Based on company estimates and statistics published by the National Statistics Institute, the vehicle LPG market is estimated at 450,000 tons and has been growing in the past two years, Rompetrol said.
Statistics show LPG sales increased 13% in 2013.
Rompetrol Gas, part of KMG International,posted a 15% growth in LPG sales in the firts half of the year, to 138,000 tons.
The company has the largest market share, of 32%, in retail and wholesale.
Rompetrol Gas owns and operates three LPG bottling stations with a total capacity of 60,000 tons a year. It also manages 230 LPG distribution stations and 10,000 distribution points for LPG cylinders.
Of 4.69 million cars in Romania, more than 250,000 run on LPG and around 3.32 million may be adapted to run on LPG.
KMG International is owned by KazMunayGas of Kazakhstan.