Karachi: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) set transportation tariff for liquefied natural gas (LNG) shippers in an attempt to open up market for private sector, according to reports reaching here. Public gas utilities have monopoly in LNG market. In statement, Ogra said that under its Gas Third Party Access Rules 2018, it determined transportation tariff for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) for financial years 2019- 20 and 2020-21.

Ogra has allowed tariff of Rs 29.58 per million cubic feet (mcf) for transmission network and Rs 101.75 per mcf for distribution network. SNGPL however had claimed tariffs of Rs 38.85 per mcf and Rs 125.77 per mcf for transmission and distribution network respectively. Transportation tariff has been determined for shipper who transports gas through SNGPL’s network.

While calculating throughput of distribution network, SNGPL excluded volumes of gas carried to Pakistan Oilfields Limited, Pakistan Petroleum Limited and Pak Arab Refinery as well as unaccounted-for-gas (UFG) volumes.

“Authority also considers it important to impress upon petitioner to facilitate TPA regime and avoid banging on non-convincing reasons for declaring supply to consumers on distribution network by third parties as unfeasible.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 08 2023

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