Category: News & Announcement

SINGAPORE, March 26 (Reuters) – Qatar Petroleum has approached several buyers in Asia and in Europe offering liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes in the spot market, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The exact total volumes could not be confirmed, but the company has offered the cargoes for either loading or delivery in April, depending on the location, the sources added. The company is typically a long-term seller of LNG cargoes and could be offering the spot cargoes after importers in India invoked force majeure on imports following…

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ISLAMABAD: The government has reportedly decided to approach Chinese top leadership, seeking review of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) of power projects established under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), well-informed sources told Business Recorder. A couple of days ago, a high-level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan, discussed pros and cons of the proposal, which will be discussed in the Joint Energy Working Group on Energy constituted under CPEC and will be sent to the Chinese President. “Pakistan enjoys extreme goodwill with China that has been proven time and again…

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has been appointed as the new chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Energy, replacing the PM’s finance adviser Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, ARY News reported on Thursday. The federal government has reconstituted the Cabinet Committee on Energy over the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was removed from the top spot of the cabinet’s energy committee which is succeeded by the federal minister Asad Umar. The finance adviser Abdul Hafeez Shaikh will become a…

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Karachi, March 26, 2020: Most employees at Huawei Technologies Co. are back at work following the coronavirus outbreak, though the pandemic is likely to hit the Chinese telecom giant’s financial results this year, the company’s chief executive said. Ren Zhengfei, who is also Huawei’s founder, also said that the company plans to boost its research and development budget this year by $5.8 billion to more than $20 billion. Huawei, like all global companies, is coping with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, which is curbing economic activity around the world. Mr.…

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KARACHI: The government will arrange Rs750 million foreign financing for “Evacuation of Power from 660 MW Lucky Electric Coal Fired Plant at Port Qasim” project. The project has been approved at the cost of Rs1.315 billion, in which Rs454 million would be financed through domestic resources, official documents of the project indicated. Apart from the foreign and domestic financing, Rs110.14 million worth of duty is also part of the total cost of the project. National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) will finance the local component of the project through its…

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