Day: January 24, 2023

For brain storming I am of the view that if in winter total NTDC load is 9000 MW if aardvark group of 1200 MW tripped due to any fault then expected drop in frequency

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.For brain storming I am of the view that if in winter total NTDC load is 9000 MW if aardvark group of 1200 MW tripped due to any fault then expected drop in frequency will be around 6% .let say if Kanuup 2400 MW tripped the drop in frequency in winter will be around 13% and in summer it will be 7%.The 7% drop in frequency can tripped the whole fragile grid system.I was opposing the insatllation of large generating station like kanupp 2 with out proper study of primary…

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Upstream Spending To Rise To $485 Billion In 2023

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Over the past three years, the majority of U.S. energy companies have avoided spending big to expand production in the aftermath of the 2020 oil crisis, prioritizing returning more cash to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks. Most oil and gas companies have only announced small increases in their capital spending for the current year, and also plan to grow production modestly. But this does mean that these companies won’t try to capitalize on oil prices that remain at multi-year highs. In its 2023 outlook, Energy Intelligence notes that global…

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Dawn Investigations: Selling liquid gold — Karachi’s tanker mafia

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Furqan Akhtar, 36, a supervisor at the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, had the task of doing discreet recces on his motorbike of streets in Manghopir, district West, and, upon spotting illegal hydrants, report them to the organisation’s water theft cell. KWSB personnel would then carry out raids to demolish those hydrants. One such operation in October lasted for 48 hours and resulted in seven illegal hydrants being dismantled. According to the police report, on Nov 1, 2022, Furqan was waylaid by armed men while on his way back from…

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Freeport LNG Files For Restart, Awaits Regulatory Response

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Freeport LNG on Monday confirmed for Oilprice.com that repairs had been completed at its liquefied natural gas export facility, which has been offline since June, and that a request to restart by introducing LNG to the piping system had been filed with regulators. In the regulatory filing, Freeport LNG asked regulators for a response to their restart request by Tuesday.  The Texas-based Freeport LNG export terminal has been offline since a June explosion and subsequent fire.  Rystad Energy is speculating that Freeport LNG will not be able to restart until…

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SNGPL reduces gas losses by 23,348 MMCF in three years

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Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has reduced Unaccounted for Gas (UFG) losses by 23,348 MMCF (Million Cubic Feet) against the assigned task of reducing it by 18,240 MMCF within a period of three years. The SNGPL, in a statement, said that the government in a letter dated October 31, 2019, had assigned the task of reduction in UFG losses by 18,240 MMCF within a period of three years ending on June 30, 2022. The SNGPL exceeded the assigned target by reducing by 28%, the company said. “The targets as…

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