Pakarab Fertilizer allowed to build gas pipeline.

Byline: Fawad Yousafzai

Islamabad -- Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has granted Licence to Pakarab Fertilizer Limited for laying gas pipeline for the transmission of gas from Mari gas field to the fertilizer plant.

The Ogra's decision will help to restart the Pakarab Fertilizer Limited Plant located in Multan which was non-operational since September 2017. Restart of operation at Pakarab Fertilizer Limited will add approximately half a million MT of Urea equivalent fertilizers.

The Authority under Sections22(1), 23(1)(a)(d) and 23(6) of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2002 read with Rule 3(3) of Natural Gas (Licensing) Rules,2002 and Rule3(1) of Ogra Gas (third party access) Rules,2018, hereby grants a license subject to terms and conditions to M/S Pakarab Fertilizers Limited.

The Authority, after scrutiny of the application, hearing the argument of the applicant and the participants has arrived at the conclusion that the applicant fulfills the legal requirements and is entitled to the requisite license, said the decision.

'Construction and Operation of 24 Kilometer long pipeline of 16 Inch diameter for the purpose of transmission of natural gas from the Licensee's processing facility located at the Mari Gas field to tie in point on the gas pipeline transportation system of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL-The transporter) at Muhammadpur District Ghotki to fertilizers manufacturing plant at Multan,' said an Ogra decision issued here.

The license shall be valid for an initial term of seven years with effect from October 2019 unless revoked or modified or amended by the authority, said the Ogra decision.

Pakarab Fertilizers Limited(PFL) has applied under Rule 4 of the Natural Gas (Licensing) Rules,2002 on 20 August 2018 for the...