Shell Opens First LNG Filling Station in Hungary
Multinational energy company Shell has opened its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) filling station in the region in Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary, next to the M0 motorway. This marks the company’s entry into Hungary’s LNG vehicle fuel market and its contribution to the government’s emissions reduction targets. According to Péter Szijjártó, the country’s foreign minister, road freight transport is responsible for around 9% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which can be lowered through a shift to rail transport or using vehicle fuels with lower emissions. The use of LNG in road freight transport can reduce emissions by 15-30% compared to normal fuels. Shell’s Global Executive Vice President, Istvan Kapitany, stated that carbon neutralisation was one of the main challenges the transport sector faces, and the opening of the new Hungarian filling station is an important member of Shell’s European LNG network, supporting the spread of LNG as a truck fuel in Hungary and in other countries such as Austria, Czechia, Germany, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia.
