47. Pakistan Economic Survey 2011-12 - Consultancy Services in ...

Energybecome a popular domestic fuel for those who livein areas where the natural gas infrastructure doesnot exist. The annual total supply of LPGremained 467,476 tonnes; 1, 281 tonnes wereproduced daily during 2012, out of this 46 percentis produced in the private sector while 54 percentis produced in the public sector. The three mainsources of LPG are; refineries 32 percent, gasproducing fields 55 percents and imports 13percent. The details are given in the figure below:Fig-14.10: LPG Supplies by Source during 2011140117.41201008060402009.3 5.79.66.120.37.30.410.65.720.75.938.3 45.6 14.490.260.1Attock Refinery LtdPakistan Refinery LtdNational Refinery LtdPak-Arab Refinery LtdBYCO Petroleum Pakistan LtdOGDC (Bobi)OGDC (Dakhni)Annual (000 Tonnes)OGDC (Dhodak)OGDC (Kunnar)OGDC (Chanda)BPP (Naimat Basal)OPL (Ratana)POLPPL (Adhi)PPL (Hala)JJVLImportsSector Fields ImportsSources of LPGSource: Oil Refineries, Directorate General of Petroleum Concessions (DGPC), Directorate General of Oil (DGO) and Directorate General ofGas (DGG)(ii).Compressed Natural Gas (CNG):CNG as an alternative fuel for automobiles wasintroduced in 1992 to reduce the dependency onexpensive imported fuel and to protect theenvironment. During the past few years, atremendous growth in this sector was witnessed onaccount of the price differential between CNG andpetrol which led to increase in conversion ofvehicles into CNG. As a result to meet the growingdemand a significant increase in CNG stations waswitnessed. According to an estimate presentlythere are 3,331 CNG stations operating in thecountry.(iii).Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG):Realizing the widening gap between demand andsupply of natural gas the government isencouraging LNG import through the privatesector. Various investors have shown an interest.In this regard OGRA has issued provisionallicenses for construction of a LNG terminal,operation, sales and marketing of Regassifiedliquid natural gas (RLNG) / Liquid natural gasLNG. It is expected that RLNG volume of 1400MMsfcd will be added to the system. In Pakistanimport of LNG is considered to be beneficial forpower companies as these companies are importingconsiderably more expensive furnace oil as inputfor power. In this context, the government hassigned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with Qatar for the import of 500 mmcfd and isexploring other avenues with Algeria and Malaysiawhich are prospective suppliers of LNG.14.3-d ElectricityDuring 2010-11, electricity generation was 94,653GWh. The contribution of Hydel in electricitygeneration increased to 33.6 percent in 2010-11 as207