SSGCL

Out of Rs208 billion principal waivers, an amount of Rs89 billion would be written off that the SSGCL was supposed to recover from its industrial and commercial consumers.

The capacity of Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) would be enhanced by laying additional 12,100 KM and 1,499 KM pipelines in their areas respectively by June 2020, an official at the Petroleum Division told reporter.

SSGCL, in contrast, were well served by skipper Umar Amin (67 off 45 balls, five sixes and three fours) on their way to a 60-run rout of State Bank in the other semi-final.

While Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa fall in the ambit of SNGPL, Sindh and Balochistan come under SSGCL.

Shamshad Akhtar will chair the SSGCL board, while Muhammad Riazuddin, Qazi Azmat, Faisal Bengali, and Nida Rizwan have been appointed as members.

Document available with Pakistan Today disclosed that OGRA has approved Rs151/MMBTU increase in the gas tariff of SNGPL while a raise of Rs70/MMBTU has been approved for SSGCL.

"Under the Annual Plan 2018-19, the SNGPL and SSGCL will lay 11,420 km and 1,478 km transmission and

For the month of December 2018, the price was $12.2987 per mmbtu for SNGPL and $12.7125 per mmbtu for SSGCL consumers.

Aijaz Ahmed engineer of SSGCL incharge theft of gas in Kotri zone said that owing to stealing gas by gas thefts, the residential and commercial area those having legal connections, they are facing low pressure of gas.

The SSGCL announced late Tuesday it was discontinuing gas supply to CNG stations and captive power plants of all general industries for an 'indefinite period of time.'

The MD told Soori that the SSGCL was pondering over fixed billing system to resolve the issue of inflated bills, adding that the measure would not only ease the burden of inflated bills on the domestic consumers of Quetta and its nearby areas, but would also ensure that gas theft does not take place.