Month: February 2021

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) led by its Chairman Tauseef H Farooqi on Monday visited the Karachi Electric (KE) head office and its under-construction 900MW BQPS-III, a statement said on Monday. Farooqi was briefed about the comprehensive plan regarding generation, transmission, and distribution plan submitted by KE on account of the authority’s directives given vide order dated August 27, 2020, it added. The authority gave clear directives to complete installation/completion of the BQPS-III in time to avoid load-shedding in the upcoming summer season. In line with the…

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KARACHI: Chairman NEPRA, Tauseef H Farooqi launched K-Electric’s Women Ambassador Programme “Roshni Baji” at a ceremony at the Tipu Sultan Customer Care Centre of the company in Karachi Monday. This is a first-of-its-kind programme in which the selected women will become ambassadors for Safety and aiming to promote awareness for efficient usage of electricity along with conversion from hook connections within their communities. This initiative is a continuation of KE’s partnership with communities to uplift and empower residents through strengthened access to power, beautification of public spaces and job creation.…

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KARACHI: Criticising the federal government for increasing the power tariff, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sindh’s secretary general and former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Monday said that people will scream when the February’s electricity bill will come. He said the federal government has been robbing the people in the name of fuel adjustment charges. He was addressing a press conference at the Muslim League House. Ismail said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s “incompetent government is not ready to accept responsibility for anything and only blames the previous government of the PML-N for…

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ISLAMABAD: In a new development, one of the leading private players in the LNG sector, the PGPCL (Pakistan Gas Port Limited), has sought allocation of pipeline capacity for transmission of 150mmcfd of RLNG on a three-month rolling basis. The PGPL has written a letter to OGRA, seeking the pipeline capacity allocation keeping in view the latest decision taken by the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) on February 4, 2021. The CCOE decided that in order to provide fair and level playing field to the new LNG terminal, the existing available…

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ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 15th Feb, 2021 ) :Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has injected as many as 14 new wells by making 2,666 BPD of oil, 82 MMCFD of gas and 77 MTD of LPG in its production gathering system during second quarter of the current fiscal year. “The company has acquired 1,566 Barrels per Day (BPD) additional oil and 71 MMCFD (Million Cubic Feet per Day) additional gas by injecting new wells, while 1100 BPD oil and 11 MMCFD gas production…

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