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Stoppage of oil to KESC may plunge Karachi into dark
KARACHI: After the end of gas load management, the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation (KESC) is yet to receive supply of gas from the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), which may plunge Karachi into darkness.According to the KESC, the SSGC was to provide 230 MMCFD gas from today. But the utility is getting only 110 MMCFD gas.
Sources said that KESC would be supplied the gas late in the night, failing which it will have to reschedule the current loadshedding duration from Tuesday.
On the other hand, sources close to the SSGC said that Sui Southern will soon resume gas supply to the KESC after suspending 50 MMCFD gas for Sui Northern.
Sources say that the SSGC is facing a shortage of 80 MMCFD gas from Badin and Zamzama.
According to experts, if SSGC failed to supply gas, the KESC will have to buy furnace oil from the Pakistan State Oil. While in this regard, the utility has requested the PSO to provide 500 ton oil on 45 days loan.
While the PSO sources said that it might not provide oil on loan due to financial problems. According to sources, the KESC is bound to provide money a week before the oil supply.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv