CNG Event: 01-04 April 2010

LPG, CNG, LNG Exhibition 2010

3rd LPG&CNG Fair will be held by Senexpo International Fairs Inc. during 01-04 April 2010 in CNR Expo Pavilions 1 and 2. In 2009, the fair was actualized with 6.959sqm net stand space, where the most important leading brands of the market met each other. 121 domestic and 32 foreign, totally 153 companies participated to the previous version of sector-specific fair; GAS TURKEY Istanbul, Turkey. The fair was visited by 9.753 local and international visitors. The fair provided promotion activities and trade opportunities to exhibitors, which contains of world\'s leading distributors, suppliers, dealers, buyers, sector specific foundations and media representatives. The professional buyers from global market visited the fair and numerous new companies have undersigned agreements for next year\'s edition. As well as global visitors and local qualified visitors called on the fair. THE GAS MARKET IN TURKEY In 2008, world LPG consumption reached 238 million tones. 50% of overall consumption occurred in the top five countries: South Korea, Japan, Poland, Turkey and Mexico. The top five producers of LPG are the U.S, Saudi Arabia, China, Russia and Canada. The Turkish LPG market continues to be significant, with annual consumption at 3.5 million tones, a level that has 5% growth rate of consumption since 2008. Turkey is the forth of the world with auto gas consumption by 9% and the second of Europe after Poland. 57% of LPG consumption in Turkey is in the auto gas segment, 36% in cylinder gas, and 7 % in the bulk gas segment. There are currently more than 2 million vehicles using LPG in Turkey. 27 % of Commercial vehicles use LPG and this number is increasing day by day.56 distributor companies and 6,500 autogas stations, almost 20,000 dealers and 115,000 employees are active in the market. The annual turnover of the sector has reached 5 billion $. Additional 10% of growth is also expected in the market. The major suppliers are Algeria, Norway, Libya, Kazakhistan, Russia, Niger. The CNG market has jumped from 1.7 million to 8 million vehicles around the world, with an average growth rate of 30.6% since 2000. The rapid growth is due largely in part to global economic factors and the current energy crisis, but is also attributed to increasing environmental awareness. Turkey, with a 35 billion m3 consumption of natural gas anually, is developing strategies to expand use of CNG vehicles in urban transportation. Currently, compressed natural gas is also popular comsumption for the public transpotation and buses. Furthermore some of the Turkish Metropolitan Municipalities like Istanbul,Ankara,Kocaeli, Kayseri has imported 964 CNG buses so far.The other municipalities would fallow them and the conversation of the buses to CNG will be the continues process in the near future. CNG vehicles are being prefered because of its economic and environmental benefits. Egegaz LNG terminal is Turkey\'s first private LNG import facility and Europe’s second largest terminal which was completed in 2002 at Aliaga near Izmir, it has a capacity of of 6.5 billion cu m (4.1 million tones/year), and two 145,000-cu m storage tanks.The terminal has been receiving its shipments of liquified Natural Gas since 2002. Currently, Turkey is seeking to diversify its natural gas imports as increased tensions with its main suppliers raise fears of shortages.Turkey is importing LNG from Algeria and Niger. Metals production and fabricating is the largest market sector for industrial gases consumptionTurkey is the 9th biggest producer of the world in iron and steel industry and one of the most important market for industrial and medical gases of the European region. Espacially renewing investments on steel and iron segment is creating a big opportunities for industrial gases sector. As a developing country, Turkey is the center of the industrial investments. Turkey is an important consumer for industrial gases and because of its significant strategic status,Turkey is also a bridge for rebuild Iraq projects and Middle East, a serious nitrogen consumer. GET Worldwide: CNG Engineering Consultancy - CNG Turnkey Station