The Chairman of Ogra stated that there’s no chance of taking down gas utility prices any time soon as the energy assets in the country are running out. In a session conducted by the Senate standing committee of cabinet secretariat chairman Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Masroor Khan stated Pakistan’s resources of natural gas are running out and as…
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The government will revise prices of petroleum products on Wednesday (today). The prices may be increased by up to Rs10.5 per litre for the next fortnight if the calculations of the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) are accepted by the government. However, a senior official told Dawn that the government might pass on a partial impact of increase in…
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Engro’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal is scheduled to shut down for four days (Tuesday-Friday) for repair and maintenance work and the suspension is expected to halve LNG supplies to power plants, CNG stations, commercial, industrial and residential consumers. LNG supply from the terminal will remain suspended for the first two days of repair work, which is being undertaken…
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As the Islamabad High Court ruled against allotment of more than one plot to top bureaucrats at public expense, documents reveal that 588 senior officers in grades BS-20 to BS-22 have acquired luxury double-storey houses at subsidised rates. The IHC had on Monday temporarily suspended the allotments in Islamabad’s new sectors and referred the matter to the federal government to examine whether…
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As China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has entered the second phase, the new energy cooperation between Pakistan, ASEAN and China will still play an important role under the frame, said Badar uz Zaman, Commercial Counsellor of Embassy of Pakistan in China. “Sustainable development will be an unavoidable important agenda in the triangle cooperation,” he said in an interview during the 18th China-ASEAN Expo which concluded on Monday. At the…
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The electricity generation by WAPDA hydel power stations surpasses 8800 MW during the peak hours on Sept 12, which is the highest hydel electricity generation during the current year.
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Mining and coal-based power projects have spelled disaster for the people in Thar as the government and private corporations have not delivered on their promises of fair compensation, access to grazing lands, jobs and proper resettlement. According to a soon-to-be-released report titled “Coal rush: the impacts of coal power generation on Tharis’ land rights”, the government as well as mining…
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Power generation projects both thermal and renewable continue to be announced for Southeast Asia, with Vietnam taking a lead role with both onshore and offshore power generation installations. Details of a large liquefied natural gas (LNG)-to-power project were announced Sept. 13, just days after the country’s T&T Group and Denmark’s Ørsted said they are prepared to invest $30 billion support…
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Total feedgas deliveries to US LNG export terminals hit its highest level in four months Sept. 12 at 11.3 Bcf/d, based on nominations for the morning cycle; the total Sept. 13 was just shy of that level, at 11.29 Bcf/d, S&P Global Platts Analytics data show. Strong demand in Asia and Latin America was buoying markets. Asian spot LNG prices…
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There is now a broad consensus that unabated coal power generation must be rapidly phased out if the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement are to be met. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sees coal use falling by around four-fifths this decade on a 1.5C pathway. The International Energy Agency roadmap for 1.5C says unabated coal power should…
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