The fuel frenzy in Kuban has provoked a mass transition of drivers to gas.

Kuban drivers are massively converting their cars to gas against the backdrop of gasoline shortages. In local service centers, the queues for the installation of gas cylinder equipment have stretched until autumn, and some companies have stopped taking new clients.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on July 5, fuel was sold at 48% of gas stations in the Krasnodar region, the range of fuel types was limited, and quotas continued to be in effect. On July 7, Governor Veniamin Kondratiev reported that 80 more gas stations had opened in Kuban, but fuel quotas remained in effect at most of them .

In the Krasnodar region, against the backdrop of the gasoline problem, drivers are massively converting their cars to gas. The queues for the installation of gas equipment have stretched until September. Some services are temporarily not accepting clients. Some motorists, due to the frenzy, are going to install gas cylinder equipment (GCE) in neighboring Rostov-on-Don, where the queues are shorter, reported "Yuga.ru" on July 7.

At the "Italgaz" station on Prigorodnaya Street in Krasnodar, it was explained that applications for the installation of gas equipment are only being accepted for October. At the same installer’s station on Seleznev Street, they reported a huge number of applications. In the office of another local GCE installer, "Spectrum Gas", it was reported that no one is being registered for the queue due to the large volume of work, "Kommersant" reported on July 7.

At the R-GBO company in the village of Novaya Adygeya, applications for the installation of gas equipment are already being accepted for early September, while at the Krasnodar "AutoGasService", there are no slots available until the end of August. Employees of the latter reported that it is impossible to shift the deadlines, as clients very rarely refuse their appointments.

In several services in other cities, for example, on Central Street in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, registration for installation has been temporarily suspended, the publication noted.

The cost of installing gas equipment is unstable. Kuban services warn that the price may change by the time the work is completed. Currently, the installation of equipment on propane costs from 60,000 rubles, and with Italian components – up to 75,000 rubles. Switching to methane will cost from 90,000 to 100,000 rubles. An additional approximately 20,000 rubles will need to be paid for registering the equipment with the traffic police.

If earlier it was possible to register a car for the installation of gas equipment in a day, the situation has now changed. Despite the growing popularity of gas as an alternative to gasoline, drivers have faced its rising cost – over the past two weeks, the price of propane has increased from 30 to 40 rubles, the publication quoted the words of the owner of a Krasnodar taxi fleet, Alexander Shapran.