Pakistan secures eighth LNG cargo since April as BP Singapore wins spot tender

Pakistan has secured its eighth liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo since late April, with BP Singapore winning a spot tender to supply a 140,000-cubic-metre shipment at $16.7372 per mmBtu, The News reported, citing official sources. 

The cargo will be brought by the LNG carrier ARADA, which is expected to berth at the Pakistan GasPort Consortium Limited (PGPL) terminal on July 4, 2026.

The Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) Board approved the award of the spot cargo contract to BP Singapore on June 29 for delivery within the June 30-July 4, 2026 window.

PLL floated the tender on June 27 and opened bids at 2pm on June 29. BP Singapore submitted the only bid at $16.7372 per mmBtu, which was declared technically and commercially responsive before approval by the PLL Board the same day.

ARADA will be the third spot LNG cargo arranged through competitive bidding in recent months. The procurement was carried out under amended Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules introduced after the May 28 escalation following the attack on Iran.

Including five long-term cargoes supplied by QatarEnergy under the government-to-government LNG supply agreement, ARADA will be the eighth LNG cargo received by Pakistan since late April.

Officials said no local gas fields are currently under forced closure, while system linepack stands at 4.7 billion cubic feet, indicating sufficient gas inventory in the transmission network.

However, domestic supplies have been partly affected by a security incident in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Gas production from the Bettani field has remained suspended since 1920 hours on June 15, 2026, after militants fired on the 8-inch Bettani-Kakakhel transmission pipeline, causing a gas leak near MP-23.85 at the Paharkhel valve assembly. Restoration work is under way.

RLNG continues to supply major consuming sectors. As of June 30, 2026, the power sector was consuming 374 million cubic feet per day of RLNG for electricity generation, while the fertilizer sector was using 87 million cubic feet per day.

Pakistan has received five long-term LNG cargoes from QatarEnergy since May. These included Al Kharaitiyat, carrying 210,000 cubic metres, which arrived on May 12; Mihzem, carrying 160,000 cubic metres, on May 16; Fuwairit, carrying 123,000 cubic metres, on May 28; Lebrethah, carrying 164,000 cubic metres, on June 12; and MRAIKH, carrying 170,148 cubic metres, on June 22.

MRAIKH berthed at the Engro LNG Terminal at Port Qasim with LNG from Ras Laffan, Qatar, under the long-term supply agreement priced at 13.37% of Brent crude.

Pakistan has also received two spot LNG cargoes through international competitive bidding. Seapeak Magellan, carrying 140,000 cubic metres and supplied by TotalEnergies, arrived on April 30, while BW Helios, carrying 167,000 cubic metres from Oman, arrived on June 9.