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NEW DELHI, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ -

    One of the largest private energy

players in India, AG&P City Gas, operating under the brand name AG&P Pratham,

has been adjudged as the '2022 Energy Company of the Year' in the non-renewable

category. The Economic Times Energy Leadership Awards acknowledges outstanding

companies and individuals that exemplify leadership and operational excellence

in the entire spectrum of the energy sector.

    The jury panel lead by Mr. Anil Razdan, former Secretary, Ministry of Power

and

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India

included Mr, D K Sarraf, former Chairperson, Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory

Board (PNGRB) and CMD, ONGC, Mr. B Ashok, former Chairman, Indian Oil, Mr.

Ashish Khanna, President, Renewables, Tata Power, Mr. Prachur Sah, Dy CEO, Cairn

Oil & Gas, Mr. V R Sharma, Managing Director, Jindal Steel & Power, Mr. Partha S

Bhattacharyya, former Chairman, Coal India Ltd, Mr. K.S. Popli, former Chairman

and Managing Director, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), Mr.

Tim Buckley, Director, Climate Energy Finance and Mr. Pranav R Mehta, Director,

Global Solar Council, Chairman, NSEFI.

    Mr. Abhilesh Gupta, Managing Director & CEO, AG&P Pratham said, "We are

immensely thankful to Mr. Anil Razdan and the esteemed jury members for this

incredible award and honour for AG&P Pratham. We are grateful to be acknowledged

for excellence in performance, our culture of safety and innovative

implementation approach that allows us to meet the requirements of multiple

demand centres in parallel instead of sequentially. Despite the hardship of

Covid, we have been able to launch ~170 CNG stations in the last 8 months and

are setting up 2 CNG stations every 3 days. We are strongly focussed as well on

the households and are working hard to bring clean, natural gas to our

customers' doorstep at a rapid pace."

    Mr. Joseph Sigelman, Chairman & CEO, AG&P Group, said, "AG&P Pratham is

pioneering a clean natural gas network across large areas of Southern and

Northwestern India for vehicles, homes, businesses and factories. We are proudly

and safely building out our system, hooking up more customers every day. On

behalf of our large team who are working so hard and so loyally, we are

extremely honored that Mr. Anil Razdan and the distinguished jury panel have

chosen to recognize AG&P Pratham with this prestigious award."

    AG&P Pratham is developing CGD networks across 12 concessions covering 28

districts across 8% of India and ~80 Mn people in the states of Rajasthan,

Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. In its twelve concessions,

AG&P Pratham is responsible for developing and operating Compressed Natural Gas

(CNG) stations for vehicles, piped natural gas to homes, and the distribution of

Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to industrial and commercial customers.

    Recently, on June 8th, 2022, AG&P Group was also adjudged the 2022 APAC

Company

of the Year (LNG category) at the Energy Council's 'Annual Awards of Excellence'

in Singapore.

    About AG&P City Gas: Operating under the brand of AG&P Pratham, AG&P City

Gas is

one of the largest private City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies in India. The

company is developing CGD networks across 12 concessions in the Indian states of

Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka. and Kerala.

    About AG&P Group: Atlantic Gulf & Pacific (AG&P) develops LNG import and

regasification facilities as well as downstream city gas networks. AG&P also

provides engineering and project management services for LNG and other

infrastructure. AG&P is part-owned by Osaka Gas, JBIC (the Japan Bank of

International Cooperation) and Asiya, a publicly-traded Kuwait fund, as well as

its management.

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    Source: AG&P