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I would agree with @ADIL SHERDIL. Pak Army is fairly large for the size & GDP of the country. What is really needed is to improve the leadership quality of the officer corps and the fighting quality of the ordinary jawans. This can be achieved by providing the soldiers with modern equipment and...

Under current circumstances, every buyer would like to cancel or renegotiate the price. Had the price gone the other way, would the sellers not try the same? If you read the terms of Pakistani or Indian or any other country contract there is always a 'Performance' guarantee clause and a...

About Arjun tank: "The tank is fitted with Kanchan armor, a locally designed composite blend that is allegedly similar to British Chobham armor. Kanchan is rumored to be capable of shrugging off point-blank shots from the 125-millimeter gun of Indian T-72 tanks. Arjun is so well protected that...

This week the Institute of Petroleum Conference is going on in London. (https://www.ipweek.co.uk/) As curtsey, my ex-colleagues & friends often invite me for lunch or tea. TOTAL have a stake in Qatar LNG...

A word of caution, kindly remember that while it is difficult to make a lot of money, it is even more difficult to hold on to it. Firstly $80,000 (about 1 crore 20 lakh in Pk rupees) is not a hell of a lot of money especially in Karachi where even a small family not living a very posh area like...

I am a shirt sleeve engineer and was never a good teacher. Since you asked for it. Here it is; I hope that if nothing else, it should give you some rudimentary information about LPG. Petroleum Industry which includes both Oil & Gas can be subdivided into three distinct sectors. A. Upstream...

Since yesterday I have been seeking the truth behind this report of Reliance purchasing a cargo below $3/-per mm BTU. This morning Henry Hub's natural gas price in the US was still $1.95 per mm Btu which makes this Reliance price not economically viable. Cashing in my 'Browny Points'; this...

I was unable to read the report in Reuters as the link to Reuters is not there. I find it hard to believe as Henry Hub Price for natural gas is about $1.9 per mm Btu, it would take at least $1/- per mm Btu to liquify it than the freight. No other Industry publication has reported this deal...

There is no single book or a short cut, it takes years of experience. However, I shall look up the notes that I used for training the new employees and try to suggest something, but it might take a day or two. Don't know if that will be any good but I shall make an attempt.

Dear Sir, LNG prices do not follow crude prices closely. This is because these are two different markets and LNG is not produced from crude but from natural gas. I am now retired and since most of the industry data, such as Platt's LNG Price Assessment are not accessible unless paid for. (All...

Singapore may be fine but what about food in countries like Romania & Bulgaria which I visited many times on business? No Halal & even difficult to find vegetarian food. Especially when taken to business diners by the locals, one has to compromise and simply stick to dishes with no pork and...

Agreed. One cannot run away from what they are and where they are from. I may be a bad Muslim but would never hide my religion from anyone. When dining in foreign countries where the dishes are unknown to me, I always inquire if pork was a part of the ingredient before ordering the same. Good...

I was under the impression that the replacements for Type 56 & G-3 have already been chosen. G-3 being replaced by the gas-operated PK -18 and type 56 by PK-21 a version of Ak -103. Or am I mistaken?

Honorable Sir, As mentioned earlier that it is the norm in the oil industry to have a large part of the requirements for crude and of product imports on a long term basis with only a part left for spot purchases. Don’t know if you are aware that PSO & KPC have a gas oil supply contract going...

It appears that just like in the parliament, the use of bad language has become more common in this forum as well. I am sure that the same sentiment could have been expressed in a more civilized manner through words such as 'Scoundrel' or unscrupulous etc. I would be probably the last one to...

According to Bloomberg, today's Brent price was $55/bbl. Pakistan's long term LNG contract with Qatar is at 13.37% of Brent. This translates into a price of $7.36 per mm BTU ex ship. According to market sources, the benchmark for spot Asian LNG prices, JKM, has fallen more than 40% from the...

I still fondly remember the days when Indian & Pakistani Hockey teams ruled the world. Still, it is good to know that at least one team from the subcontinent is playing world-class Hockey. Congrats to Manocret Singh.

Honorable Air Marshall, Many of my countrymen have misconceived ideas about how expensive LNG is and how much money was siphoned off to line the pockets of those involved. I have taken the liberty to write a detailed response to your rather cynic remarks. I would request you to graciously read...

At this time it more of a guess. I would wait & see what figure comes out of PPL. To the best of my knowledge, a1-tcf gas filed should be able to produce about 200-million cft per day when fully developed.

The Chiltern Lime Stone merely refers to the rock formation where the gas accumulated. I am not a Geologist or a Reservoir Engineer. All I know is that the 'Choke' is a device to control the flow of oil/gas from the well and it could be fixed choke or variable choke. The choke size could be up...