OMV Petrom has entered a partnership with Vulcangas Romania for opening liquefied and compressed natural gas filling stations. The first one is expected to be operational in 2025 and will be installed at a Petrom filling station located in Chitila Sat, Ilfov County. This station will supply light and heavy transportation vehicles. Other future filling stations will be installed depending on the evolution of LNG and CNG demand in Romania.

Vulcangas Romania is a subsidiary of an Italian supplier of natural gas and automotive LPG solutions, Società Italiana Gas Liquidi S.P.A. The company opened its renewable energy division and since 2013 its liquefied natural gas (LNG) division. Only two years later, in 2015, it opened its first LNG station by upgrading its own conventional fuel station in Rimini.

In 2018, it launched its own fuel card for vehicles running on liquefied natural gas or compressed natural gas, the Vulcancard. Today, Vulcangas, the owner of several LNG delivery stations in Italy and abroad, is the first Italian operator for the sale of LNG, with more than 7,500 tons per month.

Through this partnership, OMV Petrom continues to diversify its mobility offer for medium and long-distance freight transport, by supporting the growth of the LNG and CNG market, says Radu Căprău, member of the OMV Petrom Executive Board, responsible for Refining and Marketing. „ Natural gas can be a viable option for the transition to cleaner transportation”, he says.

LNG/CNG freight transportation generates approximately 15% less CO2 emissions, 50% less SOx emissions and almost no heavy particulate emissions. A truck fueled by LNG/CNG can benefit from an autonomy of up to 1,600 kilometers.

According to Constantino Amadei, administrator of Vulcangas România, the company aims to become, together with OMV Petrom, “important players on the Romanian liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas market.”