Moratorium on gas supply to CPPs is no solution
Pakistan is faced with an acute gas shortage. Natural gas resources, which comprise 50% of the country’s total energy supply, are declining rapidly with no sizeable gas discoveries in sight,…
Gas supply to Engro fertiliser plant
It appears that Engro management went ahead and installed one of the largest fertilizer plants without securing the supply of the required basic raw material - natural gas for the…
Reduced gas supply to KESC
Currently, KESC has been forced to carry out increased loadshedding in Karachi due to unjust and inadequate allocation of low cost generation fuel, that is natural gas. This is a…
No more gas circular debt buildup?
Gas price rationalization is a big reform undertaken by the caretaker government in view of the fact that in the past successive political governments failed to implement it. Increases in…
Gas sector reform: beyond pricing
Finally, pricing reform in the gas sector is in sight. The summary has been moved, and prices are likely to increase soon (before the IMF review). The gas circular debt…
Shippers bet on green methanol to cut emissions, supply lags
Container shippers are ordering vessels powered by methanol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it will take years for renewable methanol output to meet demand and for costs to fall,…
Rethinking natural gas allocation and pricing: challenges and path to sustainable solutions
The allocation and pricing of natural gas have been contentious issues in Pakistan, with the government historically granting top priority to domestic consumers, often at the expense of other economically…
As gas: reserves wane, Philippines faces rising costs in switch to LNG
With just four years before the Philippines’ only gas field is set to run dry, the country has started importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), creating a fresh headache for a…
Oil and gas profits fuel UK worker demands for just energy future
When Scott Agnew worked on deep sea oil and gas tankers and cargo boats in the 1980s, he used to count whales and dolphins for conservationists’ surveys on his voyages…
New gas tariff and circular debt
Finally, much-awaited new gas tariff has been announced by government under negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The increase is up to 12-112% in various gas tariff slabs. Earlier,…
