KARACHI, Oct 22: The customer base of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has risen to 2.072 million, of which 2.045 million are domestic, 22,558 commercial and 3,561 industrial customers.

The SSGC operates 3,309 km high-pressure transmission network and a 31,911 km distribution network extending across the two southern provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, says a press release.

The company’s $800 million 5-year development plan formulated in 2003-04 is designed to expand transmission and distribution (T&D) capacity to 1.8 bcfd by the year 2009, enhance system efficiency and optimise service quality.

During 2007-08, SSGC laid a total of 2,643 km of transmission and distribution pipelines, comprising 2,624 km of distribution and 19 km of transmission lines. The company provided connections to 93,829 domestic customers, 1,733 commercial and 407 industrial customers in the same fiscal year.