org/BKKWS.htm.

The views expressed in thispaper are those of the authorand do not necessarily reflectthe views of the UN ESCAPTTD, UITP nor GTZ.

PakistanConex-2005 Conference and Exhibition

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Karachi: Pakistan’smega event two-day2nd International

CNG Conex-2005 Conferenceand Exhibition concluded onSept. 22, 2005 at a local hotelin Lahore. CNG Conex-2005was organized by National Fo-rum for Environment &Health (NFEH) in collabora-tion with CNG Stations Ow-ners Association of Pakistan(CSOAP) and Happenings In-ternational.The event was pa-tronized by Ministry of Petro-leum & Natural Resources andHydrocarbon DevelopmentInstitute of Pakistan (HDIP).

On the first day, AdditionalSecretary, Ministry of Petro-leum & Natural ResourcesShoukat Hayat Durrani inau-gurate the event. In his ope-ning remarks, he said stabilityin prices of CNG would bemaintained to protect the in-terest of consumers andgrowth in this fast growingsector of the economy and noone would be allowed for un-due increase in prices ofCNG. Discovery of seven newreservoirs in past three tofour years, has added up thegas reservoirs of country andenabled it meet needs of atleast next 25 to 30 years.Thedevelopment of new gasfields has added a productionof about one billion cubicfeet daily, easing the pressureon gas supply due to fast in-creasing demand in power in-dustry, household and trans-port sectors, he mentioned.

At present, CNG is contri-buting about 6% of the totalfuels used in road transport inthe country, while there are766 CNG stations and cons-truction of more 200 is inprocess.This figure will go ri-se to 1,000 CNG stations,Shoukat Hayat Durrani added.

President CSOAP MalikKhuda Buksh said their asso-ciation decided to adjust someminor increases of CNG sup-plies from their profit and notto pass it on to the consumersuntil circumstances compe-

lled them to do so. He deman-ded elimination of roadsideworkshops providing CNGconversion facilities.

Executive Director PSO Ka-lim Siddiqui talked on "Impro-vement of safety & standardsin NGV-CNG Stations". Cu-rrently, Pakistan is importingmore than 4.2 million tonesdiesel oil annually at a cost ofaround $2.17 billion. Now, Pa-kistan has become CNG lea-der in Asia and third largestuser of CNG in the world afterArgentina and Brazil, he told.

Mr Siddiqui said PSO hadthe highest retail outlets ofCNG as well as of petrol/HSDand took the lead in creatingbranding rational to environ-mental awareness. The com-pany introduced fleet trac-king and profiling purposesand became first company to

introduce additize gasolineand diesel in Pakistan for re-duction tail pipe emissionsand making an environmentfriendly fuel, he added. In Pa-kistan, 50% energy consump-tion was on gas,while 30% onpetroleum, out of which 34%came from local crude oil.

President NFEH Naeem Qu-reshi highlighted aims and ob-jects of holding this event. Hesaid it was aimed to encoura-ge local manufacturers ofCNG equipment to provide la-test information to over 200national and international de-legates of diversified groupand allied CNG industry.

In the first technical ses-sion, General Manager HDIPKarachi, Naushab Sarwar saidthe number of CNG stationswas 150 in 1998 and with theefforts of HDIP and govern-

ment incentives, today therewere 776 CNG stations ope-rating in Pakistan.

HDIP played a very positiverole in terms of guidance,keeping a check on safety as-pects and testing of cylindersetc. to develop CNG industry.There are 0.8 million CNG ve-hicles on road and the CNGfacility is available in morethan 50 towns and cities ofcountry. Investment of Rs.18billion has been made in thissector and Rs.2 billion is in pi-peline beside creation of20,000 new jobs, he added.

Many other top NGV actorsgave presentations duringthis conference.

