OREANDA-NEWS. April 02, 2012. The delegation of JSOC Bashneft visited KAMAZ in order to see CNG vehicles produced there.

The guests visited the facilities of the service center of RariTEK – KAMAZ’s official partner producing CNG vehicles certivied according to OJSC KAMAZ’s standards, saw its shops, areas and equipment for maintenance and repair of gas and diesel vehicles.

The delegation was presented KAMAZ production vehicles equipped with RariTEK’s gas equipment running on compressed natural gas – methane. The guests’ attention was attracted by a new CNG vehicle model – the KAMAZ-65116-34 bolster-type tractor equipped with a 300 hp KAMAZ gas engine, a ZF gearbox produced by ZF KAMA JV, a restyled cab, and an Askan built-in diagnostic device.

In conclusion, the guests saw the presentation of a mobile service center for maintenance of CNG equipment and the BI-100 CNG filling station the operation of which enables to halve the cost of methane as automobile fuel, down to four roubles per cbm.