Syed Akhtar Ali

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 […]
March 11, 2019

Reducing losses in the energy sector

The energy sector seems to be a double-edged weapon; if you don’t have it, you suffer and if you have it and can’t manage it properly, […]
March 11, 2019

Affordable fuels for poor to improve living conditions in rural areas

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 […]
February 12, 2019

Clean energy can be produced even with coal

ISLAMABAD: Coal power has acquired a bad image, perhaps less due to its pollution dimension and more due to the CO2 emission which produce greenhouse gases, causing […]
February 9, 2019

NHP: towards aviable solution?

Net hydel profits (NHP) must be paid on hydropower generation from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under a provision that was hastily added into the 1973 constitution. Attempts to […]