Minister State for Petro-leum & Natural ResourcesMir Naseer Mengal was chiefguest at concluding session.In his address, he said govern-ment was taking solid stepsto reduce import bill on pe-troleum, air pollution, promo-tion of CNG sector and provi-ding cost-effective fuel topeople. He hoped this eventwould promote CNG in-dustry and governmentwould fully support suchevents. He welcomed sugges-tions presented in the confe-rence.

General Manager HDIP S.Naushab Sarwar presentedthe recommendations of con-ference deliberations. Later,President NFEH Naeem Qu-reshi presented vote ofthanks. He announced thisevent would be organizedevery year on regular basis.

Leading Oil Marketing Com-pany PSO was the main spon-sor and Greaves Pakistan co-sponsor of the event. On theoccasion Pakistan’s first manu-factured first CNG bus (by Hi-nopak Motors Ltd) was displa-yed. Pakistan assembled firstCNG 200 CC car Alif was alsodisplayed at the exhibition,which is manufactured by lo-cal company.Many other com-panies and organisations parti-cipated in the event and dis-played their CNG products.

LtoR Mr. Sami Khan, Chairman CNG Dealers Association, Mr. Malik Khuda Buksh,Chairman CNG Station Owners Association of Pakistan, (Chief Guest) AdditionalSecretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources Shoukat Hayat Durrani, Mr. M.Naeem Qureshi, President NFEH and Mr. Khalid Iqbal, Project Director-CNG-CONEXat the Inaguration Ceremony of 2nd International CNG-CONEX2005 Lahore, Pakistan

Visitors at CNG-CONEX 2005 Exhibition Arena

After printing Asianfirst issue, have received many nice encouraging messages.We want to thankall the senders and share some of thosecomments with ourreaders.

Hi! Ita, How have you been?I received magazines. It's

great. You did good job!I looked over all and also sent

PDF files to important Koreancompanies.They showed good res-ponses, actually they've complainedto search Resources about NGVmarket in Asia region. This isgood chance for them to knowmore and definitely to be able toattract them to put their ads. I'llkeep 20 copies for you in my ca-binet, do not worry! I'm lookingforward to hearing you soon.

Have a great day!Miny. NGVI Inc. - Korea

Really most interesting, thankyou very much. Best wishes forthis new publication !

Renato Gaudio - DirectorConsortium NGV SystemItaly. www.ngvsystem.it

Dear Ita SoerijantoThank you for the copy of the

Asian Communications magazinesent last month. I think it is anexcellent magazine.

With Very Best Regards, Noel Child - Principal, Child

& Associates - Australia

Dear Ms. Soerijanto,The Asian NGV Communications

magazine is very interesting, andplease include us in the recipientlist to get the magazine regularly.

Thank you and hope we will joinefforts to do something togetherin the future. Best Regards,

Thirayoot LimanondSUTP Thailand

I hope this magazine will be po-pular. It has a united informationof the Asian NGV market.

Mr Harry KwonPresident & C.E.O. ofKwangShin - Korea

Would you please be so kind andadd…..@de.opel.com" and"……@de.opel.com" to your distri-bution list? thank you very muchand with best regards

Marianne HartzOpel - Germany

Excellent job! The magazine re-flects the exciting times we are in inthe NGV business, especially in Asia.May you have continued good luck.

Richar Dick Duffy,Public Service - Electric&Gas

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Comments on Asian NGV CommunicationsDear Sirs:

We were very pleased to receiveyour magazine, let me introduceourselves in name of Mrs. SilviaSeperack Gamboa, Manager ofthe Foreign Trade Center andDirector of the Eurocentre ofthe Lima Chamber of Commer-ce.In relation to the Expo GNVyou are organizing here in Lima,Peru and in order to participate,we would really appreciate if youcould send us a list of the con-tacts you are dealing with forthis Fair.

We are looking forward inworking with you, and we would bevery glad to. Sincerely yours,

Sara Vélez Niembro-PrietoGerencia de Comercio

Exterior Cámara de Comercio de Lima - Peru

Asian NGV Communications isvery valuable to introduce NGVproducts to other countries. Ithas good information, overview oncompanies activities,statistics,etc. This is not only my view. AllSamsung personnel in the NGV di-vision has the same opinion. Theyreally appreciate the informationpublished in this magazine.

