Mr Syed Hassan Nawab DMD of Sui Southern Gas Company said that the annual 10% growth in the gas consumption was the cause of gas load shedding.

Mr Nawab said while speaking at a reception hosted by Sindh CNG Association at a local hotel, the gas requirement for Engro’s new fertilizer plant in Sindh would be met by providing 50% supplies from SSGC from the share of Karachi Electric Supply Company and the remaining 50% by Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited.

He said that this is being done to ensure fertilizer production for Rabi sowing. The gas to the fertilizer plant was to be provided by Qadirpur Gas Field however it developed some faults causing disruption of the supply. DMD informed that a new gas field had been discovered in Balochistan with the deposits of 10 trillion cubic feet gas.

He assured that after completion of the project the gas supply issue will ease.

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