Syed Akhtar Ali

May 6, 2019

LNG market becoming highly competitive

ISLAMABAD: A couple of weeks ago, we discussed in this space, the issue of spot vs long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts. In the following, we will […]
May 6, 2019

Restructuring energy

K-Electric was privatized in a rush in 2005 to a motley crowd of invisible investors. The company — KESC then — was, indeed, in deep trouble […]
April 22, 2019

Thar coal can help produce fertiliser, steel and gas

ISLAMABAD: A power plant has been inaugurated recently in Thar and many other projects of the total capacity of 5,000 megawatts are in the pipeline. However, electricity […]
April 20, 2019

Time for energy competition

Every winter, there are gas shortages despite induction of LNG. Our local gas resources and production are going down, or barely remain constant, while demand has […]
April 15, 2019

Towards an alternative gas scenario

Ogra has issued its annual report for the year 2017-18, titled ‘State of the Regulated Petroleum Industry’. Gas demand, supplies, shortages and overbillings have occupied headlines […]
April 8, 2019

Complexities of LNG – spot vs long-term pricing

ISLAMABAD: Only 20% of Pakistan’s population has access to clean piped natural gas (PNG) while the rest use biomass in the form of uplahs and shrubs or […]
April 2, 2019

A power plan for the future

The NTDC has submitted to Nepra a long-term plan of expansion of electrical power generation covering the period till 2040.It is an indicative plan and is […]
April 1, 2019

Electricity import from Central Asia opposed

ISLAMABAD: Only 20% of Pakistan’s population has access to clean piped natural gas (PNG) while the rest use biomass in the form of uplahs and shrubs or […]
March 21, 2019

The future of oil

What is the future of oil and how does it affect us? Everywhere else, market analysts call it a declining industry. But people in Pakistan generally […]