Mr Sean JunSamsung Corporation,NGV division – Korea

- Samsung is the marke-ting representative of the 4leading NGV companies in

Korea (Daewoo, Doosan,KwangShin and NGVI)

Congratulations!Jeffrey M. Seisler

Hi Claudio.I have just seen the new Asian NGV Communications. Congratulations on another excellent contribution to the worldwide NGV industry!

Many thanks for your continued efforts -- and those of the NGVCommunications Group -- to make NGVs a reality.

All the best,Dr. Jeffrey M. SeislerExecutive DirectorEuropean Natural Gas Vehicle Association

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CNG fuel gives fleet operators the edge

Compressed natural gas(CNG) as a vehicle fuel

is well past its infancy, nowcommonly used in bus, truck,and taxi fleets and commutervehicles worldwide to redu-ce fuel costs and vehicleemissions. Globally, relianceon foreign oil supplies as wellas concerns over the risingcosts of gasoline and dieselhave driven many fleet opera-tors to turn to the long pro-ven benefits of CNG.

Besides being in abundantworldwide supply,natural gasis simple to process and deli-ver to the customer (once pi-pelines are established) andcan be purchased at retail pri-ces that are often half that ofan equivalent amount of ga-soline or diesel.As well, CNGboasts an enviable record forsafety in full-serve and self-service fueling applications.

Availability of fueling sta-tions has been the main con-cern in developing the infras-tructure needed to supportthe burgeoning demand forCNG. Users want to fill vehi-cles as quickly and reliably asthey are accustomed to withliquid fuels.

One manufacturer of CNGfueling systems has built aglobal reputation deliveringon that promise: since 1984,IMW Industries Ltd. From Ca-nada has designed and manu-factured more than 400 CNGfueling stations on five conti-nents. IMW pioneered high-capacity CNG systems withsome of the world’s largestCNG bus fleets,as well as pro-vided reliable, cost-effective

systems for thousands of taxisworldwide.The developmentof fast, efficient fueling hasallowed their customers toreap the economic and envi-ronmental benefits of usingCNG in their vehicle fleets.

IMW has spent nearly a cen-tury (first name was Ironside'sMachine and Welding) buildinga reputation as a companycommitted to the develop-ment of reliable equipmentand long-term customer satis-faction.Today, from their Cana-dian headquarters, IMW opera-tes one of the world’s leadingproduction facilities for com-plete CNG fuel systems inclu-ding compressors, dispensers,control panels, storage sys-tems, and monitoring systems.

IMW’s non-lubricated com-pressor design produces ex-tremely clean CNG whileoperating at low noise and vi-bration levels.These characte-ristics provide enhanced sys-tem life while reducing oilwaste and potential harm tonatural gas vehicles. Theirnon-lube design also provideslower overall operating coststhan comparable lubricatedcompressors, which typicallyrequire extra maintenance,filtration, oil management

The voice of one compressor manufacturer

and disposal.The customer list includes

major companies such asClean Energy (North Ameri-ca), Gas Natural Comprimido(Colombia), Petronas NGV(Malaysia), Petroleum Autho-rity of Thailand (PTT), TokyoGas (Japan), Beijing GasGroup (China), Shanghai Jiu-huan Company (China), andSASOL (South Africa).

Making the decision to im-plement CNG fueling doesnot have to be a complicatedprocess. IMW provides fleetoperators with cost-benefitanalyses, site evaluation,equipment supply, installa-tion, and training. Authorizedlocal representatives provideongoing service/parts sup-port and IMW’s factory tech-nicians are on 24-hour stand-by for equipment start-up,training, and technical sup-port.This commitment to cus-tomer service ensures thatcustomers are never far fromhelp in developing their ownsuccessful CNG programs.

