ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) led by its Chairman Tauseef H Farooqi on Monday visited the Karachi Electric (KE) head office and its under-construction 900MW BQPS-III, a statement said on Monday. Farooqi was briefed about the comprehensive plan regarding generation, transmission, and distribution plan submitted by KE on account of the authority’s directives given vide order dated…
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KARACHI: Chairman NEPRA, Tauseef H Farooqi launched K-Electric’s Women Ambassador Programme “Roshni Baji” at a ceremony at the Tipu Sultan Customer Care Centre of the company in Karachi Monday. This is a first-of-its-kind programme in which the selected women will become ambassadors for Safety and aiming to promote awareness for efficient usage of electricity along with conversion from hook connections…
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KARACHI: Criticising the federal government for increasing the power tariff, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sindh’s secretary general and former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Monday said that people will scream when the February’s electricity bill will come. He said the federal government has been robbing the people in the name of fuel adjustment charges. He was addressing a press conference at…
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ISLAMABAD: In a new development, one of the leading private players in the LNG sector, the PGPCL (Pakistan Gas Port Limited), has sought allocation of pipeline capacity for transmission of 150mmcfd of RLNG on a three-month rolling basis. The PGPL has written a letter to OGRA, seeking the pipeline capacity allocation keeping in view the latest decision taken by the…
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ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 15th Feb, 2021 ) :Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has injected as many as 14 new wells by making 2,666 BPD of oil, 82 MMCFD of gas and 77 MTD of LPG in its production gathering system during second quarter of the current fiscal year. “The company has acquired…
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Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices fell for a fourth week on lower heating demand and as markets in China and most of Southeast Asia close for the Lunar New Year. The average LNG price for March delivery into Northeast Asia LNG-AS was estimated at around $6.90 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), 30 cents lower than last week,…
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During 2008-09, when terrorism was a daily occurrence in Pakistan, I was once talking to this jewellery store owner on main Sadar road Peshawar. He pointed to a significant number of men lurking around and said, “I feel threatened from them as much as from the suicide bombers.” I was confused so he explained that these men were waiting for…
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The Government of Pakistan, on Sunday, took action for the execution on the recommended rise in fuel prices from February 16 by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA). According to the sources, from February 16, an inflation in the prices of petroleum products by Rs 5 is likely to be observed. OGRA has sent the documentation of suggestions to the Petroleum Division…
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Kabul, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 14th Feb, 2021 ) :Dozens of oil and gas tankers carrying millions of dollars’ worth of fuel caught fire on Saturday, creating an inferno at Afghanistan’s biggest trade crossing with Iran, officials said. The blaze broke out in the early afternoon at islam Qala port, 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the…
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KARACHI: Spokesperson of Sindh Government and Advisor for Law, Environment and Coastal Development Barrister Murtaza Wahab has criticized Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) for its proposal to increase price of petroleum products to up to Rs16. He said that the hike in price of petroleum products was nothing but a nuisance to the people. He said that the selected…
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