MEDIA RELEASE 27 March 2015
Specialist Gas engineering company, CNG Services, appoints Bob Boden as business development director
CNG Services, which has pioneered the development of biomethane to grid connections in the UK, has appointed Bob Boden as business development director.
With over 30 years’ experience of the gas industry, having held senior roles at Transco, BG and Jacobs UK, Boden will be responsible for growing CNG Services business in biomethane to grid, onshore gas and the development of new CNG filling stations.
Boden says: “I can say with some sincerity that I’m really excited about being able to be part of the CNG team and play a part in developing the UK’s fastest growing gas consultancy and delivery businesses. CNG is demonstrably leading the market; building on this expertise is what I’m going to focus on.”
John Baldwin, managing director and founder of CNG Services comments: “With the biomethane to grid business growing fast, barriers to the growth of NGV for trucks being removed and the shale gas industry investing in the UK, we really need people of Bob’s calibre, and crucially, with his extensive experience of the gas industry. His role is a key one for us and we need his industry knowledge and practical experience to help us to grow.”
Boden was part of the Transco Network Development Team responsible for developing policies and procedures for NTS connections. After that he was responsible for the business development of a new BG Business unit in the ‘unregulated’ market, which focused on connecting new customers to the gas grid. He then went on to work for United Utilities in 2005 as Regional Manager responsible for ‘out of area’ connections for the West Midlands, Wales and the South West of England. Bob has also held senior roles with Mouchel Pakman as senior project manager, Mouchel Energy as commercial and business development Director, part of the Energy Management team and divisional director at Jacobs UK as head of gas delivery.
Bob Boden is an Incorporated Engineer (IEng) with the Engineering Council and a Member of the Institution of Gas Engineers (MIGEM).
Ends For more information contact: Suzanne Orsler, SOPR, email Suzanne@sopr.co, tel – 07813 131350 John Baldwin, CNG Services, john.baldwin@cngservices.co.uk tel 0121 247 8160 Note to editors: CNG Services Limited CNG Services (CSL) is working on 20 biomethane projects with an estimated 1.8 TWh biomethane for 2015 (equal to two 65,000 tonne LNG tankers worth of gas). This represents a CO2 saving of 400,000 tonnes/annum.
Managing director, John Baldwin, is a former President of the EUA (Energy and Utilities Alliance, www.eua.org.uk), a member of the Biomethane for Transport Steering Committee and is Chairman of the Renewable Energy Association (REA, www.r-e-a.net) Biogas group. He is also the winner of the REA Champion Award for 2014 for being the driving force behind the Renewable Heat Initiative for biomethane injection. CNG Services acts as engineering consultants to the biomethane-to-grid and shale gas industries and have been involved in every biomethane to grid plant installed in the UK to date. CSL's expertise relates to processing of gas and its injection into the UK gas grid. CSL provides a range of low carbon engineering services based on natural gas: • Injection of biomethane and shale gas into the gas grid • Use of Green Gas Certificates/CNG as a vehicle fuel • Design and build of pipelines to connect I&C customers to the gas grid • Design and build services in relation to new CNG stations for fuelling trucks www.cngservices.co.uk