Pakistan has become a leading country in Asia and the third largest user of CNG in the world after Argentina and Brazil. About 700,000 vehicles have been converted to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the country by March 2005 as compared to 450,000 vehicles during the same period last year, showing an increase of 56 percent.
According to an Economic Survey launched in a press conference some 700 CNG stations are operating in the country while 200 are under construction.
The Survey said the number of electrified villages has also increased to 87,698 by March this year as compared to 78,820 till 2003-04, showing an increase of 11.3 percent.
The production of crude oil per day has also increased to 66,508 barrels during first 9-months of 2004-05 from 62,122 barrels per day during the same period last year, showing an increase of 7.1 percent.
The overall production of crude oil has increased to 18.1 million barrels during July-March 2004-05 from 17.1 million barrels during the corresponding period last year, showing an increase of 5.8 percent.
The Survey said on average, the transport sector consumes 48.7 percent of the petroleum products followed by power sector (31.1 percent), industry (12.1 percent), household (3.8 percent), other government (2.5 percent) and agriculture (1.8 percent) during last 14 years.
Referring to natural gas, the Survey said the average production of natural gas per day stood at 3,681 million cubic feet during July-March, 2004-05, as compared to 3,210 million cubic feet over the same period last year, showing an increase of 14.7 percent.
The overall production of gas has increased to 1,003,198 million cubic feet during July-March 2004-05 as compared to 882,684 million cubic feet daily in the same period last year.
The total installed capacity of electricity stood at 19,389 MW during July-March 2004-05 as compared to 19,254 MW during the same period last year, it added.
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