Govt to Install 26 LPG Plants in Balochistan Worth Rs. 48 Billion

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Govt to Install 26 LPG Plants in Balochistan Worth Rs. 48 Billion

The federal government has released Rs. 48 billion to establish 26 LPG air-mix plants in Balochistan to meet the gas demand in the province.

Minister for Petroleum Ghulam Sarwar announced this while addressing a Senate session on Friday.

Mr. Ghulam Sarwar informed the upper house that there is no unannounced gas load-shedding in any part of the country.

He said the government was determined to eliminate system constraints so that the issue of low gas pressure can be resolved.

The minister told Senators that the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) had started injecting RLNG which helped reduce the demand and supply gap of natural gas in the country.

Petroleum minister highlighted the measures his ministry was taking to mitigate gas theft across the country.

It should be mentioned here that the recent gas crisis in the country caused industries in Sindh and Punjab to close down several times in the last couple of months.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had ordered an inquiry into the matter, and the MDs of SNGPL and SSGCL were removed on the recommendations of the inquiry report.

The government had to import Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Qatar to meet the rising demand in the winter season

 

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Pakistan needs to find a way to decrease "non-commercial" use of Electricity and Oil/Gas (through better housing materials and improvements in efficiencies in heating and cooling equipment) so that cheap supplies of electricity, oil, and gas can be available for industrial and agricultural processes.

Economic increases or decreases would not have such a dramatic impact on the national trade balance, if energy demand was carried by private commercial interests.

The state has to balance subsidies with stability in thee projects. The dependence and entitlement people develop to them can be worse then not starting the projects in the first place. These kinds of projects need to be on a primarily commercial basis as no to burden the state coffers.