Karachi’s load shedding situation to improve in 48 hours, assures KE

K-Electric Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Moonis Alvi has said that the ongoing electricity crisis in Karachi, will ease down in 48 hours. Talking to media CEO KE Alvi said that the authorities have assured him that KE will be provided furnace oil from some Independent Power Producers (IPP) and the situation will normalize. “From the start of June, we were facing issues regarding the supply of furnace oil, and there were many reasons to it, as we can see there is a shortage of petroleum in the country, as the…

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China’s Oil Imports From Saudi Arabia Jump To Record High

As China imported its highest-ever volume of crude oil in May, its imports from the world’s top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, nearly doubled to the highest on record after fuel demand in the world’s top oil importer recovered and refiners purchased crude at bargain prices in April. Chinese imports of crude oil from OPEC’s largest producer, Saudi Arabia, surged by 94.9 percent on the year and by 71 percent on the month in May, to reach 2.16 million barrels per day (bpd), according to data from China’s General Administration of…

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Record increase in petroleum prices approved by govt

KARACHI: In a bombshell development, Federal government increased petrol price by Rs25.58 after decreasing it a short while back resulting in a countrywide scarcity, ARY News reported. According to a notification issued by the government on the matter, new price for a litre of petrol is now Rs100.10. Read More: Won’t tolerate petroleum shortage at any cost: PM Imran High Speed Diesel’s new price is now Rs101.46 per litre with an increase of Rs21.31. Light diesel’s new price is Rs55.98 per litre registering an increase of Rs17.84 whereas kerosene oil’s…

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Rs11.97 per unit flat tariff for winter season approved

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ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) that met here on Wednesday with Dr Hafeez Sheikh in the chair approved flat tariff regime at Rs11.97 per unit for electricity consumers of domestic, commercial and industrial sectors using ToD (Time of Day) meters for four months of winter season to be effective from November 1, 2019 to end February 2020. It is pertinent to mention that The News in its edition of October 25, 2019 already published the story with headline’ Flat tariff regime: Massive relief for power consumers on the cards’…

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Oil Market Optimism Is Entirely Misplaced

Optimism is supposedly back in oil markets, with the Global Research team at Bank of America lifting its oil price forecast for this year and next as demand recovers from coronavirus-linked shutdowns, the OPEC+ output cut deal curtails supply, and producers slash capital expenditure. The bank now sees Brent crude oil averaging $43.70 per barrel in 2020, up from a previous estimate of $37. In 2021 and 2022, the bank forecasts average prices of $50 and $55 a barrel respectively. BofA also forecast that “a pattern of falling inventories across…

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