range trucks is both environmentally friendly and cost-efficient. However, challenges include the lack of a national legal base for safety and environmental regulations, local bans on stations in urban areas, local development plans, nuisance acts, construction rules, chemical usage, pollution tests, operating-hour restrictions, education for personnel, and so on. However, from the WGC program, it appears two major issues have to be resolved before the future of gas as a viable supply of global energy is secured. First, significant government and private-sector efforts will be needed to deal with advances in market deregulation. Second, a cohesive global physical and contractual mechanism must be established before security of supply can be guaranteed across national and regional borders. The next World Gas Conference is planned for 2009, said a report distributed by Saudi Aramco Web-site.
