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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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