The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has opposed the plan to install LPG stations in the country and proposed the Ministry Of Petroleum And Natural Resources to ensure availability of LPG first before initializing its import.
Well informed sources in the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) told online that ministry of petroleum and natural resources has initiated the plan to promote LPG in the country and decided to import 0.01 million LPG kits and cylinders while Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority has showed its reservations over the issue. Ministry has decided to import LPG cylinders from turkey and in this regard negotiations between the two countries are in progress. Sources told that OGRA has asked the ministry of petroleum and natural resources to ensure the availability of LPG in the system as LPG is not in large volume to meet the demands of the gas and in future country may face shortage of LPG as likely these days of CNG.
Sources further told that OGRA has proposed the government to ensure availability of thirty to forty thousand tons LPG in the pipelines every time. Presence of such quantity of LPG would facilitate to meet the requirements in the country.
Officials added that Asia is already the largest LPG consuming market on the basis of the market size and its potential and LPG demand of the area is expected to increase from 55million tons in 2000 upto 85million tons by the end of this year.
Especially, the modernization of energy demand environment is expected to cause a big increase of LPG demand in household and commercial part.
The government has already taken steps to reverse its CNG policy in an effort to bring CNG prices at par with POL prices and to replace it with LPG,” said the official adding that a ban had already been imposed on the import of CNG kits and cylinders which was badly damaging investment.
