Rejoinder: Cabinet’s nod needed for oil tanks

With reference to a news story that appeared in The Express Tribune on November 2 titled “Defence ministry stops PSO from building new oil storages”, it is clarified that the Ministry of Petroleum had submitted a proposal to the defence ministry to obtain a no-objection certificate for building new oil storages at the Keamari oil installation area. The defence ministry conveyed to the petroleum ministry that construction of all petroleum and non-petroleum storage tanks in the oil installation area had been banned by the government and therefore it could not entertain the request. It asked the petroleum ministry to process a summary for seeking exemption for the development of new oil storages from the National Security Council/cabinet.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 9^th, 2016.

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