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Category: Pakistan

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  • Electricity
  • Pakistan

After Shortages, Pakistan Suddenly Has Too Much Electricity – Bloomberg

After spending decades tackling electricity shortages, Pakistan now faces a new and unfamiliar problem: too much generation capacity. The South Asian nation’s power supply flipped to a surplus last year Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

Gas crisis in Pakistan intensifies, citizens face hardship

The persisting gas crisis in Pakistan has intensified, adding to the woes of the citizens as they are forced to turn to more expensive methods to compensate for the gas Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistan finds answer in oil as gas shortage hits power sector

A sharp squeeze in domestic gas availability and the surge in LNG prices that has pushed up the cost of gas-based power generation have prompted Pakistan to turn to oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistan restoring power after national grid suffers major outage

Much of Pakistan descended into darkness on Jan. 9, after a technical fault struck the country’s national grid, according to Pakistan’s Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan. Not registered? Receive daily Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistan to buy costliest LNG amid increasing gas shortage

Islamabad: With an increasing gas crisis in the country, Pakistan will be buying an all-time high priced Liquefied Natural Gas ( LNG ) for February 2021. The Pakistan LNG Limited Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Industry decries fuel price hike, gas shortages

Increase in prices of petroleum products would sabotage Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of lowering input cost, industry representatives said on Saturday. Further, the industry in Karachi said gas shortages Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Google Earth reveals suspected nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan

This extension to a nuclear facility in Pakistan was spotted using Google Earth Neil Hyatt et al. Sleuthing with satellite images on Google Earth has revealed a substantial and undocumented Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Refineries warn of closures amid rising stocks, low fuel off-take from OMCs

Months after severe country-wide oil shortages, the country’s oil refineries are raising red flags over lower uplifting of their refined products by oil marketing companies (OMCs), resulting in curtailment of Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Pakistan

Perfect Timing? China Announces Hydropower Megaprojects In Pakistan

Few global projects receive the same amount of praise and criticism as China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) does. Regardless of one’s opinion, the BRI is President Xi’s signature foreign Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Analysis: Pakistan’s low oil product inventory set to spur imports in Jul-Aug

Pakistan’s oil marketing companies are likely to import more spot barrels of motor fuels soon as the recovery in domestic demand amid low refinery run rates threatens to draw down Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Power outages spark protests across Karachi

The city witnessed widespread protests on Wednesday as residents, angered by prolonged blackouts and water shortages amid rising temperatures and a pandemic, took to the streets. Various neighborhoods, including Korangi, Landhi, Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Another oil crisis – Pakistan

Pakistanis recently witnessed a repeat of the 2015 petroleum shortage. The reason was, once again, the falling global prices and the attempt by the oil industry to avoid inventory losses. Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Lahore, other cities grapples with load shedding amid scorching heat

Series of announced and unannounced Power load-shedding in different cities including Lahore has gone up amid scorching heat. According to the details, with the increase in the intensity of heat, Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

WHO recommends Pakistan reimpose intermittent lockdowns as COVID-19 cases rise sharply

The World Health Organization has recommended Pakistani authorities reimpose “intermittent lockdowns” of targeted areas to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, stating the country did not meet the global Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistan stares at fuel shortage, pumps see mile-long queues of cars: Reports

 Cities like Karachi and Quetta are seeing long queues of vehicles waiting for refill. Prices of petrol, diesel have shot up by three times. The Pakistani government has blamed oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Officials begin to take notice as petrol shortage worsens

With shortage of major petroleum products aggravating with none of more than 80 oil companies maintaining the mandatory stocks, the authorities — both in the petroleum division and petroleum regulator Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistan’s coronavirus cases quadruple during the holy month of Ramadan — and show no signs of slowing

As Friday prayers began in the main mosque here last week, worshipers filled the front courtyard. Late arrivals squeezed into the back and into overflow areas, disregarding the tape on Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Oil refineries, firms told to boost supplies

Amid tight demand-supply conditions of high-speed diesel during the wheat harvesting season, the government has asked the oil marketing companies and refineries to beef up supplies of major transport fuels Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistan likely to face petrol, diesel shortage in May, June

Pakistan is likely to run out of petrol and diesel in May and June to meet local demand as the government’s lack of firmness in resolving differences over lockdown compounded Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Economy
  • Pakistan

Pakistan Reopens Factories Amid Virus Lockdown as Exports Drop

Pakistan is reopening some factories amid a national lockdown to counter the deadly coronavirus pandemic as the south Asian nation expects its exports will decline by 50% in the next two Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistan to import 300,000 tonnes of wheat to meet flour crises

Pakistan on Monday approved the import of 300,000 tonnes of wheat to relieve a shortage of flour supplies that has created a crisis for the government of Prime Minister Imran Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jan 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

Pakistan opposition protesters pressure PM Imran Khan to resign

Pakistani opposition leaders have renewed their demands for Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down, terming his government illegitimate and incompetent, as thousands gathered at an anti-government protest in the capital Islamabad. Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Thousands gather for Pakistan anti-government march in Islamabad

Thousands of anti-government protesters demanding Prime Minister Imran Khan resign over worsening economic conditions and alleged election rigging have gathered in the Pakistani capital awaiting the arrival of a right-wing religious political Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistani protesters descend on capital to demand PM quits

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators were due in the Pakistani capital on Thursday to demand that the government step down, piling more pressure on Prime Minister Imran Khan as he strives Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Why Pakistan’s New Energy Proposal Is A Double-Edged Sword

A new proposal by Pakistani officials could bring much-needed energy to people in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan during the frigid winters in a long-planned project that will also see Central Asian Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

