Gas supply stopped to 30 units

Published January 10, 2003

LAHORE, Jan 9: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) on Thursday stopped supply to 30 units from the general industry to meet the increased demand of gas.

The demand for domestic consumption went further up by 30 million cubic feet, as the cold spell continued.

On Thursday, the demanded increased from Wednesday’s 1100 million cubic feet to 1130 million cubic feet against the total supply of 1050. Increasing the deficit from 50 million cubic feet to 80 million.

By reducing industrial supply, the company was able to divert around 50 million cubic feet more for domestic consumption.

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