Looming gas crisis in Pakistan: Petroleum Division responds over media reports
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ISLAMABAD - The Petroleum Division (PD) of Energy Ministry Wednesday refuted a news item appearing in a section of the press about looming gas crisis in the upcoming winter, saying “the government is cognizant of managing and adequate provision of gas at the onset of the winter season.”
Commenting on the issue, a spokesman of the PD has clarified that presently oil refineries were holding minimum stocks of furnace oil, which were being uplifted by oil marketing companies for power plants.
“Petroleum Division in conjunction with the Power Division is constantly monitoring the furnace oil usage and stocks available in the country,” he said in a press release.
