OGRA reduces RLNG prices

Rates cut by around $3 for Dec compared to previous month


Our Correspondent December 09, 2021
The power regulator approved the generation tariff for National Power Park Management Company (Private) Limited for its 1,198.555 MW (net) Power Project on RLNG/HSD at Balloki for combined cycle and simple cycle operation. PHOTO: FILE

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ISLAMABAD:

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Wednesday reduced the price of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) by around $3 per million British thermal units (mmbtu) for December 2021.

According to a notification issued by Ogra, the new price of RLNG for December will be $12.3769 per mmbtu for the consumers of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) – serving Punjab, Islamabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and some parts of Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

For the consumers of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) – serving Sindh and Balochistan, the price of RLNG was calculated at $12.6238 per mmbtu, it was learnt.

The decrease in RLNG prices for December is $2.8743 per mmbtu for transmission and $3.0553 per mmbtu for distribution network of SNGPL and $2.8605 per mmbtu for transmission and $4.0490 per mmbtu for distribution system of SSGC.

In November, the price of RLNG for SNGPL was $15.6791 per mmbtu and for SSGC consumers it was $15.4259 per mmbtu.

The tariff for December was based on 10 LNG cargoes. Eight cargoes were being imported by Pakistan State Oil (PSO) under long-term agreements and two cargoes were being purchased on a spot basis by Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL), the notification said.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 9th, 2021.

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