ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to adjust the gas load management plan under which domestic consumers will get eight hours of gas per day for cooking hours in winter.
Gas will be provided to consumers from 6 am to 9 am, two hours for lunch from 12 pm to 2 am and three hours for dinner from 6 pm to 9 pm.
“More importantly, commercial consumers will be supplied with RLNG in Punjab except Roti Tandoor, which will be supplied with system gas (local gas),” a senior power ministry official told JEE News.
“CNG, fertilizer, cement and gas supply to non-export industry will be zero,” the official said. “If the winter season peaks from December 15 to January 31, gas supply to captive power plants of the export industry may be interrupted and the current gas supply of 200 mmcfd to the power sector may be halved. Is.”
He said that the country’s gas deficit has been met at 1.35 bcfd (billion cubic feet of gas per day) for the winter of 2022-23. “It has been worked out that the gas deficit will be 900-1,000 mmcfd in the SNGPL system covering Punjab and KPK.
Gas availability in the SNGPL system will be in the range of 1,520 mmcfd (770 mmcfd of local gas and 750 mmcfd of RLNG) against a demand of 2,100-2,500 mmcfd. SNGPL has 7.5 million gas customers (6.5 million in Punjab and 1 million in KPK).
Similarly, gas availability in Sui Southern (SSGCL) system will be in the range of 925-1,000 mmcfd against demand of 1,250-1,500 mmcfd. The gas loss in the SSGC system is estimated to be in the range of 250-350 mmcfd.
Gas supply to CNG, fertilizer, cement and non-export industries will be zero.
The petroleum division has also sought an amount of Rs 105 billion for installing expensive RLNG in the domestic sector for the winter of 2022-23.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has wished that domestic consumers should be given first priority and gas should be provided to them with pressure. And this is only possible if RLNG is diverted to domestic consumers of Punjab and KPK.
Interestingly, the price of RLNG, which was earlier diverted to domestic consumers in the last four winters, has not been recovered. RLNG has cost Rs 108 billion in the domestic sector so far and this amount has not been recovered. The country’s gas sector is already saddled with a revolving debt of Rs 1500 billion. The Petroleum Division will place the case before the Prime Minister for approval of Rs 105 billion to ensure the transfer of RLNG to supply gas to domestic consumers at the required pressure during cooking hours.
“At present, the selling price of natural gas is Rs 400 per mmbtu while the price of RLNG is $13 per mmbtu (Rs 3,100). The petroleum division wants the revenue of gas utilities to be passed on to consumers. The difference should be paid through the requirements of
Under the amended Act, RLNG is no longer referred to as a petroleum product but has been renamed as gas, the price of which can now be recovered from domestic consumers through applications for revenue requirements of Sui Southern and Sui Northern.
If winter becomes more severe, gas supply to captive power plants of export sectors will also be stopped. At present, 50% of the gas is being supplied to Capto Power Plants. However, 40-42 mmcfd of gas will continue to be used for processing in the textile sector.
The government is increasing electricity at the rate of Rs 19.99 paisa per unit due to which gas supply to captive power plants will be stopped. At present, 165-200 mmcfd of gas is being supplied to the power sector, which will be reduced to half during winter.
