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  With
a vision of implementing Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV)
Programs in Asian countries, the ASEAN-New Zealand
Economic Cooperation Program has extended financial
and technical assistance to member countries to
undertake a study on natural gas use for transport.
The
project took off in 1994 as a collaborative endeavor
among local and lead energy agencies to look into
the potential of natural gas as an alternative fuel
to diesel in the transport sector.
Project
Implementors
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Implementing
Agency
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 Department
of Energy (DOE) Energy Utilization
Management Bureau Conventional Energy
Division
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Co-implementing
Agency
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 Philippine
National Oil Company - Energy Development
Corporation Energy Research and Development
Center (PNOC-EDC-ERDC)
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Cooperating
Agency
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Philippine
National Oil Company- Exploration
Corporation (PNOC-EC)
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Coordinating
Agency
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 Department
of Science and Technology- Philippine
Council for Industry and Energy Research and
Development (DOST-PCIERD)
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Funding
Agency
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ASEAN-New
Zealand DOST-PCIERD
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Benefits
of the Study
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Reduction
of vehicular emissions
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Reduction
of high health risk among commuting public
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Development
of an alternative fuel to diesel in the
transport sector
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Fostering
of international cooperation
Natural
gas' potential to reduce the country's dependence on
imported oil and its characteristic as a clean
burning fuel are incentives for government to embark
on gas market expansion such that by the turn of the
decade, natural gas will form a significant
component in the energy mix.
As part
of this study, a diesel-fuelled Isuzu Hi-Lander was
converted to natural gas fuelling. The NGV has been
road-tested covering a 15,000 kilometer distance and
yielded encouraging test
results.
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