LPG output may rise to 350 tons per day by December 15

The country's Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) production is likely to rise by 300-350 tons per day by December 15, industry sources informed Business Recorder, here on Tuesday. The MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Co B.V is finalising installation of Makori Gas Processing Facilities (GPF) in TAL Block of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which will have a capacity to process 30,000 bbl/d of oil/condensate and 150 Million Cubic Feet per Day (MMCFD) of gas.
After the installation of the gas processing facilities the company will be producing/extracting up to 350 tons of LPG per day. According to industry sources, the TAL Joint Venture (JV) is to install LPG plant at Makori gas field and intends to expand its production/processing facilities to cater to the additional production from existing fields under appraisal and any upcoming discovery from the area.
Total local production of LPG stands at roughly 450,000 tons per year of which refineries accounted for 55 percent, while gas fields contribute about 45 percent. "Up to 80,000 tons of LPG is imported, while another 25,000 tons is smuggled into the country from Turkmenistan and Iran," sources said. According to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority, LPG contributes less than 1 percent to the total energy supply mix in Pakistan. Out of 27 million households, 6.1 million are connected to the natural gas network, while the rest rely on LPG and conventional fuels such as coal, firewood, kerosene oil, etc.
At present production from MOL's TAL block is around 320 MMCFD of gas and 8,760 bbl/d of condensate/oil which accounts for 8 percent and 12 percent of the country's total gas and condensate/oil production respectively; and which enables MOL Pakistan along with TAL Joint Venture Partners to cater almost 100 percent gas demand of the province of KP. In future the production is expected to increase further based on the commencement of EWT Production from Makori East-1 and Tolanj X-1. The MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Co B.V. along with Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL), Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) and Government Holdings Private Limited (GHPL) are operating the TAL Block over an area of 4643.48 sqkm.