KARACHI: Owing to the rising demand for gasoline through the winter season, Sui Southern Gas Firm Restricted (SSGC) has introduced a brand new load administration initiative, ARY Information reported.
As a part of this measure, SSGCL has determined to droop the gasoline provide to industrial customers, captive energy vegetation, and Compressed Pure Gas (CNG) stations for 48 hours.
The suspension shall be in impact from 8:00 AM on January 17 till 8:00 AM on January 19.
The corporate said that the suspension is critical to keep up sufficient gasoline strain and guarantee an uninterrupted provide for residential and industrial customers.
Moreover, the routine gasoline load-shedding schedule (from 10:00 PM to five:00 AM) will stay in impact.
SSGCL added that the general gasoline load administration schedule will proceed to use to residential and industrial sectors.
Alternatively, as quickly because the federal authorities lifted ban on new gasoline connections, Sui Northern Gas Firm (SNGPL) was inundated with purposes for new connections.
Final yr, Pakistan’s authorities determined to elevate its years-long ban on new gasoline connections for home use, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik mentioned.
As per particulars, SNGPL officers mentioned that dealing with such a lot of purposes concurrently has turn out to be a problem for the corporate.
Underneath the Quick Observe class, round 400,000 new purposes have been obtained, in keeping with Sui Gas authorities.
In the meantime, roughly 300,000 purposes have been obtained beneath the conventional advantage class, SNGPL officers confirmed.
Underneath the Quick Observe scheme, practically 29,000 connections have already been put in. Authorities added that 36,000 connection conversion instances have been addressed, offering customers with up to date pre-paid demand notices.
To this point, a complete of 64,000 new RLNG-based connections have been offered, in keeping with Sui Gas officers.
In the meantime, the federal authorities had determined to not enhance gasoline costs farther from January 1.
Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervez Malik shared this replace throughout a briefing to the Nationwide Meeting Standing Committee on Petroleum.
The Minister knowledgeable the committee that, following the Prime Minister’s directives, gasoline costs is not going to be raised from January 2026.
Malik said that the gasoline round debt is now not rising, although it presently stands at Rs 3 trillion, a determine that features Late Cost Surcharges (LPS). He additionally famous that Qatar has maintained its contract circumstances regardless of the difficult world state of affairs.
