Month: June 2023

Karachi ranked among world’s least liveable cities

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KARACHI: Karachi has been ranked as one of the world’s least liveable cities in The Global Liveability Index 2023 published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Karachi, the only Pakistani city in the ranking, is at the bottom fifth spot, standing at number 169 out of 173 cities. Its ranking is the same as that of last year, when it ranked 168 out of 172 cities in the 2022 survey. The EIU judges a city’s performance on the basis of five factors: stability, reliable infrastructure, health services, education, culture and…

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Rise in LNG chain circular debt feared

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has voiced fear that circular debt related to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain, which has already piled up to Rs447 billion, will continue to increase. In a recent corporate briefing on the company’s performance in first nine months of financial year 2022-23 and its operational dynamics, PSO highlighted concerns over the mounting LNG-related circular debt. The state-owned oil marketing giant emphasised that while the recent increase in gas prices curtailed circular debt in the wellhead gas segment, the LNG segment continued to pose…

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Oil prices dip on demand worries

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HOUSTON: Oil prices fell on Friday, headed for a weekly decline as traders worried interest rate hikes could sap demand despite signs of tighter supplies including lower US crude stocks. In a second straight day of losses, Brent crude slipped 53 cents, or 0.7%, to $73.61 a barrel by 1527 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was down 63 cents, or 1%, at $68.86. On Thursday, Brent dropped about $3 a barrel after the Bank of England (BoE) raised interest rates by a bigger-than-expected half a percentage point. Central…

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Russia gas flows via Ukraine could stop

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BENGALURU: Russia could shut off one of the last arteries carrying its gas supplies to Europe by the end of next year when Ukraine’s supply contract with Gazprom expires, the Financial Times said on Thursday, citing an interview with Ukraine Energy Minister German Galushchenko. The chances of Kyiv and Moscow agreeing to a renewal of the five-year transit contract, first signed in 2019, were slim, even though the route through Ukraine accounts for almost 5% of Europe’s total gas imports, the newspaper reported. When asked if Ukraine would be prepared…

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Asia heatwaves put renewable power fleet to test

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SINGAPORE: Record heat across Asia is putting its surging renewable power fleet to the test, highlighting the need for backup supply, transmission system upgrades and tariff reforms to ensure reliability and stave off a slowdown in green energy adoption. Temperatures in parts of the region breached 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in late April, earlier than usual, causing widespread infrastructure damage and power outages. In China, where renewables account for more than half of the power mix, authorities kept backup coal and gas-fired plants on standby to meet demand and sudden…

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