Delivery of natural gas services to 360 thousand subscribers

The Director of Natural Gas Department at the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority, Eng. Amna Bin Hada, confirmed to «Emirates Today» the delivery of natural gas services to more than 360 thousand subscribers, and coverage of more than 80% of the Sharjah regions with gas services, including complex housing complexes. Informed, and 30% of residential buildings.

She added that work is underway to introduce natural gas services to all regions of the emirate, especially the new ones, by building many gas stations, noting that the authority’s intention is to establish a new gas station in the Rahmaniyah area, which is expected to be completed within six months.

It is noteworthy that the number of gas stations in Sharjah reaches seven stations, distributed over the areas of Rahmaniyah, Al -Suyouh, Majajal, the fifth industrial roundabout, Wasit, Khorfakkan and Kalba.

Bin Hada stated that the residential villas of citizens are completely covered with natural gas services, while the new residential areas are ungrateful to deliver the gas to them.

It stated that the fees for delivering natural gas to the housing are 300 dirhams.

She said that the natural gas administration has completed the expansion of the natural gas network and the pipelines extensions in a number of new residential areas in Sharjah, to provide an opportunity for the residents of the new areas (Al -Nouf 1.3.4.5, the clues 1.3.4.5, and the 1) to benefit from this service.

On the expansion of the gas network in the commercial, residential and industrial development areas, I explained that the administration started to extend the gas network in some development areas in the Emirate of Sharjah, such as the Zahia commercial housing project, the Al -Barashi commercial housing area project, the Al -Sajaa Industrial Oasis project, and the housing complex project for the Zayed Housing Program In the “Al -Suyouh 7” area of ​​409 housing, expected to be completed during the next few months.

Bin Heda indicated that the authority has completed a number of projects to expand areas of benefiting from the advantages of the natural gas network in various regions of the emirate, which included replacing electrical heaters with a central one that works with natural gas to cover about 90% of hotels in Sharjah, along with the implementation of a central “boiler” project. It works with natural gas in residential towers, instead of electric heaters, pointing out that 30% of Sharjah city buildings have been transferred to electrical heaters to work with natural gas instead of electricity.

She explained that the authority initially tried the project on a 25 -storey commercial tower, after conducting the necessary study, with the aim of completely dispensing with the use of electric heaters, which contributes to providing energy, rationalizing consumption and preserving the environment. A central “boiler” delivery project was also implemented with high efficiency with natural gas in the educational hospital, affiliated to the University of Sharjah, and replaced all electrical heaters, which led to the provision of a large part of the energy.

She added that replacing electrical heaters with natural gas boilers reduces expenditures on consumers, adding that the authority offers consumers to convert their electrical heaters into natural gas boilers to provide consumption, and whoever wishes to do so is installed for him.

She stated that replacing boilers in buildings under construction is better and easier than in manned buildings, as it provides the cost of switching from electricity to gas.

Bin Hada explained that the administration has future plans to expand natural gas services in the emirate, as it seeks to operate all the laundries of cars and mills in the emirate with gas instead of electricity, as well as making gas pumps for mills instead of electricity consumption.

She emphasized that the authority launched, in cooperation with the Emirates Mineral Industries Company (Emic), the project of converting mechanical vehicles, “spiny cranes”, which works in oil or liquefied gas, to work with compressed natural gas, in addition to installing a highly special mobilization station for vehicles at work sites, at the headquarters of the company “Emic” In the emirate.