LNG 101: What is LNG, and how is it priced and traded?

n the first part of Profit’s LNG classes, we explain the basics of what LNG is and why it costs as much as it does

What is Hascol hiding?

The petroleum company is trying to erase its history. But with billions of rupees missing, auditors resigning, and law enforcement agencies taking unprecedented interest, that is proving to be a little difficult

Why negotiating with the IPPs won’t fix much. And what will

A look at the series of bad ideas that have plagued the government’s attempts to fix the energy grid, and how the government keeps digging itself into a bigger and bigger hole

Does KAPCO have life beyond its PPA expiration? Some analysts think so

The company’s ability to generate electricity from LNG imports may position it well relative to other IPPs in the sector

Good news and bad news at Hub Power Company

The website for the China Power Hub Generation Company (CPGHC) is not exactly what one could call slick. Awkward photos of Prime...

No lockdown, no problem: oil volumes increase in May

Most fuel types have seen a sharp recovery last month as pandemic-induced lockdowns ease, except for jet fuel

Is the mini-budget a ruse?

Measures announced in the mini-budget, the confusing stance regarding approaching the IMF could weigh heavily on the government's ability to tackle the issues threatening the economy

What is the PTI’s energy game plan?

How having a former hydrocarbon company CEO as finance minister will shape the government’s approach to Pakistan’s biggest economic challenge

Hi-Tech Lubricants aim to make a splash in the OMC market

Growth in its core, high-margin business requires the company to expand into the low-margin, high-volume business of selling fuel to retail consumers

Energy: colliding visions for powering Pakistan

Both the PTI and PML-N offer competing proposals for how best to manage Pakistan’s electricity generation sector

Engro poised to set up first Pak merchant LNG terminal

The $500 million joint venture with Shell, Gunvor, and Fatima Group will allow Engro to import, regasify and sell liquified natural gas without the need for government contracts.

Pakistan’s mystery billionaire

“He’s the Howard Hughes of Pakistan. Nobody ever sees him. You’re the first ones (among journalists) who are going to witness him...

Post recovery, Byco set to become Pakistan’s largest fuel refiner

It is a breezy Friday afternoon in Mauza Kund, Hub (Balochistan), about 50 kilometers west of Karachi and a stone’s throw from...