CNG price in Sindh and Punjab has reached a record high of Rs300 per kilogram as private sector is barred from importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) itself, while government failed to ensure the imports on time, an industry representative claimed on Saturday. “We are forced to use the most expensive LNG in the history,” said Ghiyas Paracha, central leader of All Pakistan CNG Association, adding that lack of timely LNG purchase agreements had pushed the price up. Speaking to the media after the consultative meeting of the CNG Association, Paracha…
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The case against LNG terminals
lobal warming and climate change caused by emissions of carbon dioxide and other air pollutants pose a serious threat to human well-being and the health of the planet. To avoid the devastating effects of an increasing carbon footprint, the energy sector requires urgent action on a global scale. Many countries are strategising energy transition to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change. Some of these countries, including Pakistan, consider liquefied natural gas (LNG) the cleanest fossil fuel. However, LNG is a fossil fuel contributing to carbon pollution…
Read MoreNew govt buys LNG at 40pc higher prices
Despite a large majority of cargoes imported at cheaper long term contracts, the basket price for imported Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) has surged 40 per cent to a record $22-24 per million British Thermal Unit (mmBtu) for May owing to a string of spot cargoes procured by the new coalition government in first month in office to meet energy shortages. In a notification issued on Friday, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) worked average sale price for Lahore-based SNGPL at $21.83 per mmBtu for May, up 40pc from…
Read MoreGovernment Of Pakistan Press Information Department Karachi
Pakistan is going to be water scarce by 2025, therefore water need to be utilised economically: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Ms. Sherry Rehman. Karachi: Pakistan is going to be water scarce by 2025, therefore water has to be utilised economically, Federal Minister for Climate Change, Ms. Sherry Rehman. This she said while addressing to the ceremony of expedition indus held at Marina Club, Karachi saturday. She congratulated the team who travelled 45 days from stardu to Karachi through Indus River and Kharo Chann and ended in Karachi on rafts…
Read MoreReport on Coastal Pollution In Pakistan
Pakistan has a coastline of about 1050km which touches Iran in the westand India in the east. The Coast is provincially bifurcated into Sindh Coast and MakranCoast. The coast all zone up to 12nauticalmiles(NM) falls unde rthe jurisdiction of Governments of Sindh and Balochistan, while from 12NM upto 200NM fallswith in the federal government jurisdiction
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