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Month: January 2021

CASA-1000 would contribute towards energy security & cross border import and export of electricity: Omar Ayub

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Islamabad, January 27,2021: Federal Minister for Energy Mr. Omar Ayub Khan and President of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Dr. Bandar Hajjar inaugurated the construction of the 113 kilometer electricity transmission lines from Pak-Afghan border to Nowshera under the South Asia Central Asia Regional Trade and Transmission Project (CASA-1000) in a virtual event. Federal Secretary Power Division, Mr. Ali Raza and…

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Pakistan LNG Limited.

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Islamabad, January 27, 2021: PLL issued a tender (PLL/IMP/LNGT30) for 3 spot cargoes for March on 16 December 2020 and opened the bids on 15 January 2021 with bid opening to delivery ranging from 53 to 66 days. It received multiple bids for all cargoes but decided not to award considering the rapidly changing supply and demand position. PLL issued…

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ECC likely to approve allocation of gas from Mari Petroleum wells to SSGC

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ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) is likely to approve the allocation of around 22 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) gas from three different gas fields of Sujawal block to the Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGCL). According to sources, the Petroleum Division has request the committee to approve the allocation of up to 15mmcfd gas from Sujawal-1,…

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Pakistan troubled by too much electricity after decade of power shortages

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Pakistan is now faced with a new and unfamiliar problem of too much electricity generation capacity after spending decades tackling power shortages, Bloomberg reported. After having too many coal and natural gas-fired plants built – most financed under the Belt and Road Initiative, launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 – within a short span of time, Pakistan found…

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Pakistan gets up to 38pc lower LNG rates through revised bids

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ISLAMABAD: Amid falling international market, Pakistan on Wednesday received significantly cheaper bids for three cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be delivered in March under an urgent tendering process. The state-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) had last week cancelled bids for LNG deliveries in March for three windows as prices in the international spot market started to crash. For…

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Government mulls over establishing EV board

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The government is considering establishing a separate electric vehicle (EV) board, similar to the Engineering Development Board (EDB), in a bid to promote environment-friendly vehicles in the country. In that regard, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain met Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss his ministry’s role in promoting EVs in Pakistan. He apprised the premier of…

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Some economic indicators worsen

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Some of the major fiscal and external sector economic indicators of Pakistan deteriorated in the first half of current fiscal year, but authorities believe that economic recovery will still continue, albeit, at a slower pace. The finance ministry on Tuesday released its monthly Economic Updates and Outlook report for January. The ministry used a mix of five and six-month indicators.…

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Audit of inefficient plants halted

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ISLAMABAD: After an exercise of around six months, an energy audit of inefficient power plants has come to a halt as textile and other industries have obtained a stay order from Sindh High Court. In July last year, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) had authorised National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (NEECA) to conduct energy efficiency audit of captive…

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