Month: February 2020

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday notified an increase in the prices of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) for February 2020, which in result would jack up the per-unit prices of electricity in the country. The oil and gas regulator has set the new price at $11.1975 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and $11.1943 per unit for Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC). In the previous month, the same for SNGPL was $10.4822 per MMBtu, while it was $10.4602 per…

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The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has resolved the commodity provision issue within five kilometers radius of Dhoke Hussain field, situated in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtnunkhwa, in consultation with local representatives and administration ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 10th Feb, 2020 ) :The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has resolved the commodity provision issue within five kilometers radius of Dhoke Hussain field, situated in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtnunkhwa, in consultation with local representatives and administration. “Now, the issue stands resolved and the company will soon start…

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ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has advised the wind power producers (WPPs) to explore the possibility of utilising their sites and available land to set up solar-wind hybrid power projects with an eye on augmented capacity and to make their product economical. This has been proposed by the regulator to the existing WPPs facing their load curtailments by the power operators — National Transmission & Dispatch Company (NDTC) and National Power Control Centre (NPCC) — because of their relatively higher tariff and substantial surplus capacity available in…

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February 11, 2020: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) will jointly organise a cricket-exhibition match in Tribal District Mohmand of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The match is scheduled to be played in March as part of ‘Pakistan Day’ celebrations at Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project. Renowned players of the Pakistani cricket team will feature in the match along with other national and local cricketers. This was decided in a meeting held at WAPDA House between WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) and PCB Chief Executive Wasim…

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SECMC, IUCN launch first ever Fauna-Flora Survey of TharparkarISLAMKOT: (Tuesday, February 11, 2020) Aiming at long-term biodiversity conservation in an ecologically rich region of Tharparkar, the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) through Thar Foundation and Pakistan’s top environmental body International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched the first-ever survey of the fauna and flora of Tharparkar.The survey will assess the existing state of biodiversity and produce a fauna and flora inventory of the target area with occurrence, distribution, relative abundance and diversity of species along with their conservation status. The…

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