Tag: Gas

LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Chairman Mian Misbahur Rahman inaugurated the laying-down of the pipelines for gas supply to Chinar Bagh Scheme, a project of the Greater Lahore Housing Society, Raiwind Road, Lahore, said a press statement released on Thursday.
The ceremony was attended by residents and other guests.
Punjab Ombudsman Khalid Mahmood, who was also present on the occasion, praised the efforts of the chairman and the executive committee of the housing scheme for

LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) was facing a huge gap between demand and supply of natural gas because of the shortage of supplies from major gas fields on account of depletion of gas fields in the southern part and sabotage in the northern areas, said a press statement released on Thursday. In order to bridge the gap and ensure uninterrupted gas supply to domestic and commercial consumers, load management was being exercised on the fertiliser, industrial and

KARACHI - Work on Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline is quickly progressing and Nespak has signed an agreement with a German Company to place the pipeline. Approximately 1750 million cubic feet (mcf) of gas will be brought through this pipeline, said Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Managing Director Dr Faizullah Abbasi, while speaking at a conference on "Challenges Faced by Industries in the country: Remedies and Future Prospects for Industrialisation," organised by Bin Qasim Association of Trade

KARACHI - Industries and power and fertiliser companies are about to face acute gas shortage as the largest gas field of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) would shortly be shut down for at least 24 days due to maintenance.
When the 345mmcfd-supplying Bhit Shah gas field - one of the largest gas fields of the SSGC - shuts down for maintenance, it would cause reduction in gas supply of almost 60 percent.
Resultantly, gas supply to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),

FAISALABAD - More than 400 industrial units were closed, rendering thousands of daily wagers jobless due to three-day Sui gas closure in Faisalabad.
A spokesman of the industrialists told journalists on Thursday that the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) had issued a three-day gas load management schedule for the industrial sector of Faisalabad.
He added that under this schedule, gas supply to the industrial units was suspended from the morning of April 6 till

LAHORE - As a result of a sabotage activity, the main gas 36-inch pipeline at Guddu Barrage was ruptured Tuesday after which gas supply from Sui, Zamzama, Pir Koh, Loti and Hassan had been affected.
The curtailed gas supply has forced the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to manage the load accordingly, resulting in some difficulties to the consumers.

LAHORE - The government has announced a three-day-a-week gas load shedding for the industrial sector in Punjab, a private TV channel reported on Saturday. A notification has been issued in this regard. Despite of orders issued by the president and the prime minister, gas load shedding for the industrial units of Punjab has continued unabated. According to the notification, industries across Punjab were facing gas load shedding due to a gas shortfall.
Punjab has been divided in

LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari has taken serious notice of gas supply suspension to the textile industry and has constituted a committee to oversee gas load management of SNGPL. The president has mandated that any further gas load-shedding would require approval from the committee. Referring to the meeting's decision dated March 28, 2011, the President Secretariat has constituted a committee comprising of Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah, Raja Pervez Ashraf,

LAHORE - LG Electronics (LG), recently, announced that it is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 14 million tonnes this year, up from its previous record of 12.9 million tons last year. This revised forecast is part of LG's aim to achieve its goal of 200 million tonnes of cumulative reductions from 2009 through 2020. As part of its "Green 2020" master plan for green growth and sustainable management, LG has been reducing greenhouse gases through improved

LAHORE - All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) has said that their decision of not complying with the two-day closure would stay.
APCNGA Supreme Council Chairman Ghayas Abdullah Paracha while talking to Pakistan Today on Friday said that there have been an exchange of charged words between Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) officials and CNG station employees in Potohar region and now things were getting worst. He said the decision of not following the two-day closure

FAISALABAD - Uninterrupted gas and electricity supply to Faisalabad region is essential for the running of local industrial, commercial and agriculture sector which are a primary source of livelihood for millions of workers in the city, said Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) senior leader and leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Raja Riaz. He was speaking at a meeting of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company Limited (FESCO)'s Load Management Committee held at a local hotel. "I

ISLAMABAD - The SNGPL Monday assured the Supreme Court that the sui gas supply connections to the consumers would be provided in a 'highly transparent manner'. A three member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany was hearing a suo motu case against non-supply of gas connection to one Ghulam Fatima, resident of Gujjar Khan. Mazhar Ali Chaudhry, Deputy Attorney General appeared on court notice, while

ISLAMABAD - Gas supply to fertilisers and Independent Power Producers (IPPs) will resume shortly.
Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Imtiaz Kazi said that the country was facing a daily gas shortfall of 900 million mmcfd against a total production of 4.20 billion mmcfd. He said that security problems were a hindrance to get 40 million mmcfd of gas production from reservoirs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
He added, as per contract dated 1983, that gas to the

KARACHI - With the transfer of gas fields to provinces, the Sindh government has decided to generate electricity through gas-based thermal power plants from small or dormant gas fields in the province, it has been learnt.
Well-placed sources told Pakistan Today that the feasibility studies for the power plants on small gas fields would be purchased from Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) so that generation of power can be started at the earliest.
Under the 18th

LAHORE - As many as 40 houses in the Zia Colony, Township are involved in gas theft and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) management has turned a blind eye to the situation, Pakistan Today learnt on Thursday. The colony's survey by Pakistan Today reveals that an illegal meter is installed in the colony and the rest of the houses are getting gas from it. Sources said that SNGPL officials are accommodating those gas connections and, despite repeated complaints, are not disconnecting

KARACHI - The federal government has allowed the Engro Corporation to fulfill much of the energy needs of its new urea plant from the provision of natural gas. According to industry sources, the federal government has given the green light to the emerging conglomerate to cater to up to 80 percent of its energy requirements through gas for its newly developed urea plant.
Market analysts opine that a green signal from the government would help Engro commence test production at its

DERA MURAD JAMALI - Unidentified men blew up a 12-inch diameter gas pipeline in the Rabih Canal area of Naseerabad District on Sunday, said a Levis Force official. The official said that unidentified men had strapped explosives to the pipeline supplying natural gas to Quetta from Shikarpur.
The blast partially damaged the gas pipeline, however there was no loss of life, said the official. The Levis Force immediately cordoned-off the site. A case was registered against