In a noteworthy breakthrough, Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) has uncovered a large-scale gas theft in Karachi operation, resulting in the recovery of stolen gas worth more than Rs 156 million.
Karachi: SSGCL unearths massive gas theft in Karachi. During raids conducted in Liaquatabad, Korangi, Mehran Town, and other parts of Karachi, SSGC authorities uncovered gas theft worth a staggering Rs 150.65 million.
According to a spokesperson for SSGCL, the perpetrators were illegally siphoning off approximately 5.073 million cubic meters of gas directly from SSGC’s service lines.
As part of their anti-theft efforts, SSGC’s gas theft detection teams disconnected a total of 5,216 illegal connections in the targeted areas.
During the raids, the enforcement team seized the equipment and materials used in the gas theft operations, including pipes and other paraphernalia.
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The spokesperson further stated that punitive measures would be taken against the accused individuals in accordance with the amount of gas stolen.
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) was incorporated as a private limited Company in 1963 and later converted into a public limited company in January 1964 under the Indian Companies Act 1913 of British India, now The Companies Act 2017 of Pakistan, and is listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.[2][3]
SNGPL is the largest integrated gas company serving more than 7.22 million consumers in North Central Pakistan through an extensive network in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
Main Transmissions regions of SNGPL are Faisalabad, Lahore, Multan, and Wah. The maximum diameter used in transmission Pipelines is round about 42 inches. Company has 16 distribution regions.
SNGPL takes gas in 2 ways. The first one is ‘System Gas’ and the second is ‘RLNG’. In the case of System Gas, the gas obtained from local resources is about 750-800 mmcd. While in the case of RLNG (Re-gasified Liquified Natural gas), we import gas from foreign countries in the form of liquid in a closed container. Then we re-gasify it and convert this liquid into gas. Its quantity is about 100 mmcd.
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