UAE To Pour $5 Billion Into Pakistani Refinery

The United Arab Emirates is finalizing talks on a $5-billion investment in a crude oil refinery project in Pakistan, local media report , with the construction of the facility likely Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • LNG
  • Pakistan

This Fast Growing LNG Market Is Scrambling For New Supply

A senior Pakistani official said a few weeks ago that Qatar had emerged as the front runner for a long term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with the country. Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 May 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Pakistan

Pakistan Aims To Become A Natural Gas Hotspot

Pakistan is eager to open up its gas deposits to foreign energy companies in a bid to boost domestic production amid soaring demand, two government officials told media this week. Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Mar 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Saudi Arabia

Kashmir Conflict Has Riyadh On Edge

Just days after Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman finished his charm-offensive Asian trip to Pakistan, India, and China, the ever-simmering tensions between Pakistan and India flared up again Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Mar 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan
  • Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Boosts Pakistan Energy Relations With $20 Billion Pledge

Amid increasing tensions between longtime regional antagonists India and Pakistan, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) pledged $20 billion to Pakistan on his trip to Islamabad on Sunday. Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

The mega-dam being crowdfunded by Pakistan’s top judge

The proposed site of the Diamer-Bhasha dam in Gilgit-Baltistan Cash-poor Pakistan is crowdfunding a drive to collect almost $17bn from its citizens, officials, businesses and stars in order to build Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Oct 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan
  • Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan to double power exports, eyes Pakistani market

Turkmenistan completed an upgrade of its largest electric power plant on Saturday, which it hopes will help boost exports and eventually allow supplies to Pakistan, which would require the construction Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Sep 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

KPT hits back, says all piers open

The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) on Friday hit back at the Petroleum Division and the oil industry, saying they were not giving the full picture and hiding their own shortcomings Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Sep 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

Pakistan: Exxon Is Close To Making A Mega Oil Discovery

ExxonMobil is close to discovering huge oil reserves in Pakistan near the border with Iran, and those reserves could even be larger than the oil reserves of Kuwait, the Pakistani Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Aug 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

Pakistan lifts fuel oil import ban to address power cuts

Pakistan has lifted a ban on fuel oil imports to address the problem of planned power cuts as energy consumption rises towards the summer season, an official with the petroleum Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Apr 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Turkmenistan

Grids from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be connected

The grids of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be connected to bolster regional energy security, a regional lender said. File photo by Jawad Jalali/EPA-EFE Feb. 28 (UPI) — The electricity Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Mar 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

Russia mulls LNG option for Pakistan

Russia could help improve energy security for Pakistan through the delivery of liquefied natural gas, the Russian foreign minister said Tuesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke Tuesday with his Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Feb 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

Pakistan restricts fuel oil imports as consumption falls – Oil

Pakistan has imposed restrictions on fuel oil imports with immediate effect, as domestic consumption declines amid rising LNG imports and the shutdown of several fuel oil power plants.  A new energy Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

Pakistan’s LNG transition to halve fuel oil demand by 2020

Pakistan’s fuel oil demand is expected to fall sharply over the next three years as growing LNG imports help the country move to a gas-based energy economy. Fuel oil demand Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Dec 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

In Lahore, Pakistan, Smog Has Become a ‘Fifth Season’

For nearly two weeks, Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, has been like one huge airport smokers’ lounge. But Abid Omar’s jaw still dropped on Wednesday, when he checked the air-quality monitor Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Nov 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Pakistan

Pakistan’s fuel oil circular debt causing power shutdowns in summer peak

Disruption to Pakistan’s domestic trade flows of fuel oil due to almost $5 billion of circular debt is swelling stocks and causing severe power shutdowns during the country’s peak summer Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jul 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Coal
  • Pakistan

Why Is China Funding Unsustainable Coal Projects In Pakistan?

On April 16th, Chinese investments in Pakistan through the much-vaunted China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were revised upwards, from $46 billion to a whopping $62 billion . The project, part of Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Apr 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan

Pakistan Turns to China in Energy Binge

When Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif came to office in 2013, rolling power outages across the country were plunging homes and businesses into darkness for up to 12 hours a day. Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Dec 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Iran
  • Pakistan

Iran emerges with claim of Pakistani pipeline interest

Iran once again suggested it was moving forward on plans to build a long-delayed natural gas pipeline to Pakistan, this time with the help of China. An interview published by Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Pakistan

China’s Shanghai Electric to Buy Majority Stake in Pakistan Utility

China’s state-owned Shanghai Electric Power Co. 600021 3.08 % plans to acquire a controlling stake in Pakistani power utility K-Electric Ltd., in a deal that could be one of the Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Sep 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Pakistan

Pakistan Seals Major LPG Deal with Iran

Pakistan and Iran have signed a deal under which the former will import 75,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas within a year, months after a similar agreement was inked with Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 May 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan
  • Turkmenistan

Support builds behind Turkmenistan gas pipeline for Pakistan

Bringing natural gas through a pipeline from Turkmenistan will help address chronic energy shortages in Pakistan, the Asian Development Bank said. ADB officials were on hand for the signing of Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Apr 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Pakistan

Iran revisiting gas pipeline options with Pakistan

Cooperation extending into the energy sector is high on the agenda for a two-day state visit to Pakistan, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Friday. Rouhani led a delegation of political Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Mar 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan
  • Russia

Gazprom mulls LNG options for Pakistan

Russian energy company Gazprom said one of the more promising areas for cooperation with Pakistan was in the field of liquefied natural gas. Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller hosted a delegation Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jan 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pakistan
  • Pipelines

Pakistan moves on gas pipeline funding

The Pakistani government said it’s approved a proposal to deliver funding to help support a multilateral natural gas pipeline stretching east from Turkmenistan. An economic committee, chaired by Pakistani Finance Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple

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