IMW is continually refiningits existing equipment as wellas developing new productsfor the future. Improving effi-ciency and decreasing costare ongoing goals that keeptheir CNG systems at the fo-refront of technology andahead in the marketplace.

Excellence in CNG equip-ment and service is the keyto successful fleet implemen-tation. 20 years of real worldexperience allows us to dealwith the real issues facingfleet operators, gas utilities,and station operators and todeliver the full benefit ofCNG fuel around the world.

India

Shangai Station

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Happy 200 editions, Prensa Vehicular!

NGV Communica-tions Group startedworking back in

1988, with the publication ofPrensa Vehicular, a monthlyindependent NGV magazine,distributed in Argentina andLatin America. PV has just rea-ched its edition number 200,a historical mark.

Years later, Folha do GNV(Brazil), The Gas Vehicles Re-port, and now, Asian NGVCommunications appeared.

All of our publications havebeen inspired by the successof Prensa Vehicular, and Asianis not the exemption: edito-rial independence but withclose co-operation with NGVassociations; the voice of theneeds and proposals of the in-dustry of the sector towards

and from the government,first hand commercial infor-mation, extensive and state-of-the-art statistics…

A voice at the service of en-vironment with a straight ans-wer, here and now, throughthe promotion of the use ofNGV.

Our best regards fromKorea to our co-workers inArgentina: In Asia we are al-so celebrating the 200th is-sue of Prensa Vehicular!

Ita Soerijanto,Asian NGV

CommunicationsGeneral Manager

Seitz TopValveEUGEN SEITZ AG successfully launched the new generation of "SEITZ

TopValve" especially for the markets in P.R.China and Asia.The markets for CNG in Asia and Middle East, especially P.R. China, Pakistan and

Iran are growing.This has been one of the reasons for EUGEN SEITZ AG to estab-lish a representative office in Shanghai early 2003.With this market experience andcustomers demand EUGEN SEITZ has developed a new valve generation whichhas been introduced during the ANGVA meeting in Kuala Lumpur recently.One isthe single 2/2-way valve, NC with an orifice of 8 mm up to 250/350 bar of pres-sure.The second,of particular interest to all the manufacturers of CNG stations,wasthe first 6-valve block ever designed,which is used as priority panel in the dispenser.The block valves include non-return-valves and are optionally equipped with filters for each inlet(low, medium, high). Mr. Reto Schilling, the Product Manager said: "Since dirt, metal residues andother impurities might get into the block, we consider this concept to be a last chance filter.Experiences have shown,that this is urgently needed to help avoid func-tional problems."

As anticipated, the show has been an outstanding success forEUGEN SEITZ AG, due to this new valve design. Mrs Helen Hou,Chief Representative of the Shanghai office, emphasized this withher comment: "During the past 2 years, we have analyzed our cus-tomers` needs and summarized all commercial and technicalrequests into these valves. Due to our long-years experience, we are now notonly able to offer "state-of-the-art valves" for easy installation with less piping andfewer fittings, but also one at a very reasonable price. This has been our cus-

tomers’demand in the Asia Pacific region".In the meantime P.R.China as well as Pakistan are

the most important markets for EUGEN SEITZ AGin Asia.With the new valve generation this positionwill become even stronger.

Fifty years of experience in valve technologymakes the Swiss Company one of the leaders in thefield of high pressure valve technology (250/350bar). "When performance and reliability is crucial,EUGEN SEITZ AG is the right partner for the CNGindustry. Our representative Office in Shanghaitakes care of direct customers in China.E.SEITZ AGis certified ISO 9001:2000 standard, guaranteeingtop quality of its products", concluded Helen Hou.The office in Shanghai can be contacted as follows:

Tel:+86-21-6415 9767,email:Helen@seitz.cn

l. to r.: Matthias Duvenbeck (Area Sales Manager),Helen Hou (Shangai Office) and Reto Schilling,Product Manager, in the KL exhibition.

Top Valve B3

Top Valve S2