Autogas Ltd has announced that 16 new LPG stations will be opened throughout the UK in 2009.

A Shell garage in Rochdale is the latest to offer liquid petroleum gas as a fuel on its forecourt, and takes the total amount of LPG outlets in the country firmly past 1400.

The locations of the next 15 outlets have yet to be finalised, but a spokesman for Autogas Ltd has said they will be spread across the country. He also said they are likely to be Shell garages, but other brands might be involved in the deals as well and that anyone thinking of converting their vehicle to run on LPG can be assured they will be no more than five miles away from an LPG service station in major conurbations,

The UKLPG, the trade association for the LPG industry, claims there are currently 150,000 vehicles on the road powered by the liquid gas.

Source: Business Car