Failure of safeguards pinpointed as cause of outage

ISLAMABAD: While it’s apparently true that a human error at the Guddu Power Station triggered a power outage on Saturday night, the main reason for its effects to be felt across much of the country was poor maintenance and subsequent failure of the protection system in the national grid. This is what Dawn has found out in background discussions with senior officials, who concede that the events of Saturday night have served to expose mismanagement on the part of a government that has continued to run the entire power sector on an…

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USA Rare Earth outlines mine-to-magnet strategy

Since founding privately held USA Rare Earth three years ago, Pini Althaus has focused on turning his vision of creating a secure supply of rare earth elements in the United States a reality. The New York-based CEO is equally determined to establish REE separation and processing capability in the U.S. and build manufacturing facilities for magnets containing the critical elements that are used in everything from American Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to electric vehicles and wind turbines. SIGN UP FOR THE MINING NEWS DIGEST Sign Up It’s essential, he…

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Biomass Energy To Be New Starting Point For CPEC Energy Cooperation: BEIPA

The de-coal initiative launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan requires the country to develop clean energy to fill the energy gap. In this process, “Biomass energy cooperation will be a new starting point for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy cooperation”, Zhang Dayong, secretary-general of the Biomass Energy Industry Part Association (BEIPA), said on Friday BEIJING (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 8th Jan, 2021 ) ::The de-coal initiative launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan requires the country to develop clean energy to fill the energy gap. In this…

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REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Stocks draw in Singapore, imports and exports rise

London — Singapore’s commercial onshore middle distillate stockpiles fell to the lowest level in nearly five months, dropping under 15 million barrels as exports rose, although stockpiles remain at historically high levels. Separately, at least three more LR tankers filled with gasoline are heading to Asia from Europe, as demand in the West continues to flounder amid an uncertain COVID-19 outlook. “Asia is an attractive destination since the East-West spread is still strong,” one Singapore gasoline trader said. Another source highlighted countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and India, that despite having high…

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OGDCL Adds 2,666 BPD Oil, 82 MMCFD Gas In System During 2nd Quarter Of FY 2020-21: MD

Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Managing Director Shahid Salim Khan Friday said the company had successfully injected additional 2,666 BPD oil, 82 MMCFD gas and 77 MTD LPG in its production gathering system during second quarter of the fiscal year 2020-21, ending on December 31 SLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 8th Jan, 2021 ) :Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Managing Director Shahid Salim Khan Friday said the company had successfully injected additional 2,666 BPD oil, 82 MMCFD gas and 77 MTD LPG…

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