The Armed Forces of the country have proposed to the government theconstruction of a 0.7 million tonnes strategic petroleum reserve (SPR)storage at Gwadar, reliable sources informed ProPakistani.
The federal government is planning the establishment of strategic petroleumreserve (SPR) storage facilities with the capacity of two million tonnes,official documents available with the scribe reveal.
The establishment of the 30 days SPR will further boost the country’s fuelstorage capacity and will safeguard against supply disruptions at thenational level. According to the viewpoint of the Ministry of Defence,supported by the general headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan military, thenew Strategic Petroleum Reserve will enhance the reliability of the army’spetroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL) support.
The Ministry of Energy has suggested the construction of the StrategicPetroleum Reserve with a storage capacity of two million tonnes. Of theproposed storage, Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage of one million tonneswill be established at Hub. There is also a proposal for the establishmentof 1 million tonnes SPR at Karachi and Mehmood Kot. Out of the one milliontonnes proposed SPR, storage with the capacity of 0.7 million tonnes willbe established at Karachi while storage with the capacity of 0.3 milliontonnes will be constructed at Mehmood Kot, the documents revealed.
The GHQ has observed that most of the storage facilities have been proposedaround Karachi enhancing the vulnerability as well as compounding existingcongestion in the port city. It has been proposed that diversification ofstorage facilities along the coastal belt and upcountry may be considered.
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The GHQ has suggested developing SPR storage with the capacity of 0.7million tonnes at Gwadar Port along the oil jetty. The construction of thestorage facility will help the country strategically and will reducecongestion in Karachi.
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