Category: News & Announcement

The biogas initiative was launched in Pakistan as early as the 1980s. In the meantime, almost nothing of significance has happened; a few thousand family sized biogas units have been installed, thanks to the RSPN and others’ action or lack of it. By comparison, India has installed 4 million units and China six million household units. This translates to one biogas unit per every 10 households and one out of every 10 households in India. We need biogas, especially, in our rural areas. Pipeline gas provides gas only to 20…

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Solar panel technology has played an essential role in the overall shift to renewable and sustainable energy sources. However, one of the major downfalls of this method is that it cannot generate energy after sunset. This might change in the near future. According to researchers, combining photovoltaic cells with thermoradiative cells can help the solar panels generate at least one-quarter of energy at night as well. For the uninitiated, thermoradiative cells are devices that generate power by using the energy emitted by radiative cooling. Currently, these cells are being tested…

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Pakistan LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Marketers Association (PLPGMA) on Wednesday welcomed Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) decision to review dual jurisdictions and make the process of obtaining license for LPG transportation simpler LAHORE, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 5th Feb, 2020 ) :Pakistan LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Marketers Association (PLPGMA) on Wednesday welcomed Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) decision to review dual jurisdictions and make the process of obtaining license for LPG transportation simpler. Talking to media here, PLPGMA Chairman Farooq Iftikhar said that OGRA review of dual jurisdiction would definitely ensure a business-friendly…

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ISLAMABAD: Lubricant oils are as important as petrol and diesel. It is a high margin lucrative business for all those involved in the supply chain. It is unregulated as well giving pricing freedom to the lubricants suppliers and manufacturers. Unfortunately, scant attention has been paid to the issues involved in this sector. It used to be an under regulated sector requiring licensing but now it is unregulated, with positive and negative consequences. Used oil is an environmental liability having the potential to pollute water resources. Used oil is being recycled by…

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ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority has vehemently refuted and categorically rejected a media report titled “OGRA Member Gas ‘delays’ bringing LPG bowsers to tax net”, terming the story “incorrect, malicious and misleading”. In response to the above-mentioned story Published in Pakistan Today on 3rd Feb 2020, the authority stated, “Although OGRA ordinance have been in force and affect since year 2002 which required regulation of midstream and downstream sectors, OGRA first time took the cognizance of license of LPG transportation activity in the year 2011-12 i.e. over nine years…

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