00:00YAMICHE ALCINDOR MECHANICS IN RUSSIA ARE BUSY REFITTING CARS TO RUN ON LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS
00:06AFTER UKRAINIAN ATTACKS ON REFINERIES CAUSED NATIONWIDE FUEL SHORTAGES AND INCREASED
00:11PRICES FOR GASOLINE. IGOR POPOV IS THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF GARANT GAS.
00:17HE SAYS DEMAND TO CONVERT CARS TO RUN ON LPG HAS MULTIPLIED.
00:24APPOINTMENTS ARE ALREADY BOOK TILL SEPTEMBER.
00:26IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, WE USED TO CARRY OUT AROUND THREE INSTALLATIONS A DAY.
00:30NOW THAT FIGURE IS FIVE TO SEVEN INSTALLATIONS A DAY.
00:34THE TEAM IS WORKING ALMOST AROUND THE CLOCK.
00:37THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF INQUIRIES.
00:39AND WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE EVERYONE WITH GAS-POWERED VEHICLE EQUIPMENT.
00:45GARANT GAS CUSTOMERS SAY SWAPPING TO LPG WILL BE MUCH CHEAPER THAN GASOLINE,
00:50WHICH THEY ALSO SAY IS HARDER TO FIND, LEADING TO LONG LINES AT FUEL STATIONS.
00:55EVEN BEFORE DOMESTIC GASOLINE PRICES SHOT UP PAST U.S. AND EUROPEAN RATES,
01:01LPG IN RUSSIA WAS ALREADY RELATIVELY CHEAP AND ABUNDANT.
01:05RUSSIA IS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN USING IT TO FUEL CARS IN THE FORM OF PROPANE OR BUTANE.
01:10OFFICIAL RUSSIAN DATA SHOWS THAT LAST YEAR, MORE THAN HALF OF THE COUNTRY'S LPG CONSUMPTION
01:15WAS USED FOR MOTOR FUEL.
01:17AND THAT STATISTIC COULD GROW AS DEMAND DOES, SAYS SERGEY MEDVEDEV, THE OWNER OF MEDVEDEV GBO.
01:25HE SAYS LPG HAS OBVIOUS ADVANTAGES, WITH NO LONG LINES TO OBTAIN IT AND THAT IT PRODUCES FEWER EMISSIONS.
01:32UKRAINE'S INTENSIFIED ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ARE AIMED AT HOBBLING A SOURCE OF FUNDING
01:39FOR MOSCOW'S WAR EFFORT THAT IN TURN HAS LED TO WIDESPREAD FUEL SHORTAGES FELT BY THE RUSSIAN POPULATION.
01:46ON TUESDAY, INDUSTRY SOURCES SAID RUSSIA'S LARGEST OIL REFINERY, CALLED OMSK, HALTED OPERATIONS
01:53FOLLOWING A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK THE DAY BEFORE. THE HALT IS LIKELY TO MAKE FUEL SHORTAGES WORSE ACROSS THE
02:00COUNTRY, PILING ON FUEL RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED IN JUNE THAT LIMIT HOW MUCH GAS OR DIESEL DRIVERS CAN BUY AT A
02:07TIME.
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