Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has introduced a gas load management schedule for domestic consumers in Islamabad, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, limiting supplies to three daily cooking-time slots from Wednesday, November 4.
Under the new schedule, households will receive gas from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The government is prioritizing domestic consumers as declining LNG availability and rising winter demand put pressure on the country’s gas supply system.
SNGPL has also reduced gas supplies to the compressed natural gas (CNG) sector from 50 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to 35 mmcfd and plans to suspend supplies in the coming days.
The cement industry has already shifted to coal, while industrial consumers connected to the distribution network are also facing supply cuts.
Industries connected directly to the transmission network, including export-oriented and non-export sectors, are currently receiving around 200 mmcfd. Meanwhile, the power sector is getting approximately 140 mmcfd, while the fertiliser industry receives around 53 mmcfd. Further reductions in industrial gas supplies remain possible.
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