On June 28, Gazprom VNIIGAZ, Gazprom’s scientific research institute, hosted the annual general meeting for members of Russia’s Natural Gas Vehicle Association (NGVRUS). The guests were welcomed by Chairman and Executive Director Eugene Pronin, who was re-elected at the meeting. NGVRUS has 50 member organisations working in the field of natural gas motor fuel, including more than two dozen subsidiaries of Gazprom. One of the main activities of NGVRUS in the coming period is to facilitate improvements to the regulatory framework, to create a favorable investment climate and production requirements. NGVRUS recently joined NGV Global as an Allied Association.
This article primarily compiled using information from an NGVRUS press release.
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Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) took a proactive role, featuring in two sessions at this week’s International Gas Union’s (IGU) triennial World Gas Conference (WGC 2009) held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference is a highlight of the world gas industry calendar, attracting 3,000 NGV utility and other delegates from all around the world. With Argentina the second ranked country worldwide in terms of natural gas vehicles (home to 1.7 million NGVs), Buenos Aires formed a fitting backdrop to the sessions, the first featuring the release of a three year 142 page 
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This month marks the end of an era for the IANGV with the retirement of Dr. Garth Harris, the inaugural Secretary-General of the Association. Garth has been with the IANGV since even before it was formed, having played a key role in the formation of the Association and bringing about some funding arrangements from the New Zealand government that allowed the organisation to be formed in New Zealand in 1986. Since that time Garth has held the position of Secretary-General, and it would be fair to say he had seen the industry goes through several evolutionary stages, reaching the point where we now have more than 9 million natural gas vehicles operating around the world.
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IANGV has established an online Business Directory to enable interested parties to more easily find companies and other contacts worldwide for the purpose of doing business. There are at present approximately 30,000 visitors to the IANGV website each month and the IANGV Secretariat receives many requests for contact information. Companies must be current or affiliated members of the IANGV to list in the directory – part of our service to allow industry stakeholders to establish contacts more efficiently.
After many months of work, we are pleased to announce that the IANGV OEM 
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