Month: January 2021

CASA-1000 would contribute towards energy security & cross border import and export of electricity: Omar Ayub

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Islamabad, January 27,2021: Federal Minister for Energy Mr. Omar Ayub Khan and President of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Dr. Bandar Hajjar inaugurated the construction of the 113 kilometer electricity transmission lines from Pak-Afghan border to Nowshera under the South Asia Central Asia Regional Trade and Transmission Project (CASA-1000) in a virtual event. Federal Secretary Power Division, Mr. Ali Raza and senior officials of Power Division, representatives of development partners, UN agencies, & other key stakeholders also witnessed occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister for Energy, appreciated the efforts of…

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Pakistan LNG Limited.

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Islamabad, January 27, 2021: PLL issued a tender (PLL/IMP/LNGT30) for 3 spot cargoes for March on 16 December 2020 and opened the bids on 15 January 2021 with bid opening to delivery ranging from 53 to 66 days. It received multiple bids for all cargoes but decided not to award considering the rapidly changing supply and demand position. PLL issued an urgent tender (PLL/IMP/LNGT34) for similar delivery windows on 21 January 2021 with an average of 44 to 57 days from bid opening to delivery. The shorter lead time tender…

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ECC likely to approve allocation of gas from Mari Petroleum wells to SSGC

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ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) is likely to approve the allocation of around 22 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) gas from three different gas fields of Sujawal block to the Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGCL). According to sources, the Petroleum Division has request the committee to approve the allocation of up to 15mmcfd gas from Sujawal-1, up to 3mmcfd has from Sujawal-X-1 and up to 4mmcfd gas from Aqeeq-1 to SSGCL. It may be noted that Mari Petroleum Company Ltd (MPCL) had made discoveries (Sujjal-1, Sujawal…

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Pakistan troubled by too much electricity after decade of power shortages

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Pakistan is now faced with a new and unfamiliar problem of too much electricity generation capacity after spending decades tackling power shortages, Bloomberg reported. After having too many coal and natural gas-fired plants built – most financed under the Belt and Road Initiative, launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 – within a short span of time, Pakistan found its power supply to have been flipped to a surplus last year. According to prime minister’s special assistant on energy, Tabish Gauhar, the country is set to have as much…

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