PESHAWAR: A meeting on the laying of pipelines to connect the Shewa-1 gas field (North Waziristan) and Wali gas field (Lakki Marwat) with Sui Southern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) transmission network was held here on Wednesday.
Chief Secretary Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Dr. Shahzad Khan Bangash presided over the meeting, held at the Chief Secretary’s office. The meeting was attended by Federal Secretary Petroleum Capt (R) Muhammad Mahmood, SNGPL officials, DG Gas, relevant Secretaries, Commissioners, District Police Officers, and Deputy Commissioners.
Earlier, The federal government had directed the authorities concerned for ensuring the immediate supply of gas to the public from recently-discovered reservoirs in the erstwhile tribal areas of North Waziristan.
SNGPL
SNGPL, the largest integrated gas company serving more than 7.22m consumers in North-Central Pakistan through an extensive network in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Azad Jammu & Kashmir, was incorporated as a private limited Company in 1963. It was later converted into a public limited company in 1964 under the Companies Act 1913 of British India. Now it is registered under the Companies Act, 2017 and also listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
Main Transmissions regions of SNGPL are Faisalabad, Multan, Lahore and Wah. The maximum diameter used in transmission pipelines is round about 42 inches. Company has 16 distribution regions.
The meeting participants vowed to overcome the energy shortfall and extend relief to the people. Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPLC) discovered hydrocarbons at its Bannu West-1 well in the Bannu West Block located in the North Waziristan district.
The discovery included gas and condensate with a flow of 25 million cubic feet daily and 300 barrels per day. — APP
