RTA Signs Deal with Emirates Gas for Supplying

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) signed an agreement with Emirates Gas, a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Co. Ltd (ENOC) to convert three engines of abras and supply them with the compressed natural gas (CNG) instead of diesel in accordance with the technical standards set on this regard.The agreement has been signed on behalf of RTA by Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman and Executive Director, and on behalf of Emirates Gas by Hussain Sultan, Chief Executive of ENOC Group.This agreement stems out of desire of RTA and Emirates Gas to conduct experiments and studies about operating abras on compressed natural gas (CNG) instead of diesel, due to the enormous benefits of using natural gas in terms of economic and environmental aspects and thus slashing the cost of fuel and reducing the environmental pollution.According to the agreement, RTA will specify three abras for operation on natural gas after securing agreements with their respective owners. Continue to the full story from source.