ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said thatconstruction work on the 427-kilometer Machike-Tarujabba oil pipeline, fromSheikhupura to Peshawar, would start soon to ensure safe, efficient andreliable mode of supplying petroleum products across the country.
“Formal approval has been accorded by the ECC, studies are in progress andconstruction work will start soon,” the minister told APP on a query aboutcommencement of practical work on the pipeline.
On February 12, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) while consideringthe proposal of Petroleum Division has given its consent for the FrontierOil Company to undertake and implement the oil pipeline project. Itconsists of three sections Machike-Chak Pirana (135-km), Chak Pirana-Rawat(117-km) and Rwat-Tarujabba (175-km) to transport high speed diesel andmotor spirit.
The minister said the ECC had thoroughly discussed the project and grantedapproval for the company after considering its proposal feasible, addingthat the company had timely got the licence from Oil and Gas RegulatoryAuthority for laying the oil pipeline.
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The pipeline will be laid from Sheikhupura to Peshawar to ensure smooth andsafe supply of white oil products across the country and avoid tragedieslike Ahmedpur Sharqiya in which an oil tanker turned turtle and caughtfire. The incident took lives of 219 people and caused injuries to 59others in June 2017.
The project will be capable of transporting dual oil products like HSD andMS oil from Machike to Taru Jabba via Chakpirana and Sihala depots,connecting the pipeline from Karachi to Peshawar.
