LAHORE: The country could face an intense gas shortage crisis in thewinter, citing sources of the gas utility.“The consumers should get prepareto face the gas crisis,” sources at the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGPL) said.
“Presently the country’s gas production is 750 million cubic feet per day(MMcf/d), while the imported RLNG has been around 1000 MMcfd,” the gasutility sources said.
“The gas demand has started rising and the shortfall is likely to soar toits highest level,” according to sources.
“Currently the gas supply has been 1700 MMcfd, while the demand has soaredabove 2500 million cubic feet per day,” sources said.
“Domestic consumers in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces will likelyto get gas three times in a day, while supplying gas to the industrial andcommercial sector will be difficult,” according to sources.
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“The orders of imported LNG has been curtailed owing to very expansiverates,” sources said.
“SNGPL has informed the chambers of commerce about the impending gascrisis,” source said.
“No attention given to discover new gas deposits, while our local reservesof gas will likely to be dried in the next few years,” sources added.
