Relief pill: SSGC increases gas supply to KESC

KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has increased the supply of gas to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to 180MMCFD. The move is expected to avert the threat of extended load shedding in the city, at least temporarily. SSGC sources told The Express Tribune that they have increased the supply of gas from 155MMCF to 180MMCF. KESC had earlier said that it would once again have to resort to 12-hour load-shedding for industries, daily. This announcement was apparently made in response to the threat by industries that they would not pay their bills. However, the expected power and industrial crisis has been averted by the increase of the gas by the SSGC who also pointed out that there has been an increase in the demand of the gas because of the winter and that the company is continuously facing problems in fulfilling the needs of its customers.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 6^th, 2011.