Natural Gas Shortage: Situation To Improve Soon
Both industries and consumers have been hit hard by the natural gas shortage. New connections for industrial areas have been tightly controlled over the last many months. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) is planning to add 250 mcf per day additional gas in the system from June this year. The natural gas supply in Pakisan has significant problems of theft and other losses. Sui Gas company has large amounts unsetteled with Wapda and consumers as well.
The managing director of SNGPL said that company was trying to reduce line losses. Rs 1.5 billion have been allocated to reduce the losses up to 6 percent from the current level of 8 percent. The company was also trying to minimise gas pilferage as the government has been asked to enact law to award severe punishments to discourage gas theft which is currently 50 percent of total losses, he informed. Currently there is no effective legal act under which gas pilferage complaint is registered and culprits punished accordingly, he added.
Via Business Recorder.
