Day: March 31, 2020

Singapore — Pakistan has cut its April LNG cargo deliveries as the country’s coronavirus lockdown eats into domestic natural gas consumption, while Bangladesh could be the next country in South Asia to push back on LNG shipments after it introduced a lockdown last week. Nationwide closures now pose major risks to South Asia’s LNG imports after a 21-day shutdown prompted Indian gas companies and ports to make force majeure declarations last week, raising concerns about surplus cargoes being dumped on the spot market. Pakistan has long-term contracts for the import of…

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The stakeholders are in discussion at different levels to declare force majeure on LNG and IPPs as per contracts due to COVID-19. Energy sector experts claim that LNG contracts with Qatar Gas, Gunvor and others and all the IPPs, contracts with capacity payments were executed at high rates and brought serious misery and financial hardship to the country, industry and the general public. The energy experts are of the view that present COVID-19 pandemic has added more stress on the country’s finances so much so that if something is not…

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Hosepipes inside a sperm whale, plastic banana bags eaten by green turtles and a shotgun cartridge inside a True’s beaked whale. Just some of the examples of plastic found inside wildlife that have been documented in scientific reports. Researchers went through records of plastic eaten by aquatic creatures to find out more about the risks. They say the length of an animal can be used to estimate how big a piece of plastic it might accidentally consume. They hope the data can be used to find out more about the…

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Karachiites will get their electricity bills for April on a consumption average basis, as the K-Electric management has decided to suspend the physical meter reading process due to the coronavirus lockdown. This was confirmed by K-Electric representatives to SAMAA Digital. The KE spokesperson said the management has decided not to expose staff in any physical exercise. “We have decide to suspend the physical process of meter reading in Karachi amid coronavirus fears,” he said, adding that the management will send bills on the basis of their average electricity consumption. How will…

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s health experts as well as the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) officials have expressed fears the country’s efforts to control coronavirus could end in complete jeopardy as still, there is no data available on the possible number of coronavirus cases in the country. Presently, there are more than 1,600 confirmed cases of virus reported in the country but according to eminent scientist Dr Ataur Rahman, who is also Chairman the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Science & Technology, the number could be much higher in the coming days. While…

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