‘Expert’ group expected to lead state-owned PSM’s revival

ISLAMABAD: Although Pakistan Steel Mills' (PSM) Board has yet to give the approval for the formation of an expert group of private...

World Bank terms progress on Dasu Dam project slower than anticipated

According to WB, land acquisition has only reached 742 acres, out of 1,987 acres needed for the construction areas and is slated to be finished by June 2022

Ikram Sehgal appointed as K-Electric chairman

He is also a regular columnist in the print media since 1987 and also a member of international organizations like the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF), International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Asian LNG prices slip, but plant outages limit losses

Spot prices for March delivery to Asia LNG this week slipped to $8.20 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), down 10 cents from the previous week, trade sources said

Oil up 1 percent on OPEC cuts, hopes of easing Sino-U.S. trade tensions

International Brent crude oil futures were up 66 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $61.84 per barrel

Oil import bill grows by around 15% to $7.6 billion in July-December FY18-19

According to PBS data, imports from approximately all of the categories leaving agricultural and petroleum groups contracted in the first half of current FY18-19

‘Pakistanis spent 515 hours without electricity in FY2016-17’

NEPRA report says as many as I65 incidents of power outages occurred during the period with a financial impact of Rs2.5m per incident ISLAMABAD: The...

Govt working to increase renewable energy share to 30% by 2030: Power Minister

Mr Khan briefed the Ambassador regarding initiation of smart meter projects in various distribution companies and invited the Chinese investors for manufacturing the same in Pakistan

Power generation fell by 0.6% YoY during December 2018

However, the share of furnace oil (FO) based generation exhibited a significant decline to 12.1% from 29% in December 2017

Record U.S. crude production weighs on oil prices

International Brent crude oil futures were down 34 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $60.98 per barrel

Russia willing to invest $2 billion in Pakistan’s water and power projects

The firm has expressed interest in investing in water and power projects which include 7,100MW Bulji, 2,200MW Tangus, 800MW Mohmand Dam, 52MW Nauseri and 2,800MW Yulbo projects

Distribution companies seek 63 paisa per unit power tariff hike

NEPRA has called a hearing on 23rd January to consider the proposed adjustment for December 2018 ISLAMABAD: Power distributing companies (DISCOs) have asked...

Cumulative output of Port Qasim power plant exceeds 7.5 billion kWH

The tariff of Port Qasim power plant is below the average tariff level in Pakistan

Oil slides on China trade slump, but crude imports remain high

International Brent crude oil futures were at $59.91 per barrel at 0403 GMT, down 57 cents, or 0.9 percent from their last close

China requested to remove 1320MW power project from CPEC

Also, hundreds of other schemes coming under the ambit of the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) will also be shelved