ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet is expected to decide on Thursday (tomorrow) the shelving of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) air mix projects by the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC).
Following to ECC’s decision on 26th March 2020 to shelve the installation of all LPG air mix plants on which work has not been started — excluding two already commissioned plants at Awaran and Bella and a plant near completion at Gilgit — the Petroleum Division, in a summary, has now proposed the committee to adjust subsidy from royalty to the respective provincial share from petroleum; or this subsidy be adjusted in the existing revenue requirement and Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) with a clear decision that no further LPG air mix plants will be installed; or SNGPL be instructed to abandon the projects (Drosh, Ayun, and Chitral Town) and dispose off the land and equipment with minimal loss possible through an open transparent process.
Meanwhile, the ECC would also take up summaries from various ministries/division, including cabinet, federal education & professional training, housing & works, industries & production, planning, development and special initiatives, petroleum, water resources and maritime affairs divisions.
