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Recently the news of appointment of Sui Northern Gs Pipelines (SNGPL) Managing Director made waves as the Company got MD from the corporate sector hence the appointment of Ali J Hamdani came as a big surprise for all those familiar with the oil and gas sector in Pakistan. Unlike in most of the cases, this was a pleasant surprise as the newly appointed MD has rich experience in managing mega projects at well known global organizations. Mr. Hamdani is said to be a visionary executive and transformational leader with foresight…

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The Transport and Mass Transit Department of Sindh in a letter written to the PSO chief executive officer has asked the oil and gas marketing company to ensure that oil tankers having no or fake fitness certificates are not allowed to hit the road in the province. The secretary of the department stated that vehicles owned or hired by oil companies on contract are plying without or with a fake fitness certificate. He called for issuing directives to these companies to engage only those vehicles for oil transportation that have…

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ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to construct the Strategic Underground Gas Storages (SUGS) in August this year to meet the increasing gas demand in future, which were considered mandatory along with the import of LNG as per international practices. “Feasibility study of the SUGS is scheduled to be completed in May, while construction on these facilities will start in August 2021,” a senior official privy to petroleum sector developments told APP. He said it was unfortunate that the previous government had introduced the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in Pakistan’s market…

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RAWALPINDI: Gas crisis has further aggravated as consumers of several localities of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad running behind high priced Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), dry woods, coal and kerosene oil due to shortage of natural gas even for domestic consumers in freezing temperature. Some seven days back on December 28, Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice on gas crisis but in vain because consumers, as per routine, facing absence of natural gas for domestic users yet in this regard. On the other hand, marketing companies are taking full…

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The South Asian nation will have a majority share of 51% to 74% in the project, while Russia will own the remainder, Nadeem Babar, petroleum adviser to the prime minister, said in an interview on Dec. 14. Pakistan’s gas distribution companies Sui Southern Gas Co. and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd., which have started acquiring land for the pipeline, will be a part of the project, while a Russian consortium will lead construction. Pakistan has become one of the top emerging markets for the super-chilled fuel in recent years as…

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