July 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Amid the gas crisis across the country, Pakistan Gas Solutions Limited (PGSL) has once again come up with its offer of fast track gas availability of up to 750 mmcfd in 10 months if the government gives a go ahead for initiating construction work on its second LNG terminal of$500 million at Port Qasim.
The second LNG terminal by the Pakistan Gas Port Limited (PGPL), in collaboration with Fauji Oil Terminal Distribution Company Ltd (FOTGO), will be established at Mazhar Point, Port Qasim.
“The project, upon commissioning, shall be saving around US$ 1 billion per annum in import substitution in comparison to furnace oil, create large employment and make affordable energy available to the industry which is their long-standing demand. And the project will be completed in 10 months from its start with no government guarantees and the entire funding is expected to be made from abroad and has been firmed up.”