"Turkey's Step Forward for a Clean Air Project in Istanbul and Ankara
Distribution Source : PRNewswire
Date : Wednesday - February 02, 2005
LONDON, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- On the 14th of January 2005 a delegation of Avrasya Energji, the Istanbul-based Turkish Company operating in the compressed natural gas distribution, signed an agreement in London with Paget Investment Limited for the purchase of PAGET(R) Machinery and Equipment for compressing and distributing natural gas through a chain of CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Refuelling Stations to be installed in the largest cities such as Istanbul and Ankara.
Natural gas in Turkey is increasingly becoming a prime energy resource very much available with the recent completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) gas pipeline.
Environmentalists in Istanbul and Ankara welcomed the move which is the first initiative of Turkey towards the reduction of air pollution by using Natural Gas as alternative fuel for the automotive industry; the move is also in line with the European Union Directive on alternative fuels for road transportation."
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