Total of 34.8 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas was transported to Turkey and Europe in two years via the TurkStream pipeline. The pipeline was inaugurated on Jan. 8, 2020, by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Around 18 bcm of gas flowed to Turkey and 16.8 bcm to Europe via the TurkStream Natural Gas Pipeline, between Jan. 1, 2020, to Dec. 31, 2021. The TurkStream project has a total capacity of 31.5 bcm. The first line with a capacity of 15.75 bcm is designated for…
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Action awaited on irregular appointments in Engineering Complex
The Ministry of Industries and Production has failed to act against the officers found involved in the irregular goods procurement and appointments in the public sector Heavy Engineering Complex, Hattar Industrial Estate, three years ago. According to the report of an inquiry, whose copy is available with Dawn, the departmental audit committee detected in Nov 2019 the irregular goods procurement and regularisation and appointment of officers in the HEC. The departmental accounts committee headed by industries secretary Azhar Ali Chaudhry approved during a meeting on Nov 11, 2019, the formation…
Read MoreOwners slam CNG stations closure in Abbottabad, Mansehra
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CNG Association and owners of the gas stations on Friday termed the closure of gas stations in Abbottabad, Mansehra and other districts of the province as contempt of court and decided to move the Peshawar High Court (PHC) against the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and respective district administrations for closing the pumps till January 20. CNG Association provincial president Fazal-e-Muqeem Khan said that they had challenged the order of various district administrations that banned the operation of the CNG stations. He said the SNGPL had…
Read MoreUS natural gas rise as winter storm boosts demand to near record high
US natural gas futures rose almost 3% to a one-week high on Friday as a major winter storm blankets the Northeast in snow, driving overall gas demand to its highest in a day since hitting a record in 2019. As homes and businesses in New York and New England crank up their heaters to escape the freezing weather, next-day power and gas prices in the region jumped to their highest since January 2018. Those US price increases came despite a 9% drop in European gas futures. US gas futures followed…
Read MoreAnother gas explosion in Karachi nullah reported
Another gas blast was reported in a nullah in Karachi s Shershah area on Friday. It is pertinent to mention here that on December 19, a terrible explosion took place at Shershah Paracha Chowk near the same location due to filling of gas in the drain, as a result of which 17 people were killed. On the other hand, during the ongoing operation against encroachments in Shershah Paracha, a powerful explosion took place due to filling of gas in the drain near Bilal Hotel. According to police, several shops were damaged…
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