The LPG Marketing companies, dealer and equipment manufactures/suppliers are striving hard to bring the autogas stations and provide alternative fuel for vehicles in the country. For the same, the LPG Association of Pakistan’s (LPGAP) proposed for allowing installation in resedential areas following the NFPA-58 regulations which the authority Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has put down. Business Recoder report gives the details.
According to documents available with Business Recorder, the Authority’s rationale is that in a country like Pakistan appropriate locations of LPG dispensing stations is all the more important due to high population densities, poor traffic conditions, dismal public awareness towards safety and weak emergency response at local level. Authority said that National Fire Protection Association (NFPA-58), an International Code and Standards Organisation, provided guidelines on safety at LPG dispensing stations which do not adequately cover the safety requirements for areas around dispensing stations.
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Auto-Gas, LPG, OGRA, Pakistan
Autogas, Fuel, LPG, LPGAP, NFPA-58, ogra, Vehicles
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and Petrosin, a Singapore-based company, have entered into a legal battle over scrapping of Rs 10 billion LPG sale contract between the two parties, as the latter has got a stay order from Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench, Business Recorder has learnt.
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Board of Management (BoM) had rescinded its earlier decision of awarding a contract to Petrosin in last week of April for setting up 400 LPG auto-gas stations across the country. The sources said the PSO’s board had earlier approved the deal through a majority vote with Petrosin.
The PSO’s BoM recently gave the go ahead to the management to invite parties for prequalification to participate in the project of LPG supply to the entire net of the autostations. According to sources, Rawalpindi Bench of LHC has issued stay order directing PSO not to proceed with the process of LPG deal as per advertisement given in newspapers seeking parties for pre-qualification till the final verdict of the court. Sources said that the court would resume hearing of the case today (Friday).
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Auto-Gas, LPG, PSO, Pakistan
AG, Auto-Gas, LPG, PSO
