Pakistan Expected to Add 750 MMCFD of Gas to the System

Pakistan is expected to see an addition of estimated 750 million cubic feet (MMCFD) gas per day into its system by June of next year, Asim Hussain, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Petroleum was reported by Business Recorder as saying.

At present total gas production stands at 4.2 billion cubic feet (BCF) per day; after the addition of 750 MMCFD it would touch 5 BCF mark and help reduce gas shortage significantly. sector. 

He said the government was also working on tight gas, low BTU gas, shale gas, marginal gases, flared gas and stranded gas policies to tap the available resources for the benefit of the country. Pakistan had huge reservoirs of tight gas. According to rough estimates, tight gas and low BTU gas reservoirs stand at 56 BCF per day, he added.