KARACHI, Aug 29: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and Star Petro Energy (Pvt) Limited, a subsidiary of Al Ghurair Group of Companies, Dubai, have signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to ensure the availability of compressed natural gas (CNG) all over Pakistan.

CNG will be supplied through a unique concept of unconventional mother-daughter CNG facilities at retail outlets on highways at every 80-100km where piped gas is not available.

The mother station would be installed to the nearest point from the highways where piped gas line is available. Higher capacity compressors/equipment will be installed there and CNG will be transported from the mother station through big trucks carrying high capacity storage cylinders, says a PSO press release.

At daughter stations, CNG will be stored from these high capacity storage cylinders to dispense it among vehicles on highways.

The mother-daughter CNG facility is a concept that is already in operation in many parts of the world. With this concept, PSO would ensure that CNG is available to a road traveller right from Karachi to Peshawar.