Pakistan s gas crisis deepens as companies halt supply
ANI
29 Jun 2021, 13:27 GMT+10
Lahore [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): The gas crisis in Pakistan has deepened after two state-owned companies on Monday announced complete closure of gas supply till July 5 to industries and CNG stations following a decline in gas availability, low pressure in the system and dry docking of an LNG terminal.
According to Dawn, CNG stations in the Sindh province were to open from June 28 after the closure on June 22, but Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) stopped supplies to them till July 5 in view of the lingering shortfall of 160 mmcfd due to the annual turnaround of Kunnar Pasakhi Deep (KPD) gas field.
The gas crisis has deepened across the country as two state-owned companies on Monday announced complete closure of gas supply till July 5 to industries and CNG stations. Reuters/File
KARACHI/LAHORE: The gas crisis has deepened across the country as two state-owned companies on Monday announced complete closure of gas supply till July 5 to industries and CNG stations following a decline in gas availability, low pressure in the system and dry docking of LNG terminal.
CNG stations in Sindh were to open from June 28 after the closure on June 22, but Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) stopped supplies to them till July 5 in view of the lingering shortfall of 160mmcfd due to annual turnaround of Kunnar Pasakhi Deep (KPD) gas field, causing a decline in gas availability and resulting in depletion of line pack and low pressure in the system.
The gas crisis in Pakistan has deepened after two state-owned companies on Monday announced complete closure of gas supply till July 5 to industries and CNG stations following a decline in gas availability, low pressure in the system and dry docking of an LNG terminal. According to Dawn, CNG stations in the Sindh province were to open from June 28 after the closure on June 22, but Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) stopped supplies to them till July 5 in view of the lingering shortfall of 160 mmcfd due to the annual turnaround of Kunnar Pasakhi Deep (KPD) gas field. This has caused a decline in gas availability and resulting in depletion of line pack and low pressure in the system.
Eight years on, the $2.5 billion gas pipeline from Port Qasim the centre of liquefied natural gas (LNG)import terminals to Lahore to meet the energy needs of industry upcountry remains in the air. The project justifies the feasibility of new upcoming LNG terminals to create gas transportation capacity from ports in the South to consumption centres in the North.
It should have been completed by 2017-18, according to original plans. However, the timelines to finalise the contractual agreements with Russia on a ‘strategic government-to-government’ basis have changed six times between 2015 and 2020. Yet, the authorities are now rethinking if Pakistan’s own entities Sui Southern and Sui Northern Gas Companies should develop the project on their own with limited external technical or financial support albeit even if with a lower capacity or to chip in UAE’s Mubadala a $250bn investment firm of the royal family.
KARACHI: Textile exporters on Saturday threatened to move their production bases to overseas unless power shortages are resolved in a move to mount pressure for withdrawal a decision to cut gas.