ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday notified a Rs2/kg hike in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for the month of December 2020. As per the notification, LPG will be available at Rs132/kg in the market; domestic cylinder will cost Rs1,553 (Rs23 more than last month) whereas commercial cylinder will be sold at Rs5,976 (+Rs88). Sources…
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ISLAMABAD: Power Division has requested National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to revise industrial power tariff and abolish Time of Use (ToU) charges in accordance with the decisions of ECC and CCoE. The government took decision to lower tariff for the industrial sector despite finance adviser’s warning that provision of superfluous subsidies in power sector can create hurdles in release…
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The outlook for the upstream industry has rarely looked so uncertain. After two oil price crashes in five years, market and price risks are at their highest in decades. And upstream spend in 2020 is set to be at its lowest in 15 years. The energy transition and the economic fallout from coronavirus will only make capital allocation decisions that…
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday increased prices of High Speed Diesel (HSD) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by 3.94pc and 1.48pc, respectively, with immediate effect. However, by reducing some taxes it kept prices of petrol, kerosene oil and light diesel oil unchanged for the next 15 days, according to an announcement made by the ministry of finance. As such, the…
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Islamic State militants launched a rocket strike against an Iraqi refinery causing its shut-down, Reuters has reported, citing officials from the facility. In a statement on the terrorist group’s official channel, IS took responsibility for the attack, which caused a fire at a fuel storage tank, which has been put under control. “We completely shut down production units to avoid…
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The United States government is set to add Chinese state oil company CNOOC to a blacklist of companies with ties to the Chinese military, Reuters has reported, citing sources and a document. The move is the latest escalation in the U.S-Chinese trade spat and comes less than two months before the administration changes. So far, the Department of Defense has…
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The international media think tanks and government agencies have discussed at length the near failure of Venezuela, once Latin America’s most stable and developed nation, and the emergence of this century’s second-worst humanitarian crisis. The country’s implosion can be blamed upon a variety of factors, the key being the socialist Maduro regime’s gross mismanagement of its economic engine, Venezuela’s oil…
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ISLAMABAD: Competition and privatisation are the buzz words for economic growth and modernisation. Privatisation has had a chequered history in Pakistan. Lack of a developed private sector has prevented privatisation and vice versa. The elite, bureaucracy and their cronies and relatives have found relatively well-paid jobs in the public sector and have been opposing privatisation. Competition has been hijacked by…
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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) awarded a contract worth up to $519 million (AED1.9 billion) to further expand the scope of the world’s largest combined three-dimensional (3D) onshore and offshore seismic survey, which is currently taking place in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The expansion underscores the important role seismic surveying plays in enabling ADNOC to identify and…
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Islamabad-The highest gas wellhead prices and LPG margins in the region is making Pakistani gas more expensive for the consumers. The wellhead prices of domestic gas and margin on LPG is higher respectively 33 per cent and 26 per cent than the regional countries, data available with The Nation reveals. The government seems to be focusing more on LNG prices…
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