Govt decides to execute mega gas projects

The top leadership has decided to press ahead with all mega gas projects including the Iran-Pakistan (IP) pipeline to meet the growing consumer demand in future. Sources told The Express Tribune that the Petroleum Division had conducted a study on the requirement and future demand for gas projects. The detailed study had been commissioned to define the current and projected supply of gas from domestic and external resources like imported liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) pipeline and IP pipeline. This preliminary study shows that considering the current gas production projections and LNG import of 1,000 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd), materialisation of Tapi, IP, Energas, Tabeer Energy and virtual LNG pipeline projects, there is a potential to increase the current gas volume of 4,684 mmcfd to 7,375 mmcfd.