LAHORE: Chairman Oil Marketing Association of Pakistan (OMAP) Tariq Wazir Ali on Sunday appealed to the Ministry of Petroleum and Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to reconsider the proposed option of shifting from fortnightly to weekly fuel price adjustments. In a statement issued here, Tariq Wazir Ali said that OMAP believes that such a move will have severe and…
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ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government is said to have exempted Turkmenistan Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project from the Open Access Regime, OGRA Gas (Third Party Access) Rules 2018 and the Pakistan Gas Network Code, besides standard waiver of immunity in line with international precedents to be included in the Host Government Agreement (HGA), sources close to Secretary Petroleum told Business Recorder. These…
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ISLAMABAD, November 25, 2023: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), in alignment with its Health, Diversity & Inclusion (HDI) initiative, on Saturday organized the “Mindful Miles Walk” for its employees, a dynamic and healthy activity aimed at protecting the environment.The event, organized by the OGDCL Sports Board, was inaugurated by Mr. Ahmed Hayat Lak, the Managing Director and…
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ISLAMABAD: K-Electric has prepared its Indicative Generation Plan (IGP) up to 2032-33 which will be submitted to an appropriate forum for consideration and approval. National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) recently wrote a letter to KE in which data has been sought for IGCEP 2024. In reply to a November 2, 2023 letter of Deputy Manager Director, System Operation, National…
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KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) said on Friday it had started production of oil and gas from a new well in the Pothwar region of Punjab The company, which operates the Adhi Mining Lease with joint venture partners Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) and Pakistan Oilfield Ltd (POL), said the Adhi South-6 well was drilled to a depth…
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ISLAMABAD: Official data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) shows that gas charges have gone up by 1108.59 percent in the outgoing week of 2023 against the same week last year. The official data of the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) released on Friday shows that gas charges for lower quintile witnessed a hike in prices by 1108.59 percent…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday received four international bids, with the lowest at $18.46 per unit, for the supply of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo in the first part of January to meet anticipated peak winter shortage in the residential sector as the gas regulator notified 1.2 per cent increase in the sale price of regasified-LNG (RLNG) for November. The…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kuwait will soon sign seven memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for investments worth $10 billion in Pakistan through seven projects in multiple fields, including environment, mining, and food security. In this regard, the federal cabinet, in its meeting held on Friday, approved seven MoUs to be signed during the upcoming visit of caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar…
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ISLAMABAD: Nestlé Pakistan won two top awards in the categories of Gender Equity and Agri Tech & Food Security at the Sustainability Awards hosted by Sustainable Policy Development Institute (SDPI).Nestlé Pakistan’s recognition in the two categories were for its Creating Shared Value (CSV) initiatives, the Nestlé-BISP Rural Women Sales Program that has supported 2800 rural women to achieve financial empowerment…
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ISLAMABAD: The fate of Turkmenistan’s demand seeking legislative cover of Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPPA), 2022 for its investment to be made in Pakistan’s territory, under the trans-nation $10 billion TAPI gas pipeline project, depends upon the legal opinion from the Law Division. The gas pipeline from Turkmenistan has to pass through Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Turkmenistan will…
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