SNGPL thinking of suspending gas supply to CNG stations every day for a specific time period

SNGPL thinking of suspending gas supply to CNG stations every day for a specific time period

Arif Hameed, Managing Director Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has said that the company is thinking of suspending gas supply to compressed natural gas (CNG) stations every day for a specific time period so that supply
to residential consumers could be ensured without any interruption.

The Managing Director said that the action is being taken to make sure that suburban consumers do not face problems, like supply closure or low pressure, at cooking time.

Hameed said that the company is facing an added shortage of 294 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) this year in comparison to the previous year and, therefore, connecting the present situation with the past could not be defensible.

He said that consumption by residential users has increased by 80mmcfd while usage by CNG stations has risen by 90mmcfd. On the other hand, gas supply to the company has dropped by 124mmcfd.

The managing director further revealed that the management is bound to supply gas to the industrial sector for nine months in a year, but the company also tries to supply the gas saved from housing consumers to the industry.

He described the increase in the number of CNG stations without any planning in the past as the actual cause of gas shortage in the country.

Hameed asked people to consider ground realities before filing complaints and staging protest. “The company’s management is already supplying gas to residential consumers on priority basis, but the pressure falls as soon as CNG
stations reopen and even in some areas gas supply is disrupted,” he said.

He pointed out that the company is mulling over a formula according to which CNG stations would be allowed to operate at those timings in a day when residential consumers had already finished cooking of food.

Hameed said that the government is trying to tap new gas reserves and the steps taken by the company would improve the situation for the consumers.

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