KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company has proposed to produce synthetic gas from Thar coal to alleviate gas shortage in the country and provide a local and cost-effective alternative to expensive imported LNG.
Sui Southern Gas Company has also submitted proposals to the government to formulate a comprehensive coal-to-gas policy for producing synthetic gas from Thar coal.
In a meeting with journalists, Sui Southern Gas Company MD Imran Munyar said that due to the lack of discovery of new gas reserves in Pakistan, the existing reserves are rapidly decreasing and annual LNG worth 24 billion dollars has to be imported, which is the country’s There is a burden on the economy, to make Pakistan self-sufficient in the energy sector, gas must be obtained through conventional and unconventional methods. For this purpose, the reserves of 175,000 tons hidden in Thar can play an important role.
Sui Southern Gas Company has created an Alternative Energy (AE) sector that is encouraging local and foreign firms to set up synthetic gas plants in Thar. Can buy synthetic natural gas.
According to the study of Sui Southern Gas Company, an investment of 2 billion dollars will be required to produce 100 mmcfd of gas from Thar coal, gas can be obtained from Thar coal at a price of 8 to 10 dollars per mmbtu and A total of 1200 mmcfd of gas can be obtained from Thar coal.
