I-klashiwe "ukuphatha kwe-CNG isilwane se-gas esihlukile" isibonelo sesikhathi sokugqamisa kwezobuchwepheshe nezobuchwepheshe zokusebenza kwemithombo yomoya omuhle. Kuma-indistri nezwe zokudla, uma baphatha isilwane se-gas esihlukile ema-liquid fuels, ukuphatha kwe-CNG kuyisibridge esingafanele ekubeni kuselwa kuma-pipeline yomoya omuhle kuma-sivumelwano sezobuchwepheshe. Yilokho okuphakathi kokusebenza okunika umoya omuhle ukuthi kugcinwe ngokuphakeme nokuthi kuthunyelwe, okwenza ukuthi kubalulekile kuma-station yokufula izihlangu nezindawo zokusebenza eziphakeme ezikwazi ukufinyela kuma-pipeline ngokuzwakala. Ngokuthi umhlaba uqonda ukuthi kufanele kubhekwe emuva kwezinkulungwane ezinhle nezincinane zokusebenza kwezimithombo, ubukhulu nokuvamile kwezikhathi zokuphatha kuyizinto ezingavamile ukuthi umoya omuhle uzibe yinkulungwane yezobuchwepheshe.
Ngokombono wezobuchwepheshe, i-compressor yegesi yemvelo ye-CNG iyisimangaliso sobunjiniyela obuqondile, eyenzelwe ukuphatha amakhemikhali acwilisayo ngaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu kuyilapho igcina ukuphepha okuphelele. Ngokungafani nama-compressor omoya ajwayelekile, la madivayisi kumelwe asebenzise i-methane, igesi enamandla ebangela ukushisa okukhulu, edinga ukuvalwa kwezinto ezivuthayo kanye nezinhlelo zokupholisa eziphambili ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuvuza futhi kuqinisekiswe ukusebenza kahle. Lobu buchwepheshe buqondisa ijubane lokugcwalisa izimoto ngegesi yemvelo kanye nokusebenza kahle kokubuyiselwa kwegesi ezinkambisweni zezimboni. Ngakho-ke, ukukhetha i-compressor ye-CNG esebenza kahle kuyisinqumo esibalulekile esithinta isikhathi sokuphumula, izindleko zokugcinwa kanye nokuhambisana nemvelo ezinkampanini zikagesi emhlabeni wonke.
Kwimbono yomkhakha wamanje, umlando wokufuna "izinkampani zokugcina i-natural gas" uyaphakanyiswa ngemiphumela yezinkinga zokugcina izimpilo nezinkinga zokuphatha imali. Njengoba izinhlanganiswe zokuphatha imali ziyasebenzisa izimfuno eziphelele kubukhali bokudla kwe-diesel, abasebenzisi bamasipala bayabuyela kubukhali bokudla kwe-natural gas, okwenza ukuthi kubhekwa ngokushesha ukufuna izinkampani ezinamandla. Lokhu kubonisa ukuthi kunezinkinga zokufuna abahlinzeki abazi ukuthi ukugcina kuyini ngokwesibonelo esihlukanayo futhi abazi ukuthi kuzofuneka ukusebenzisa kakhulu kwizikhathi ezide zokusebenza kwezindawo zokuphatha imali. Ukugcina akuyiyo nje isiqephu sesithili; kunye nokuthenga kwezikhathi ezide kwezimpilo zokuphatha imali nokuthenga kwezikhathi ezide kwezimpilo zokuphatha imali.