Category: News & Announcement

There have been news headlines in the past few months about severe energy curtailment from wind based private power projects. These are disturbing since wind being a renewable resource and providing cheap energy to the grid, should not be subject to any unnecessary curtailment. It is praiseworthy that National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) took notice of these news reports and decided to hold a consultative meeting with the representatives of wind power plants at Jhimpir, Thatta on 6th February 2020. NEPRA had invited in this meeting participants from other federal government agencies such as…

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Canadian High Commissioner (HC) to Pakistan Wendy Gilmour Monday called on Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Petroleum Nadeem Babar and said her country looked Pakistan’s energy sector as ‘great potential’ market ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 10th Feb, 2020 ) :Canadian High Commissioner (HC) to Pakistan Wendy Gilmour Monday called on Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Petroleum Nadeem Babar and said her country looked Pakistan‘s energy sector as ‘great potential’ market. She commended initiatives taken by Pakistan to facilitate ease of doing business in its energy sector and remarked Canada looked at Pakistani energy market as…

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ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday notified an increase in the prices of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) for February 2020, which in result would jack up the per-unit prices of electricity in the country. The oil and gas regulator has set the new price at $11.1975 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and $11.1943 per unit for Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC). In the previous month, the same for SNGPL was $10.4822 per MMBtu, while it was $10.4602 per…

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The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has resolved the commodity provision issue within five kilometers radius of Dhoke Hussain field, situated in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtnunkhwa, in consultation with local representatives and administration ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 10th Feb, 2020 ) :The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has resolved the commodity provision issue within five kilometers radius of Dhoke Hussain field, situated in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtnunkhwa, in consultation with local representatives and administration. “Now, the issue stands resolved and the company will soon start…

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ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has advised the wind power producers (WPPs) to explore the possibility of utilising their sites and available land to set up solar-wind hybrid power projects with an eye on augmented capacity and to make their product economical. This has been proposed by the regulator to the existing WPPs facing their load curtailments by the power operators — National Transmission & Dispatch Company (NDTC) and National Power Control Centre (NPCC) — because of their relatively higher tariff and substantial surplus capacity available in…

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