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Chairman National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Tauseef H Farooqi on Thursday urged the power sector companies to strive hard in improving their performance in the areas of Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (HSE). Addressing at award ceremony, the Chairman highlighted the significance of NEPRA’s drive of “Power with Safety”. He stressed that HSE issues were at the forefront of…

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The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) was informed on Thursday that the enhanced demand of domestic consumers would be met through savings from captive power generation. The meeting presided over by Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar here was informed that the prudent pressure management plan would also be developed to ensure the stable supply of…

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mran Maniar, MD, SSGC has termed the Company’s participation in Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) as an extremely useful one. ADIPEC a premier energy sector event that concluded today in Abu Dhabi kicked if on November 15, 2021. It is hosted annually by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). MD, SSGC said that finding new suppliers, probing…

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Oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices could climb higher this winter as low inventories threaten supply disruption or demand shocks for the market, an official of Vitol (VITOLV.UL), the world’s top independent oil trader, said on Wednesday. Consumption of natural gas, coal and oil has surged as the global economy re-opens from COVID-19 curbs, leading to price spikes and…

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Prime Minister’s Advisor on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin has termed liquidity crunch as a major constraint in investment at the moment in oil and gas sector despite high returns, well informed sources told Business Recorder. He shared his views at a recent meeting of Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE), during deliberations on development plan of Pakistan’s oil and gas sector.…

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A man died, and five children and two women were injured in an explosion on Wednesday morning that took place at a multi-storey residential building in the Lyari area of Karachi. The explosion took place at the sixth floor of the building located in Liaquat Ashraf Colony in the Lyari neighbourhood within the limits of the Kalri police station. As…

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A mysterious disease similar to dengue fever is spreading fast in the city. The disease caused by mosquito bite tests negative for malaria, dengue and other vector borne diseases. Patients, including adults as well as children, with dengue fever like symptoms such as headache and high fever, are coming to various public and private hospitals, healthcare experts said. Infected patients…

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The Petroleum Differential Claim (PDC) lasted four days, before the government rushed to increase prices. Come November 16, 2021, normal services seem to have resumed, as the authorities continue to be pressed in the wake of high global crude oil price. This time around, another first was recorded, as GST on gasoline, came down to nothing, for the first time…

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Progress doesn’t follow a straight line. The outcomes from most-recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow – dubbed as COP26 – have disappointed climate activists. The climate change issue is a major, era-defining test of the multilateral system that has been in place for many decades. But major powers have competing interests, which complicate reaching a consensus. What has…

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A three-day National Workshop on the Ten Billion Trees Tsunami Programme (TBTTP) was concluded today in Islamabad. The workshop was jointly organized by the Ministry of Climate Change of the Government of Pakistan, KfW and the Third Party Monitoring Consortium: IUCN Pakistan, FAO Pakistan and WWF-Pakistan with the financial assistance of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development…

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