washington - The Obama administration opened the door to a new era of U.S. energy exports on Friday, approving the first liquefied natural gas project since the start of a heated debate over how best to benefit from the shale energy boom.The Energy Department’s approval of unrestricted ...

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Federal Minister for Water and Power Dr Mussadiq Malik on Saturday said caretaker government was taking urgent measures to overcome electricity loadshedding across the country.The caretaker prime minister, he said, had called a meeting of the ministers of finance, petroleum ...

DHAKA - Joining the Iran-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline project would give Bangladesh access to Iranian gas and resolve its energy crisis, Bangladeshi Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said. Bangladesh has a natural gas deficit and at some point will have to import gas, Muhith told ...

LAHORE - (OUR STAFF REPORTER) - The SNGPL management is planning to provide four days a week gas supply to CNG sector of Punjab.The gas outlets of the province are observing four day a week gas load management plant for past two months. “The gap between demand and supply is shrinking and we ...

islamabad - Caretaker federal government has finally sent heads of two state owned gas utilities Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited & Sui Southern Gas Company Limited on packing. Interestingly, earlier Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources was found desperate to save both heads of gas ...

lahore - The new government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz will divert gas supply from fertilizer plants to power sector as a short-term solution to lessen electricity loadshedding in the country especially in Punjab as the province has been experiencing worse power breakdowns and industries ...

ISLAMABAD -  The Eni Pakistan, in a joint venture with the PPL and KUFPEC, recently made a new discovery of the gas, showing potential to efficiently meet the country’s energy needs. “The production testing gas flowed 33 million cubic feet per day is highlighting an excellent ...

islamabad - Caretaker petroleum minister Suhail Wajahat Siddiqi on Thursday said that due to involvement in gas theft, natural gas supply to the captive power plants is suspended while gas provision on loan to the KESC is also stopped and a ban is also imposed on issuing new gas connections.This he ...

ISLAMABAD : Caretaker Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources Sohail Wajahat H. Siddiqui in a meeting has proposed to cut the gas subsidy to fertilizer plants which would cause further increase in the fertilizer gas price hike  The exercise is said to be aimed at bringing ...

Alex Lantier In a series of interviews, UN investigator Carla del Ponte said that sarin gas used in Syria was fired by the US-backed opposition, not the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.Her account explodes the lies on which Washington and its European allies have based their campaign for war ...

islamabad - Caretaker government on Monday sent heads of two oil and gas exploration companies packing following allegations of irregularities in appointment and corruption.Caretaker government issued notifications of sacking chief of country’s largest oil and gas explorer Oil and Gas ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - In a bid to provide one-day relief to the consumers of CNG on upcoming elections day (Saturday), the caretaker government has now given directions to the petroleum ministry to ensure uninterrupted supply of natural gas to the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling ...

LAHORE  : The SNGPL, in continuation to disconnection process of government defaulters, on Friday disconnected gas supply to eight departments. Those whose supply was disconnected are: Pak Secretariat Building Q-Block Islamabad, DPO Khanewal, Deputy Director Façade Block CDA Islamabad, ...

ISLAMABAD :-Ministry of petroleum Friday claimed that a new gas reservoir was discovered in the Kirthar Foldbelt Sukhpur and during the production testing gas flowed from this reserve was at 33 million cubic feet per day. Petroleum ministry in a statement informed that Eni Pakistan in joint venture ...

ISLAMABAD : Ministry of Petroleum on Friday established 'Oil and Gas Control Cell' to ensure continuous supply of oil and gas during elections. The oil and gas control cell would start functioning from May 7, said a press release issued here. The cell would ensure coordination between the ...

In Larkana at least 4 persons were burnt to death and 14 others injured as fire engulfed passenger van after gas cylinder was burst.According to Media Reports, the injured have been shifted to district Headquarter hospital Larkana.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will not comment on reported talks between Iran and India about reviving multi billion dollars Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project until it receives formal request from New Delhi.The Foreign Ministry officials refuse to comment on the Indo-Iran reported talks, saying ...

islamabad - Caretaker Minister for Water and Power Dr Mussadaq Malik has said that energy crisis in Pakistan is the result of a faulty business model, increasing demand-supply gap, and losses within transmission and distribution system. He was speaking at a consultative meeting on ...

ISLAMABAD : Participants of a “National Consultation” seminar on natural gas sector governance voiced their concern regarding the issues of closed decision making process, weak democratic legitimacy and adoption of untested policy prescriptions over public interests. Tariq Kandan, ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz [PML-N] chief Nawaz Sharif Wednesday pledged he would resolve all issues being faced by the nation.Addressing a public gathering in Sargodha on Wednesday, he said that rulers have made the country a barren land where neither there is bread to eat nor water to drink nor ...

islamabad - Iranian and Indian oil ministers are due to discuss extension of a gas pipeline project which is due to take Iran’s rich gas reserves to Pakistan and then to India in a meeting in New Delhi next week.Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi is slated to visit New Delhi next week to ...

umerkot - Militants blew up a gas pipeline to Punjab in Umerkot with explosives, suspending supply to various areas on Saturday. Unknown miscreants had planted explosive material and exploded the 30-inch diameter gas pipeline near Umerkot area of Sindh. As a result of the blast a portion of the ...

islamabad - The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Saturday asked the government to review gas loadshedding schedule and ensure uninterrupted supply of natural gas to CNG sector for five days a week.CNG is the only business in the world which remains closed for 18 days a month while it works ...

islamabad - Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry, General Manager Sui Northern Gas Company Limited Islamabad Region, visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and, while addressing the business community, said that SNGPL is working to enhance gas supply duration for industry from 3 days to 4 days in a ...

islamabad - The caretaker government has approved a plan to overcome the unscheduled power loadshedding in the country, as additional subsidy and gas would be provided to power plants for additional electricity power generation.Caretaker prime minister Mir Hazar Khan has approved the plan to reduce ...

lahore - All Pakistan Textile Mills Association Punjab acting chairman Mehmood Ehsan has strongly condemned the government plan of suspending gas supply to captive power plants, claiming that assertions about inefficiency of textile industry’s CPPs were based upon absolutely false facts. ...

Unidentified miscreants blew up Uch Power Plant gas supply pipeline Sunday further exceeding electricity shortfall in the countryFollowing the gas supply line was blown up, 525MW power supply from Uch plant to national grid was suspended resulting the electricity shortfall exceeding 6000MW.Sources ...

ISLAMABAD - Iran has agreed to supply natural gas to Pakistan at a discount price while Pakistan has shown its willingness to change certain provisions of draft agreement pertaining construction of 781 km long gasline to be laid on Pakistani side. The two countries have also agreed to set up an oil ...

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Saturday postponed their protests as the government assured provision of gas supply to the industries in Punjab from February 01.APTMA Chairman Gohar Ijaz told media that he held conclusive talks with Petroleum Advisor Dr Asim Hussain and MD Sui Gas ...

Managing Director, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), Arif Hameed Saturday announced suspension of gas supply to CNG stations for indefinite time.The MD, SNGPL announced this in an interview to a private TV channel. He said that at present it is not possible to supply gas to CNG stations ...