Pakistan plans to import LPG from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan
Faced with a gas shortage crisis across the country with the advent of winter, the Pakistani government has drawn up plans to import liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) overland from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan, Pakistan Today reported on Thursday.
According to the publication, the customs office in Quetta (the capital of Balochistan province), after consulting with interested parties, sent a plan to the Federal Tax Service for importing LPG across the border at Chaman. Sources from Pakistan Today said the federal government is ready to take a big step in importing LPG from Turkmenistan and is preparing an import permit for LPG carriers.
The scheme is as follows: Afghan carriers will drive empty Pakistani tank trucks from the border in Chaman to the border crossing with Turkmenistan in Torgundi for refueling with liquefied petroleum gas. The tanker will then travel back to Chaman and be handed over to Pakistani carriers who will deliver the cargo to the required destinations in Pakistan.
The documents referenced by Pakistan Today set out three plans - short term, short term and long term. It is noted that the first of them will begin to be implemented immediately, while the short-term plan requires six to eight months, and the long-term plan - one year.
According to the long-term plan, a station will be created to pump LPG to Pakistani tankers.
Pakistan is facing a severe shortage of gas, local supplies of which are rapidly depleting, and global LNG supplies are in high demand as cold winters push market prices up, making them unaffordable to Pakistan.
Reference: Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) (liquefied petroleum gas - LPG) is a mixture of light hydrocarbons from an oil-bearing reservoir, which are in a gaseous state at normal temperature and liquefy when cooled or under pressure. LPG is the highest quality product of oil refining and oil associated gas. As a motor fuel, it has important advantages when used in automobile engines, which, when operating on liquefied gases, have high technical, economic and sanitary and hygienic indicators.
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