The government has procured four liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes at the highest-ever rates at $15.19-$15.49 per mmBtu for the month of September. The state-owned Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) first cancelled the tender of eight cargoes for September and October, arguing that the rates were higher at $13.78 per mmBtu, but now it has procured four cargoes at the highest-ever…
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Once known as the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting country, Indonesia is transforming its LNG industry from its previous service as liquefaction plants only to the development of LNG receiving/regasification terminals or units. More than that, LNG products, which used to be entirely exported, are now absorbed mostly by domestic industries. There are three LNG liquefaction plants currently…
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Karachi (PR): Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo– President FPCCI – has expressed his profound concern over continuing gas crisis and incessant gas supply shortages; hampering industrial production and fulfilment of export orders. Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo has stressed the immediate need to bring all the stakeholders and players on one page; and, he has requested Honourable PM Imran Khan to chair…
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LAHORE: The Mangla dam, the biggest water reservoir of the country, may not be filled this year, jeopardising 13 million acre feet (MAF) Rabi supplies to Punjab and endangering wheat crop in the province and food security of the country. The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) now seems resigned to the fact, saying: “If the country has much above normal…
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The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) on Tuesday demanded that government explain the rationale behind approving the 1,263MW power plant being set up by Punjab Thermal Power Ltd in Jhang which is based on imported regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG). In a statement, FPCCI President Mian Nasser Hyatt Magoo said the new plant will cost six…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman support in his plans to launch a 10-billion tree plantation drive, while also inviting him to collaborate on climate change initiatives. “I am delighted to learn about Your Royal Highness’s plans for launching Saudi Green Initiative aimed at protecting the nature and planet. The two initiatives, which, inter alia, include,…
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It took 10 years to develop the first floating windfarm and it seemed to some a dangerous gamble to put it 15 miles off Aberdeen in the stormiest waters of the North Sea. But after three years of being in operation it has broken world records for maximum output. Its success even outstrips the speed with which Europe’s other offshore…
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ISLAMABAD: In the latest development, Chinese company Pak Matiari- Lahore Transmission Company (PMLTC), which completed ±660kV Matiari-Lahore HVDC Transmission Project with investment of $2.2 billion in two years time, has threatened to move the international arbitration court against the government-owned company National Transmission Dispatch Company (NTDC) for creating hurdles in the commissioning of the project. The Chinese company has asked…
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KARACHI: The Thar Coal Block-1 project, which is an important part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is making rapid progress despite all odds, says a top official. At the office relocation ceremony of Sino Sindh Resources Private Limited (SSRL), Li Jigen, Chief Operating Officer of SSRL, a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric, said that despite the Covid-19 pandemic and other…
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KARACHI: A landmark achievement has been accomplished at Jagran – II HPP where FWO devised a strategy to excavate the upstream with downstream portions of the Main Headrace Tunnel by carrying out excavation from both ends in opposite directions and meeting in the middle. This happened on 27 January 2021 when the milestone of meeting the two tunnels with a…
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