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Colorado gas producer converts vehicles to use natural gas

Associated Press

TRINIDAD, Colorado ” Pioneer Natural Resources is converting 25 of its pickup trucks in a pilot project to use natural gas as a fuel.

Pioneer Executive Vice President Jay Still says it makes sense to use natural gas in the vehicles because the company produces natural gas. The company is installing a compressed natural gas fueling station at its facilities west of Trinidad.

Pioneer operates coal bed methane gas wells in southern Colorado’s Raton Basin.



Still says natural-gas-fueled vehicles emit from 15 percent to 20 percent less greenhouse gases and are cheaper to operate than gasoline-powered vehicles.

Pioneer has worked for a year to convert its fleet and has applied for state tax credits.


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