LAHORE: Oil imports went up by 27.82%, while natural gas production dropped by 6% in the fiscal year 2020-21, the annual report of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) shows.
According to the annual report, natural gas production dropped to 2006 mmcfd
after a 6% drop in 2020-21. However, local refineries’ production went up by
14.48%, the report read.
The refineries’ oil production went up to 10.66 million tons in 2020-21.
However, LPG production in local refineries went up by 25.32%.
Petroleum demand spiked by 12.95% in 2020-21 and went up from 17.63% to
19.92%. Punjab got 52% (1426 mmcfd) of the total gas, while Sindh got 39%
(1052 mmcfd).
Despite the crisis, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) gave away
467,000 new connections during the financial year 2020-21.
OGRA, in its annual report, said that it gave 305,409 new connections in
Punjab, 77,152 in Sindh, 66,209 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 18,284 in
Balochistan during 2020-21.
In 2020-21, OGRA issued 87 various licenses related to LPG. For the
construction of LPG storage and filling plants, OGRA issued 30 licenses for
the operation of LPG storage and filling plants 11 license, one each license
for the operation of LPG auto refuelling station and construction of LPG
production& storage facility respectively.
