Singapore — Pakistan has cut its April LNG cargo deliveries as the country’s coronavirus lockdown eats into domestic natural gas consumption, while Bangladesh could be the next country in South Asia to push back on LNG shipments after it introduced a lockdown last week. Nationwide closures now pose major risks to South Asia’s LNG imports after a 21-day shutdown prompted Indian…
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Energy contracts: Government seeks to declare force majeure clause
The stakeholders are in discussion at different levels to declare force majeure on LNG and IPPs as per contracts due to COVID-19. Energy sector experts claim that LNG contracts with Qatar Gas, Gunvor and others and all the IPPs, contracts with capacity payments were executed at high rates and brought serious misery and financial hardship to the country, industry and…
Read MorePlastic: How to predict threats to animals in oceans and rivers
Hosepipes inside a sperm whale, plastic banana bags eaten by green turtles and a shotgun cartridge inside a True’s beaked whale. Just some of the examples of plastic found inside wildlife that have been documented in scientific reports. Researchers went through records of plastic eaten by aquatic creatures to find out more about the risks. They say the length of…
Read MoreKE will charge you for average electricity consumption in April
Karachiites will get their electricity bills for April on a consumption average basis, as the K-Electric management has decided to suspend the physical meter reading process due to the coronavirus lockdown. This was confirmed by K-Electric representatives to SAMAA Digital. The KE spokesperson said the management has decided not to expose staff in any physical exercise. “We have decide to suspend…
Read MorePakistan’s number of coronavirus cases could be much higher than given statistics
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s health experts as well as the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) officials have expressed fears the country’s efforts to control coronavirus could end in complete jeopardy as still, there is no data available on the possible number of coronavirus cases in the country. Presently, there are more than 1,600 confirmed cases of virus reported in the country but according…
Read MoreThailand picking up cheap distressed LNG cargoes
State-owned PTT has purchased about a dozen LNG cargoes from the spot market as prices for the supercooled fuel tumbled to multi-year lows, according to LLI data and a news report. PTT also looks likely to pick up further cargoes diverted from India as the world’s second most populous country has headed into a three-week lockdown
Read MoreCOVID-19: Qatar to supply three, not five, LNG cargoes a month to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: In an unusual development, Qatar has extended major solace to Pakistan by reducing the LNG supply to three cargoes from five in a month as was demanded by PTI government as the country was unable to absorb the LNG mainly because of massive dip in its demand due to lockdown imposed in the wake of COVID-19 spread, a senior…
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